Priscila Chinchilla
Chinchilla with Glasgow City in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-07-11) 11 July 2001[1]
Place of birth Pérez Zeledón, Costa Rica
Height 1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Pachuca
Number 8
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Alajuelense ? (86[2])
2020–2023 Glasgow City 50 (42)
2023– Pachuca 11 (4)
International career‡
2018– Costa Rica 30[3] (13)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Costa Rica
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place2019 LimaTeam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:35, 17 July 2022 (UTC)

Priscila Chinchilla (born 11 July 2001) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays for Liga MX Femenil club Pachuca and the Costa Rica women's national team. She appeared in three matches for Costa Rica and scored two goals at the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship.[1][3][4]

Early life

Chinchilla was born in Pérez Zeledón Canton, Costa Rica, where she attended Escuela Los Ángeles until fifth grade.[5]

Career

After a stint with Arenal Coronado, Chinchilla played for AD Moravia in 2017 and CODEA Alajuela in 2018,[5] then began her professional club career in 2019 with Liga Deportiva Alajuelense, where she scored 86 league goals.[6]

On 21 December 2020, Chinchilla joined Scottish Women's Premier League champions Glasgow City on a two-year deal.[7] She was named as the PFA Scotland Women's Player of the Year for the 2021–22 season, the award's inaugural year.[8]

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
111 October 2018H-E-B Park, Edinburg, United States Cuba
2–0
8–02018 CONCACAF Women's Championship
2
6–0
328 July 2019Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima, Peru Panama
1–1
3–12019 Pan American Games
4
3–1
51 September 2019Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo, Brazil Argentina
1–0
3–1Friendly
6
2–0
74 October 2019Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela, Costa Rica Nicaragua1–02–02020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship qualification
88 October 2019 El Salvador4–05–0
929 January 2020BBVA Stadium, Houston, United States Panama4–16–12020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship
1017 February 2022Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica Saint Kitts and Nevis2–07–02022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification
119 April 2022Stadion Rignaal Jean Francisca, Willemstad, Curacao Curaçao3–04–0
1212 April 2022Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica Guatemala1–05–0
134–0
1415 February 2023Estadio León, León, Mexico Colombia1–01–12023 Women's Revelations Cup

References

  1. 1 2 "Costa Rica". CONCACAF Women's Championship. CONCACAF. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  2. ↑ "Costa Rica international forward Priscila Chinchilla joins Glasgow City". 21 December 2020.
  3. 1 2 Priscila Chinchilla at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  4. ↑ "Costa Rica and Canada resume 2018 CONCACAF Women's Under-17 Championship". concacaf.com. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  5. 1 2 Masis, Fiorella (18 December 2019). "Desde niña, el mejor talento de Alajuelense provoca que los equipos se peleen por ella" [Since she was a child, the best talent from Alajuelense causes teams to fight over her]. La Nación (Costa Rica) (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 18 December 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  6. ↑ "Costa Rica international forward Priscila Chinchilla joins Glasgow City" (Press release). Glasgow City F.C. 21 December 2020.
  7. ↑ "Costa Rica's Chinchilla joins Glasgow". BBC Sport. 21 December 2020.
  8. ↑ "Celtic dominate PFA Scotland awards, including manager of the year". BBC Sport. 2 May 2022.
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