Diana Victoria González Barrera (10 September 1993 – 1 November 2019)[2] was a Mexican footballer who played as a midfielder. She spent her entire club career with Club América of Liga MX Femenil. She had been a member of the Mexico women's national under-17 team.

Diana González
Personal information
Full name Diana Victoria González Barrera
Date of birth (1993-09-10)10 September 1993
Place of birth Toluca, Mexico
Date of death 1 November 2019(2019-11-01) (aged 26)
Place of death Mexico City, Mexico
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 América 18 (5)
International career
2010 Mexico U17 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 February 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 March 2019

Club career

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González made her debut with Club América. At eight years old, she wished that in Mexico there was a professional soccer league for women equal to the manly one.

She debuted in the Liga MX Femenil on 23 July 2018 during a duel Club América vs Deportivo Toluca, being her first season in the 2018 Apertura Tournament (Mexico), in which she played seven games with a total of 526 minutes played. She scored four goals and received a yellow card.[3]

In her second season, she played eleven games with a total of 670 minutes of action, with a single goal scored and received two yellow cards. González suffered knee injury in a match against Pachuca, in which she scored her first goal of the tournament, leaving her unable to play for six months.[4]

She was in 2017 at the Telmex Telcel Championship, and in 2018 she was at the Telmex Telcel University Championship, where her team had won.[3][5]

After many rumors and expectations in her hometown on 22 September 2017, she was presented by the 2018 opening before the UANL Tigers, however she trained with America looking for a position for a foreigner position in the first team.[5]

International career

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González represented Mexico at the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[6]

Death

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González died on 1 November 2019 due to a decompensation in glucose levels after suffering hypoglycemia, she was 26 years old.[7] She was the first player who had been featured in the Liga MX Femenil to die.

Honours

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Club América

References

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  1. ^ "Diana Victoria González Barrera". Liga MX Femenil. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  2. ^ "La muerte de Diana González enluta al fútbol mexicano". CNN (in Spanish). 3 November 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  3. ^ a b "¿Quién era Diana González, la jugadora del América que falleció el viernes?". MARCA Claro México (in Spanish). 2 November 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Diana González es baja para América el resto del torneo" (in Spanish). AS Mexico. 18 February 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Qué es la hipoglucemia, la enfermedad por la que murió Diana González". www.milenio.com. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  6. ^ Diana GonzálezFIFA competition record (archived)
  7. ^ "Fallece Diana González, jugadora de América". TUDN (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-11-03.
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