Alexia Delgado
Mexican footballer (born 1999)
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Alexia Fernanda Delgado Alvarado (born 9 December 1999) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga MX Femenil club Tigres UANL and the Mexico national team.
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Delgado with Tigres UANL in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Alexia Fernanda Delgado Alvarado[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 9 December 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico | ||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Tigres UANL | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2022 | Arizona State Sun Devils | 82 | (11) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2018 | América | 18 | (0) |
| 2023 | Cruz Azul | 13 | (1) |
| 2023– | Tigres UANL | 67 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014 | Mexico U15 | 4 | (0) |
| 2016 | Mexico U17 | 4+ | (0) |
| 2018 | Mexico U20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2019– | Mexico | 53 | (2) |
Medal record | |||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 September 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 April 2025 | |||
Early life
Born in Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico, Delgado is one of three children to her parents, Sonia Alvarado and Francisco Delgado Mejia. Her mother was a gymnast and her father and an uncle played football, the uncle professionally.[3] At the age of six, Delgado began doing gymnastics alongside her sister, Goretti, and also tried ballet before realizing the sports weren't for her. A few years later, her brother Francisco began playing football at school, and after convincing her parents to let her try the sport, Delgado began playing on Francisco's team. As there were no girls' football teams in Tepic, Delgado played with the boys until she was 13 years old.[4]
Delgado was scouted in Tepic by Leonardo Cuéllar, at the time the head coach of the Mexico women's national team, and was offered a spot at the Centro de Formación de Guadalajara.[5] For two days every two weeks, Delgado and her father took a three-hour bus trip from Tepic to Guadalajara for her training sessions. After a year, she moved in with the family of another player at the training center to be able to practice daily.[3] Delgado attended the Colegio SuBiré in Zapopan, where she was the captain of the school team and won the Copa Coca-Cola, which earned the team a trip to attend the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[6]
While playing for América, Delgado attended the University of Guadalajara, studying virtually towards a degree in interdisciplinary areas.[7] She graduated from Arizona State University with a bachelor's degree in sports business and a master's degree in organizational leadership.[4]
Club career
Delgado debuted for América in 2017–18, the inaugural season of the Liga MX Femenil.[8][9] She played 21 matches in all competitions, with 18 of those coming in the league.
In 2018, Delgado moved to the United States to play college soccer for the Arizona State Sun Devils.[6]
International career
Delgado was selected to the Mexico national teams for the first time in 2014, called up to the Mexico women's under-15 national team for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. She played all four games at the tournament, helping Mexico earn a bronze medal. Delgado then stepped to the under-17 team, appearing at the 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship and the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[10] With the under-20 national team, Delgado won the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, Mexico's first-ever championship in the age-group tournament. She appeared at the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup as Mexico were eliminated in the group stage.
Delgado made her senior debut on 1 March 2019 in a friendly match against Thailand.[11] She was selected to represent Mexico at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile, where the Mexican squad went undefeated to win the gold medal for the first time in their history, defeating Chile 1–0 in the gold medal match.[12]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 28 November 2023[1]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| América | 2017–18 | Liga MX Femenil | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | |
| Cruz Azul | 2022–23 | Liga MX Femenil | 13 | 1 | — | — | 13 | 1 | ||
| Tigres UANL | 2023–24 | Liga MX Femenil | 22 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Career total | 53 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 1 | ||
- Includes the Copa MX Femenil
International
- As of 8 April 2025[13]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 2019 | 5 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 15 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 14 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | |
| Total | 53 | 2 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 26 September 2023 | Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca, Mexico |  Trinidad and Tobago | 4–0 | 6–0 | 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification |
| 2. | 5 April 2025 | CPKC Stadium, Kansas City, United States |  Jamaica | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 3. | 2 March 2026 | Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia |  Saint Lucia | 5–0 | 7–0 | 2026 CONCACAF W Championship qualification |
| 4. | 18 April 2026 | Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca, Mexico |  Puerto Rico | 1–0 | 6–0 |
Honours
Mexico
Mexico under-20
Tigres UANL
Individual
- All-Pac-12 Conference Second Team: 2021,[6] 2022[17]
- United Soccer Coaches All-Pacific Region First Team: 2021[6]
- United Soccer Coaches All-Pacific Region Second Team: 2022[18]
