Carolina Armijo
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carolina Andrea Armijo Lira | ||
| Date of birth | 28 November 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Chile (women) (goalkeeping coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Universidad de Chile | |||
| Everton | |||
| Colo-Colo | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2017 | Colo-Colo | ||
| 2018 | Cúcuta Deportivo | ||
| 2018–2022 | Colo-Colo | ||
| International career | |||
| 2018–2020 | Chile | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Carolina Andrea Armijo Lira (born 28 November 1987) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. She is currently the goalkeeping coach of the Chile women's national team.
As a youth player, Armijo had stints with Universidad de Chile and Everton.[2] At senior level, she played almost all her career for Colo-Colo,[3][4] winning her first league title in 2012.[5] In the same year, she won the Copa Libertadores.[6]
Abroad, she had a stint with Colombian club Cúcuta Deportivo in 2018.[7][8]
At international level, she was a member of the Chile squad that was the runner-up in the 2018 Copa América Femenina.[9] She went on being a member of the team until 2020.[10][11]
A player of Colo-Colo until 2022, she made official her retirement in 2023.[6]
Coaching career
Personal life
At the age of eighteen, she worked in a McDonald's restaurant. She later graduated as a podiatrist.[2]
