Francisca Lara
Chilean footballer (born 1990)
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Francisca Alejandra Lara Lara (born 29 July 1990), informally known as Pancha Lara, is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Chile women's national team.
 Lara playing for Spanish club Sevilla FC | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Francisca Alejandra Lara Lara | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 29 July 1990 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | San Fernando, Chile[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Ferroviarios | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Coquimbo Unido | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Cobreloa | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2017 | Colo-Colo | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Sporting de Huelva | 26 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Sevilla | 28 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Le Havre | 18 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2024 | Villarreal | 61 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Dépor ABANCA | 20 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010– | Chile | 59 | (20) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 April 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 June 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
In July 2020, Lara moved to France and joined Le Havre.[3]
In the second half of 2024, she signed with Dépor ABANCA from Villarreal.[4]
International career
Twenty-year-old Lara was named in Chile's 20-player squad for the 2010 South American Women's Football Championship in Ecuador.[5] She scored two goals at the 2018 Copa América Femenina,[6] where Chile qualified to a FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time in its history.
She also was a member of the Chile squad that won the silver medal at the 2014 South American Games.[7][8]
International goals
Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 6 November 2010 | Estadio Bellavista, Ambato, Ecuador |  Argentina | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2010 South American Women's Football Championship |
2 | 8 November 2010 | Estadio Olímpico, Riobamba, Ecuador |  Bolivia | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
3 | 17 November 2010 | Estadio La Cocha, Latacunga, Ecuador |  Colombia | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
4 | 22 October 2011 | Estadio Omnilife, Guadalajara, Mexico |  Trinidad and Tobago | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2011 Pan American Games |
5 | 12 September 2014 | Estadio Federativo Reina del Cisne, Loja, Ecuador | Argentina | 1–0 | 2014 Copa América Femenina | |
6 | 16 September 2014 | Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar, Cuenca, Ecuador | Bolivia | 3–0 | ||
7 | 20 September 2014 | Estadio Jorge Andrade, Azogues, Ecuador |  Paraguay | 1–1 | 2–3 | |
8 | 12 April 2018 | Estadio La Portada, La Serena, Chile |  Peru | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2018 Copa América Femenina |
9 | 22 April 2018 | Argentina | 4–0 | 4–0 |
Honours
Chile
- South American Games Silver medal: 2014
