Ligia Moreira
Ecuadorian footballer (born 1992)
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Ligia Elena “Gigi” Moreira Burgos (born 19 March 1992) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Fundación Albacete and captains the Ecuador women's national team.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Ligia Elena Moreira Burgos[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 19 March 1992[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Buena Fe, Ecuador[2] | ||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Fundación Albacete | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2010 | Los Rios selection | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010 | Pichincha selection | 6 | (0) |
| 2010–2013 | ESPE | ||
| 2010 | → Deportivo Quito (loan) | ||
| 2011 | → LDU Quito (loan) | ||
| 2013 | Guayas selection | ||
| 2013–2015 | Rocafuerte FC | ||
| 2015–2016 | 7 de Febrero | ||
| 2016 | Atlético Santo Domingo | ||
| 2016–2018 | 7 de Febrero | ||
| 2018 | → Patriotas (loan) | ||
| 2018 | Universidad Católica | ||
| 2018–2019 | Liga Deportiva Juvenil | ||
| 2019 | São José | 7 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Real Oviedo | 8 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Racing Féminas | 19 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Córdoba | 50 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | Alhama | 17 | (1) |
| 2024– | Fundación Albacete | 25 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2008 | Ecuador U17 | ||
| 2007– | Ecuador | 46[3] | (3) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 28 May 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16:00, 17 June 2015 (UTC) | |||
International career
Moreira represented Ecuador at the 2008 South American U-17 Women's Championship.[4]
Moreira captained Ecuador to the country's first ever FIFA Women's World Cup at the 2015 tournament edition in Canada.[1][5]
At the 66th minute of Ecuador's opening match against Cameroon, with the score already 3–0 for Cameroon she was adjudged by referee Katalin Kulcsár to have fouled Cameroonian striker Gaëlle Enganamouit being the last defender and therefore was sent off after received a red card. Ecuador eventually lost the match 6–0 with Gaëlle Enganamouit scoring three goals.[6] Moreira was suspended from Ecuador's next match against Switzerland, returning in the third match against Japan.
