Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ligia Elena Moreira Burgos | ||
Date of birth | 19 March 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Buena Fé, Ecuador | ||
Height | 166 cm (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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7 de Febrero | ||
Youth career | |||
2006–2010 | Los Rios selection | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010 | Pichincha selection | 6 | (0) |
2010–2013 | ESPE | ||
2013 | Guayas selection | ||
2013–2015 | Rocafuerte FC | ||
2015– | 7 de Febrero | ||
National team‡ | |||
2007– | Ecuador | 46 | (3) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:19, 22 June 2015 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:00, 17 June 2015 (UTC) |
Ligia Moreira (born March 19, 1992) is an Ecuadorian international footballer who plays as a defender. She captained Ecuador to the country's first ever FIFA Women's World Cup at the 2015 tournament edition in Canada.
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 dismissed after received a red card. Ecuador eventually lost the match 6–0 with Gaëlle Enganamouit scoring three goals. Moreira was suspended from Ecuador's next match against Switzerland, returning in the third match against Japan.