Francisca Alejandra Lara Lara (born 29 July 1990), informally known as Pancha Lara, is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish Liga F club Villarreal CF[3] and the Chile women's national team.
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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(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Villarreal | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 15 | ||||||||||||||||
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– | Villarreal | 33 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2010– | Chile | 59 | (20) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 April 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 June 2019 |
Twenty-year-old Lara was named in Chile's 20-player squad for the 2010 South American Women's Football Championship in Ecuador.[4] She scored two goals at the 2018 Copa América Femenina,[5] 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.[6][7]
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
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3 |
17 November 2010 | Estadio La Cocha, Latacunga, Ecuador | Colombia | 1–1 |
1–1
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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
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7 |
20 September 2014 | Estadio Jorge Andrade, Azogues, Ecuador | Paraguay | 1–1 |
2–3
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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
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