Montserrat Saldívar

Montserrat Saldívar
Personal information
Full name	Angelique Montserrat Saldivar Pavón
Date of birth	20 September 2006 (age 18)
Place of birth	Benito Juárez, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Left-back / Left-winger
Team information
Current team	América
Number	19
Youth career
2021	América
Senior career*
Years	Team
2021–	América
International career
2022	Mexico U-17
2023–	Mexico U-20
2024–	Mexico
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 February 2025

Angelique Montserrat Saldivar Pavón (born 20 September 2006), known as Montserrat "Montse" Saldivar, is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a left-back or left-winger for Liga MX Femenil side Club América and the Mexico women's national football team.^[1]

Club career

In 2018, Club América intended to sign Saldivar with the goal of integrating her as part of their soon-to-be-created U-15 and U-17 teams, which were planning to participate in the upcoming youth division of Liga MX Femenil. However, due to a major delay in the creation of this youth division, the club decided to not sign her.^[2]

In 2020, Saldivar received an invitation from then Club América manager, Leonardo Cuéllar, to a training tryout with América's first-team after successfully completing a previous tryout at a scouting event. Saldivar impressed Cuellar enough during the tryout that América decided to signed her.^[3]

Club América (2021–present)

Saldivar joined América in 2021 and was initially integrated with the U-17 side. She was moved up to America's first-team ahead of the Liga MX Femenil's Apertura 2021 tournament on 16 July 2021.^[4] Saldivar made her professional debut with América at the age of 14 on 16 August 2021, in a match against Pachuca in which she was part of the starting line-up.^[5]

International career

Saldivar has been part of the Mexico women's national football team program since the U-17 level. She was part of the Mexico U-17 team that participated on the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship and 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.^[6]^[7]

Since 2023, Saldivar has been part of the Mexico U-20 team.^[8] She was part of the Mexico team that participate at the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, in which she started all four games that Mexico played during this tournament, and scored one goal and gave three assists.^[9]

Saldivar was called to the senior national team for the first time on 18 October 2024, for friendlies against Venezuela and Thailand.^[10] She made her debut with the senior team on 26 October 2024, in the match against Venezuela.^[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of As of match played 2 February 2024^[12]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup ^[a]		League Cup ^[b]		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Club América	2021–22	Liga MX Femenil	22	1	—		—		22	1
	2022–23		10	1	—		—		10	1
	2023–24		24	1	2	0	—		26	1
	2024–25		17	7	—		1	0	18	7
	Total		73	10	2	0	1	0	76	10
Career total			73	10	2	0	1	0	76	10

^ Includes Campeón de Campeones
^ Includes Summer Cup

Honours

Club América

Liga MX Femenil: Clausura 2023

Mexico U-20

CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship: 2023

References

^ "Plantel del Club América Femenil". Liga MX Femenil. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
^ Barrón, Carlos (2021-12-13). "Una niña abraza al futbol, Angelique Montserrat Saldívar". Excélsior (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-20.
^ Robles, Higinio (2021-04-09). "Montserrat Saldivar, la niña maravilla de América Femenil". Grupo Milenio (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-20.
^ Club America Femenil (2021-07-16). "Montserrat Saldivar, procedente de nuestra Sub-17, llega como refuerzo Águila". X. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
^ "A sus 14 años, joven de Cancún debuta con el Club América en la Liga MX Femenil". www.poresto.net (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-20.
^ "2022 CWU17C final rosters announced". Concacaf. 2022-04-21. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
^ "Squad List: FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup India 2022" (PDF). FIFA. 4 October 2022.
^ "Convocatoria de la Selección Nacional de México Femenil Sub-20 para el Campeonato de la Concacaf". miseleccion.mx (in Spanish). 21 May 2023. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
^ fvillalobos (2024-09-13). "¿Quién es Montserrat Saldívar, la mexicana que destacó en el Mundial Sub-20?". Record.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-11-09.
^ "¡América y Tigres dominan convocatoria del Tri Femenil! | TUDN Selección MX | TUDN". www.tudn.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-11-09.
^ Selección Nacional de México Femenil (26 October 2024). "¡Tenemos deeeeeeeeeebut!". X (in Spanish).
^ Cite error: The named reference LigaMXFemenil was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

External links

Montserrat Saldívar at Soccerway.com
Montserrat Saldívar at Liga MX Femenil (archive) (in Spanish)
Montserrat Saldivar at Club América

[13] Includes Campeón de Campeones

[14] Includes Summer Cup

[1] "Plantel del Club América Femenil". Liga MX Femenil. Retrieved 2024-02-19.

[2] Barrón, Carlos (2021-12-13). "Una niña abraza al futbol, Angelique Montserrat Saldívar". Excélsior (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-20.

[3] Robles, Higinio (2021-04-09). "Montserrat Saldivar, la niña maravilla de América Femenil". Grupo Milenio (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-20.

[4] Club America Femenil (2021-07-16). "Montserrat Saldivar, procedente de nuestra Sub-17, llega como refuerzo Águila". X. Retrieved 2024-02-19.

[5] "A sus 14 años, joven de Cancún debuta con el Club América en la Liga MX Femenil". www.poresto.net (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-20.

[6] "2022 CWU17C final rosters announced". Concacaf. 2022-04-21. Retrieved 2024-02-20.

[7] "Squad List: FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup India 2022" (PDF). FIFA. 4 October 2022.

[8] "Convocatoria de la Selección Nacional de México Femenil Sub-20 para el Campeonato de la Concacaf". miseleccion.mx (in Spanish). 21 May 2023. Retrieved 2024-02-20.

[9] villalobos (2024-09-13). "¿Quién es Montserrat Saldívar, la mexicana que destacó en el Mundial Sub-20?". Record.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-11-09.

[10] "¡América y Tigres dominan convocatoria del Tri Femenil! | TUDN Selección MX | TUDN". www.tudn.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-11-09.

[11] Selección Nacional de México Femenil (26 October 2024). "¡Tenemos deeeeeeeeeebut!". X (in Spanish).

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