The young Linda Caicedo continues to enrich her track record in women’s football. With her goal this Monday over Argentina, she allowed Colombia will qualify for the 2023 World Cup and the 2024 France Olympic Games.
The 17-year-old soccer player was the top scorer for the tricolor team in the past South American tournament in that category, in which the National Team qualified for the World Cup in India.
Linda made her professional soccer debut at the age of 14. He acts extreme and has great technique and scoring instinct. He has excelled at the South American level, as happened in the last Copa Libertadores, where he was part of the ideal team for that championship, as happened in the South American sub-17.
Coach Carlos Paniagua highlights Caicedo his technical quality, efficiency, good location on the field and mental strength.
“She is a mature player despite her age, she knows the conditions and the talent she has and she is clear about where she is going, we will surely see her in European football very soon”.
Nelson Abadía, coach of the Colombian senior team, does not spare praise for this athlete either: “In addition to her personality and talent, we add the experience she has accumulated at the international level and that It has served to consolidate itself as one of the projection figures in South America”.
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“Linda has always been an outstanding soccer player and thanks to her speed and skill with the ball she manages to be strong in one-on-one,” said Paisa coach Álvaro Restrepo, who has known Caicedo since his beginnings in the Valley teams.
Linda debuted as a professional in 2019 in the Women’s League, in which she managed to be the tournament’s top scorer and champion with América de Cali, after defeating DIM in the final.
The Valle del Cauca could not play the Copa Libertadores with America because she was a minor. She was 15 and the regulations only allowed players 16 and older. He had to wait, but when he did he made his mark with Cali.
Now, in the Colombian national team, he has become a determining figure who hopes to meet this Tuesday the rival for the final of the Copa América, scheduled for Saturday in Bucaramanga against the winner of the Brazil-Paraguay duel.
