Vanesa Gimbert Acosta (born 19 April 1980) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a defender or midfielder. She played for clubs including Levante, Sevilla, Rayo Vallecano, Espanyol and Athletic Bilbao in Spain's Primera División, retiring in 2022 aged 42.Vanesa Gimbert to retire at the end of the season, Athletic Bilbao, 22 April 2022
Career Born in the Basque Country and raised partly in Andalusia, she previously played for RCD Espanyol,Profile in Espanyol's web Levante UD, CFF Estudiantes, Sevilla and Rayo Vallecano.Gimbert, BDFutbol She won four league titles with Levante and Rayo (coming close to another with Sevilla)El Espanyol, nuevo campeón de la Superliga [Espanyol, new Superliga champion] (in Spanish) Marca, 9 April 2006 and five Copas de la Reina between her spells at those two clubs and Espanyol.
In 2016, 36-year-old Gimbert won the league title with Athletic, then agreed to remain with the club for another year. Five years later (now aged 41, the oldest active player in the country) she was still playing regularly, including scoring both goals in a victory over Santa TeresaVanesa Gimbert sentences Santa Teresa in Lezama, Sports Finding, 4 April 2021 and agreed a further one-year contract in the summer of 2021.Vanesa Gimbert renews with Athletic Bilbao , Footbalada, 18 July 2021 She retired one year later after nine years in Bilbao alongside teammate Erika Vázquez,Erika Vázquez, una leyenda del Athletic que cuelga las botas [Erika Vázquez, an Athletic legend who hangs up her boots], Diario AS, 10 May 2022 (in Spanish) who by coincidence was one of the opponents 22 years earlier when Gimbert won the first trophy of her career, the 2000 Copa de la Reina de Fútbol when Levante defeated Lagunak.Levante Femenino - 2000) Final Copa de la reina (amplio Resumen) Her statistics with Athletic included being its oldest debutant (aged 33), longest run of consecutive matches (86, completing the 90 minutes every time) and oldest player (aged 42).
Gimbert was a member of the Spain women's national football team from a young age, taking part at 17 in the 1997 European Championship.The girls play to get to the Euro 12 years later Diario AS, 25 October 2008 She was the team's captain in the 2009 European Championship qualifying. UEFA
International goals 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup play-off 1 in Spain 4–1 Scotland (1998) 2001 Euro qualification 1 in Netherlands 1–2 Spain (2000) 1 in Spain 1–6 Denmark (2000) 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 1 in Spain 6–1 Iceland (2001) 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 1 in Spain 3–2 Belgium (2005) 2009 Euro qualification 1 in Spain 4–1 Czech Republic (2008)
Honours Club Levante Primera División: 2000–01, 2001–02 Copa de la Reina: 2000, 2001, 2002
Rayo Vallecano Primera División: 2008–09, 2009–10 Copa de la Reina: 2008
Espanyol Copa de la Reina: 2012
Athletic Bilbao Primera División: 2015–16 Copa de la Reina: runner-up 2014
References
External links
Profile at aupaAthletic.com Profile at La Liga