Alicia Fuentes Molina (born 27 May 1978), commonly known as Ali, is a Spanish football manager and former player who played mainly as a midfielder, and is currently an assistant manager at Liga MX Femenil club Monterrey. As a player, she was at her peak between 1997 and 2003, when she won three Spanish leagues and four Spanish cups and she was a member of the Spain women's national football team, taking part in the 1997 European Championship.
Club career Born in Totalán, Málaga, Fuentes' first team was Atlético Málaga, the main women's club in the province. With Atlético she won both the national championship and the national cup in 1998. In 2000, she signed for Levante UD, taking part in their golden age.Rosa Castillo retires. Marca In her three seasons there she won two leagues and three cups, and she played the first edition of the UEFA Women's Cup.Group 7: Home confort for Arsenal. UEFA
In 2003, she returned to Andalusia to play for Estudiantes Huelva.Estudiantes: Three signings at once. Recre.org One year later she left Estudiantes for newly promoted Sevilla FC, which was the championship's runner-up in 2006.Sevilla, close to win the league. El Sur In 2007, she left Sevilla for Apolo Properties, a second-tier team with an ambitious project.Apolo wants to take the leap. La Verdad However, it wasn't promoted and for the next season Fuentes returned to the top league in newly promoted FC Barcelona.2008-09 squad in Barcelona's website
After two years in Barcelona, Fuentes returned to Atlético Málaga in 2010.Pamela, Alicia and Isa presented the Women's Tournament trophies. Málaga CF When Málaga was relegated in 2012 she returned to Barcelona to play for another newly promoted team, Levante Las Planas.
International career Fuentes started to play for the Spain in 1997, just in time to be called up for the 1997 European Championship, Spain's first appearance in a final tournament.Spain begins the World Cup qualification in Gavà. El Mundo Deportivo She played three of Spain's four games, always entering in the second half.Line-ups of Spain's first match in the competition vs. France in Footofeminin.frThe girls that made history (II): Spain's debut in a European Championship. Furia Roja She remained in the national team for five more years, making her last appearances in the 2003 World Cup qualifiers, while she played for Levante UD.Statistics in FIFA's website
In 2012–13 she was one of three remaining active players of the 1997 Euro squad, along with Levante UD's Maider Castillo and RCD Espanyol's Vanesa Gimbert.
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External links Profile at Txapeldunak.com