Rebeca Fernández

Rebeca Melissa Fernández Valiente (born 1 December 1991) is a Paraguayan footballer who plays as a forward for Chilean club Universidad de Chile and the Paraguay women's national team. She has previously also played for the national under-17 team.^[2]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fernández and the second or maternal family name is Valiente.

Rebeca Fernández

Personal information
Full name	Rebeca Melissa Fernández Valiente[1]
Date of birth	(1991-12-01) 1 December 1991 (age 32)[1]
Place of birth	Paraguay
Height	1.54 m (5 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Forward[1]
Team information
Current team	Universidad de Chile
Number	7
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2010	Cerro Porteño
2011	Everton [es]
2012–2013	Cerro Porteño
2013–2020	Santiago Wanderers [es]
2021–	Universidad de Chile
International career
2008	Paraguay U17	3	(1)
2010–	Paraguay	5+	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

International career

Fernández represented Paraguay at the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.^[3] At senior level, she played two Copa América Femenina editions (2010 and 2014).

International goals

Scores and results list Paraguay's goal tally first

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	18 September 2014	Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar, Cuenca, Ecuador	Bolivia	1–0	10–2	2014 Copa América Femenina
2				6–1
3				7–1
4				10–2
5	25 October 2023	Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar, Chile	Jamaica	3–0	10–0	2023 Pan American Games
6	28 October 2023		Mexico	1–0	1–4
7	31 October 2023		Costa Rica	1–1	3–1
8				3–1
9	3 March 2024	BMO Stadium, Los Angeles, United States	Mexico	2–3	2–3	2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup

Honours

Cerro Porteño

• Paraguayan Championship (3): 2007, 2012, 2013

Universidad de Chile

• Primera División (1): 2021 ^[es]

Individual

• Premios FutFem - The Best: 2022^[4]
• Premios FutFem - Best Foreign Player: 2022^[4]
• Premios Contragolpe - Ideal Team: 2021^[5]

References

1. "List of Players" (PDF). FIFAdata. 27 October 2008. p. 15. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
2. "Igualdad en el primer compromiso - APF". www.apf.org.py (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 November 2021.
3. Rebeca Fernández – FIFA competition record (archived)
4. "Todas las ganadoras de los Premios FutFem 2022". Contragolpe (in Spanish). 5 December 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
5. "Todos los ganadores de los Premios Contragolpe 2021". Contragolpe (in Spanish). 10 December 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2024.