Stephany Mayor

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

Sandra Stephany "Fany" Mayor Gutiérrez (born 23 September 1991)^[4] is a Mexican footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX Femenil club Tigres UANL and the Mexico women's national team.^[5]

Stephany Mayor

Mayor in a match between United States and Mexico at the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship on October 4, 2018.
Personal information
Full name	Sandra Stephany Mayor Gutiérrez[1]
Date of birth	(1991-09-23) 23 September 1991 (age 33)[1]
Place of birth	Mexico City, Mexico[2]
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	UANL
Number	9
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2019	Þór/KA	49	(40)
2020–	UANL	62	(50)
International career‡
2008–2010	Mexico U-20
2010–	Mexico	92[3]	(21)
Medal record Women's football Representing  Mexico Central American and Caribbean Games 2023 San Salvador
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 October 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 April 2021

Early life

Mayor is from Azcapotzalco, an industrial suburb of Mexico City. She played on boy's teams growing up and later on Mexican youth national teams.^[6]

Playing career

Collegiate

Mayor played for Universidad de las Américas Puebla.^[5]

Úrvalsdeild

Mayor signed for Icelandic Úrvalsdeild kvenna team Þór/KA in February 2016.^[7] On September 28, 2017, she won the Icelandic championship with Þór/KA after defeating FH, in the last game of the season, 2–0 with goals from Sandra Jessen and herself.^[8] She scored 19 goals in the 2017 season, becoming the second foreign player to win the league's golden boot,^[9] and was also named the league's player of the year.^[10]

On April 24, she helped Þór/KA win the 2018 League Cup. On April 29, she scored one goal in Þór/KA's 3–0 victory against ÍBV women's football in the Icelandic Super Cup.^[11]

International

In international competitions she played in the Women's 2011 World Cup in Germany where she represented Mexico against England, Japan, and New Zealand.^[12] In the Women's World Cup she scored in the game against New Zealand in the 2nd minute to open the scoring.^[13] In October 2017, she had a total of 55 international cups and 10 goals.^[5]

Personal life

In June 2016, fellow Mexico women's national teammate Bianca Sierra announced publicly that she had a relationship with Mayor. Mayor and Sierra are believed to be the first openly gay athletes in Mexican history. Previously, in 2015, Mexican coach, Leonardo Cuellar, had warned Mayor and Sierra to avoid any "stunts" or "holding hands". In 2016, Mayor was not selected by Cuellar to play for the Mexico national team and Sierra declined to play on the national team. Mayor departed Mexico to play in Iceland. Sierra later joined her in Iceland.^[6]

Mayor rejoined the Mexico national team, under new coach Roberto Medina, for a friendly match against Venezuela on June 10, 2017.^[14] Sierra rejoined the national team shortly thereafter.^[15]

International goals

Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first.

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	9 March 2011	Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni, Cyprus	New Zealand	1–0	5–0	2011 Cyprus Women's Cup
2.				2–0
3.				5–0
4.	5 July 2011	Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim, Germany	New Zealand	1–0	2–2	2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
5.	18 October 2014	Toyota Park, Bridgeview, United States	Martinique	3–0	10–0	2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship
6.	21 October 2014	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C., United States	Jamaica	1–1	3–1
7.	26 October 2014	PPL Park, Chester, United States	Trinidad and Tobago	1–0	4–2 (a.e.t.)
8.	21 November 2014	Estadio Unidad Deportiva Hugo Sánchez, Veracruz, Mexico	Haiti	1–0	1–0	2014 Central American and Caribbean Games
9.	18 July 2015	Tim Hortons Field, Hamilton, Canada	Trinidad and Tobago	1–0	3–1	2015 Pan American Games
10.				2–0
11.	24 July 2015		Canada	2–0	2–1
12.	31 July 2019	Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima, Peru	Paraguay	1–1	1–2	2019 Pan American Games
13.	6 August 2019		Panama	3–0	5–1
14.	1 February 2020	H-E-B Park, Edinburg, United States	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3–0	6–0	2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship
15.	27 November 2021	Centro de Alto Rendimiento, Mexico City, Mexico	Canada	1–0	2–1	Friendly
16.	17 February 2022	Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico	Suriname	1–0	9–0	2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification
17.	20 February 2022	Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Antigua and Barbuda	1–0	8–0
18.				3–0
19.	9 April 2022	Raymond E. Guishard Stadium, The Valley, Anguilla	Anguilla	4–0	11–0
20.	25 June 2022	Estadio Corona, Torreón, Mexico	Peru	1–0	5–1	Friendly
21.	21 February 2023	Estadio León, León, Mexico	Colombia	1–1	1–1	2023 Women's Revelations Cup
22.	3 July 2023	Estadio Las Delicias, Santa Tecla, El Salvador	Jamaica	5–2	7–3	2023 Central American and Caribbean Games
23.				7–3
24.	7 July 2023		Venezuela	1–0	2–1 (a.e.t.)

See also

• Sports portal
• Association football portal
• Biography portal

• List of Mexican Fútbol (soccer) athletes

References

1. "List of Players - 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
2. "Las Mediocampistas de la Selección Femenil que Participarán en la Copa Mundial de Canadá 2015". Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación, A.C. (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
3. "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on July 1, 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
4. "Player Profile". Goal.com. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
5. "FIFA player profile". FIFA. Archived from the original on July 1, 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
6. Vilchis, Raúl (6 July 2017). "For Teammates in Love, Island Oasis". New York Times. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
7. "¡La Liga Islandesa Femenina tendrá invasión de mexicanas! | Talacheros FC". Archived from the original on 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
8. "Þór/KA - FH: Bein lýsing". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). 28 September 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
9. "Stephany varð markahæst" [Stephany was the top scorer]. Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 27 April 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
10. Gunnarsson, Henry Birgir (2 October 2017). "Andri og Mayor best" [Andri and Mayor the best]. Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 29 June 2023.
11. Arnar Geir Halldórsson (29 April 2018). "Þór/KA meistari meistaranna - Enn einn titillinn norður yfir heiðar". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 30 April 2018.
12. "Stefany Mayor player stats". Washington Post. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
13. "Mexico ousted despite draw with New Zealand". CBC Sports. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
14. "Mexico squad announced for International friendly against Venezuela on 10 June". 28 May 2017. Archived from the original on 27 August 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
15. "Cuando la homofobia aparecio en el futbol femenil" (in Spanish). 24 June 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2018.

External links

• Stephany Mayor at Soccerway.com
• Stephany Mayor at Liga MX Femenil (archive) (in Spanish)
• Stephany Mayor – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Stephany Mayor – UEFA competition record (archive) 
• Stephany Mayor at Tigres UANL Femenil
• Profile at Mexican Football Federation (in Spanish) at the Wayback Machine (archived 10 June 2015)
• Stephany Mayor at the Football Association of Iceland (in Icelandic)