Catalina Primo

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Catalina Primo
Personal information
Full name Catalina Julia Primo
Date of birth (2000-05-19) 19 May 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth Río Tercero, Córdoba, Argentina
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
UAI Urquiza
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2018 Racing de Córdoba
2018–2020 Talleres de Córdoba
2020– UAI Urquiza
International career
2017–2020 Argentina U20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Catalina Julia Primo (born 19 May 2000) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a midfielder for football team UAI Urquiza. She also played for the Argentine U20 team.

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Club career

Primo began her steps in football at the age of 5 at the Sportivo 9 de Julio club in her hometown of Río Tercero. She first played for a women's football club at age 12 at Libertad de Hernando. She later moved to the city of Córdoba and had a brief stint at Instituto in 2015. [1]

After playing in the Liga Cordobesa de Fútbol with Racing (2016-2018) and Talleres (2018-2020), Primo signed her first professional contract in 2020 with UAI Urquiza of the Primera División A. [2] [3]

International career

Primo's first national call-up occurred in 2017, having been called-up the Argentine U20 team. [1] She played in the South American U-20 Women's Championship in 2018 and 2020, [4] [5] but in both tournaments, the team did not manage to get past the group stage.

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References

  1. 1 2 Marcos Villalobo (26 July 2018). "Catalina Primo, la juvenil que la rompe en Racing de Nueva Italia". La Nueva Mañana. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  2. "Catalina Primo, Guerrera". UAI Urquiza. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  3. Ana Dalmasso (21 January 2020). "Otra cordobesa ex Talleres se sumará al bicampeón del fútbol femenino". La Voz del Interior. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  4. Ana Dalmasso (1 April 2020). ""Cata" Primo y el Sudamericano sub 20: "Todavía no le encontramos explicación a lo que pasó"". La Voz del Interior. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  5. "Convocatoria y fixture para el Sudamericano Sub 20 Femenino". AFA. 22 February 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2021.