# Gloriana Villalobos

Gloriana de Jesús Villalobos Vega (born 20 August 1999) is a Costa Rican footballer who plays as a midfielder for Deportivo Saprissa and the Costa Rica women's national football team. In 2014, she made her senior international debut at the age of 14.

## College career

In 2017, Villalobos was named to the All-ACC Third Team, as well as being chosen to the 11-member All-Freshman Team. Villalobos played in all 21 matches for Florida State where she scored 1 goal and made 2 assists. Gloriana left FSU in September 2019 to play with Saprissa.

## Professional career

Villalobos debuted for local club Saprissa in 2012 at the age of 12.
Gloriana played with Saprissa on 2019 and lost the final match against Alajuela. After the season ended she signed with Club Sport Herediano and is playing with them since 2020.

## International play

In January 2014, Villaobos—yet to turn 15—led Costa Rica to qualification for the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, appearing in all five games at the 2014 CONCACAF Under-20 Women's Championship in the Cayman Islands.
She then shot to national prominence in March 2014, when Costa Rica hosted the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. She appeared in all three games as the country hosted its first FIFA event.
In May 2014, Villalobos received her first call to the senior national team in the Central American region of 2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification, the first step toward the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. Villalobos scored in the final group game to help Costa Rica advance. In the playoff to determine which team advanced to the Pan American Games, Villalobos played again in a 3–0 Costa Rica win.
At the U-20 Women's World Cup in Canada in August 2014, Villalobos played all 270 minutes but Costa Rica was eliminated in the group stage again.
In 2017, Villalobos joined the Florida State Seminoles women's soccer team.

## International goals

| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1. | 24 May 2014 | Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala | Nicaragua | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification |
| 2. | 19 July 2018 | Estadio Moderno Julio Torres, Barranquilla, Colombia | Colombia | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games |
| 3. | 23 July 2018 | Estadio Moderno Julio Torres, Barranquilla, Colombia | Venezuela | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games |
| 4. | 27 August 2018 | IMG Academy, Bradenton, United States | El Salvador | 5–0 | 11–0 | 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification |
| 5. | 11 October 2018 | H-E-B Park, Edinburg, United States | Canada | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship |
| 6. | 17 February 2022 | Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6–0 | 7–0 | 2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification |
| 7. | 11 October 2022 | Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José, Costa Rica | Philippines | 2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 8. | 25 September 2023 | Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela, Costa Rica | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7–0 | 11–0 | 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification |
| 9. | 30 November 2023 | Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela, Costa Rica | Haiti | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification |
| 10. | 4 December 2023 | SKNFA Technical Center, Basseterre, St. Kitts & Nevis | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6–0 | 19–0 | 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification |

## Honours

Florida State Seminoles
* NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship: 2018