Alicia Fuentes

Alicia Fuentes

Personal information
Full name	Alicia Fuentes Molina
Date of birth	(1978-05-27) 27 May 1978
Place of birth	Totalán, Spain
Height
Position(s)	Defender, Midfielder, Striker
Team information
Current team	Sevilla
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–2000	Atlético Málaga
2000–2003	Levante
2003–2004	Estudiantes Huelva
2004–2007	Sevilla
2007–2008	Murcia
2008–2010	Barcelona
2010–2012	Atlético Málaga
2012–2014	Levante Las Planas
2014–	Sevilla
International career
1997–2002	Spain
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alicia Fuentes Molina is a Spanish former footballer who played mainly as a midfielder. 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 Spanish national 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. In her three seasons there she won two leagues and three cups, and she played the first edition of the UEFA Women's Cup.

In 2003 she returned to Andalusia to play for Estudiantes Huelva. One year later she left Estudiantes for newly promoted Sevilla FC, which was the championship's runner-up in 2006. In 2007 she left Sevilla for Apolo Properties, a second tier team with an ambitious project. However, it wasn't promoted and for the next season Fuentes returned to the top league in newly promoted FC Barcelona.

After two years in Barcelona, Fuentes returned to Atlético Málaga in 2010. When Málaga was relegated in 2012 she returned to Barcelona to play for another newly promoted team, Levante Las Planas. There she finished her career one year later.

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. She played three of Spain's four games, always entering in the second half. 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.

In her last season (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.