Andrea Sanchez Falcon is a Canarian soccer player. She plays as a winger and her current team is FC Barcelona of the Spanish Women’s First Division, as well as the national team of Spain. Andrea Falcon has six league titles of the Spanish Primera Division with FC Barcelona and Atletico de Madrid, as well as the champion of UEFA Women’s Champions League with Fc Barcelona. She also won three times Spanish Queen’s Cup, two times Copa Catalunya and one Supercopa Femenina.
Andrea Falcon was born on February 28, 1997, in Arucas, Las Palmas, Canary Islands. She started playing football at an early age in the mixed team of her hometown, the Arucas Club de Fúubol, but in 2008 she signed for the women’s team of Union Viera, from the capital of Gran Canaria. She is runner-up in the U-17 world cup and four times runner-up in Europe with the U-17 and U-19 teams.
The Spanish team and FIFA have highlighted her one-on-one, her ability with both legs, her passes and crosses, and the power of her shot.
Andrea Falcon started her career in Barcelona, where played between 2012 and 2016. She played mainly in the subsidiary team, playing some games with the first team, usually as a substitute. She made her debut in the Champions League on November 10, 2013, in the first leg of the round of 16 by replacing Marta Corredera in the 81st minute of the game against F.C. Zurich, which ended with a 3-0. With Barcelona, she won the League and Cup in the 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons and the league in 2014-15. At the end of the 2015-16 season, she decided to leave the team due to lack of continuity.
On July 6, 2016, she signed with Atletico de Madrid. Andrea Falcon made her league debut on September 10, 2016, against Transportes Alcaine by replacing Priscila Borja in the 63rd minute. She scored her first goal on October 15 against Betis, opening the scoring after an intermission on the left wing and defeating the rival goalkeeper. For the team of Atletico Madrid, she has 48 matches and scored 5 goals, winning two league trophies in 2016–17 and 2017–18.
On July 4, 2019, FC Barcelona announced the return of Andrea Falcon with an agreement until 2021. During her stay she won two league trophies in 2019–20 and 2020–21, UEFA Women’s Champions League in 2020–21, two Spanish Queen’s Cup in 2019–20 and 2020–21, and Supercopa Femenina in 2020-21.
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