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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Birth name | Yamila Badell Graña | ||
| Date of birth | (1996-03-01)1 March 1996 (age 29)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
| Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Real Oviedo | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2015 | Colón | ||
| 2015–2016 | Málaga | ||
| 2016–2017 | Colón | ||
| 2017–2019 | Tacón | ||
| 2019–2021 | Racing Féminas | 36 | (7) |
| 2021 | Nacional | ||
| 2022– | Real Oviedo | 10 | (7) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012 | Uruguay U17 | 10 | (11) |
| 2014– | Uruguay | 6 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 May 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 April 2018 | |||
Yamila Badell Graña (born 1 March 1996) is a Uruguayanfootballer who plays as aforward for SpanishPrimera Federación clubReal Oviedo and theUruguay women's national team. She is the first player in her country to score in aFIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
She started playingbaby football at the club Playa Honda, facing boys.[3] She later joinedColón Football Club of theAUF. In 2015 she emigrated to Spain to play forMálaga for half a season.[4][5] She returned to Colón in 2016 and the club won its fourth consecutiveUruguayan Championship.
In December 2017, Badell joined Spanish club CD Tacón.[6][7]
In June 2019, Badell left Tacón after the team promoted to thePrimera División and then its place was purchased byReal Madrid CF.[8][9]
Badell participated in the2012 South American Under-17 Women's Championship inBolivia, where she was crowned the tournament's top scorer with 9 goals,[10] and together with her teammates achieved the historical first qualification of aUruguayan women's team to a FIFA World Cup.[3][11]
In theU-17 World Cup, played inAzerbaijan, Uruguay lost its three matches, but Badell managed to score twice in the last match againstGermany (a 2–5 defeat), thus marking the first goal by a Uruguayan in a FIFA Women's World Cup.[12]
Scores and results list Uruguay's goal tally first
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 19 September 2014 | Estadio La Cocha,Latacunga,Ecuador |  Ecuador | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2014 Copa América Femenina |
2 | 8 April 2018 | Estadio La Portada,La Serena,Chile |  Peru | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2018 Copa América Femenina |
3 | 7 April 2023 | Estadio Parque Capurro,Montevideo,Uruguay | Peru | 4–0 | 6–1 | Friendly |
4 | 5–0 |
Yamila Badell is the daughter of former footballerGustavo Badell.
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