Lizbeth Ovalle

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Lizbeth Ovalle
Ovalle with Tigres UANL in 2025
Personal information
Full name Lizbeth Jaqueline Ovalle Muñoz
Date of birth (1999-10-19) 19 October 1999
Place of birth Aguascalientes, Mexico
Height 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position Winger
Team information
Current team
 Orlando Pride
Number 13
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2025 UANL 283 (133)
2025– Orlando Pride 16 (2)
International career‡
2016 Mexico U-17 9 (4)
2018 Mexico U-20 8 (5)
2018– Mexico 64 (18)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Mexico
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2023 SantiagoTeam
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place2023 San Salvador
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:45, 25 April 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 August 2025

Lizbeth Jacqueline Ovalle Muñoz (born 19 October 1999), also known as Jacqueline Ovalle,[1] is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a left winger for the Orlando Pride of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the Mexico national team.

Club career

Tigres UANL

Ovalle started her professional career with Tigres UANL at age 17, signing with the Monterrey based club just ahead of the start of the initial Liga MX Femenil tournament in July 2017.[2] She quickly became a prominent player for Tigres, scoring six goals and playing more than 800 minutes during her debut tournament.

Ovalle would win her first trophy with Tigres during the Clausura 2018, playing an important role for the team throughout the tournament, but specially during the playoffs in which she scored two goals, including one in the second-leg of the final against city rivals Monterrey.[3]

During her time with Tigres, Ovalle became a fundamental part of the team and on one of the best players in Liga MX Femenil, achieving more than 200 league appearances and scoring more than 100 goals, and helping Tigres win a significant number of trophies.[4][5][6] Ovalle won the 2025 FIFA Marta Award for the best goal in women's football that year, a scorpion kick scored for Tigres against Guadalajara on 3 March 2025.[7]

Orlando Pride

On 21 August 2025, the NWSL club Orlando Pride acquired Ovalle in exchange for a world record-breaking transfer fee of £1.1 million, breaking the record set by Olivia Smith transfer from Liverpool to Arsenal the previous month. Ovalle signed a two-year contract with Orlando that includes a mutual option for 2028.[8][9]

International career

Youth

Ovalle represented Mexico youth national teams at the 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup,[10] the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship and the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[11]

Senior

Ovalle made her senior international debut on 1 September 2018 during a friendly match against France.[12] She netted her first goal with the senior team during a 2019 Cyprus Women's Cup match against Czech Republic.[13] She was part of the roster that represented Mexico at the 2022 CONCACAF W Championship, in which she started in all three games that Mexico played during the tournament.

Ovalle was selected to represent Mexico at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile, where the Mexican squad went undefeated to win the gold medal for the first time in their history at the Pan American Games, defeating Chile 1–0.[14][15]

During the group stage of the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup, Ovalle opened the score for Mexico in a 2–0 win against the United States, helping Mexico defeat the U.S. for the second time in team history.[16]

Career statistics

Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ovalle goal.
List of international goals scored by Lizbeth Ovalle
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
16 March 2019Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus Czech Republic1–02–12019 Cyprus Women's Cup
222 May 2019Red Bull Training Facility, Hanover Township, United States New Zealand1–21–2Friendly
36 August 2019Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima, Peru Panama3–05–12019 Pan American Games
45–1
519 April 2022Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca, Mexico Puerto Rico1–06–02022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification
64–0
75 July 2023Estadio Las Delicias, Santa Tecla, El Salvador Guatemala3–06–02023 Central American and Caribbean Games
828 October 2023Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar, Chile Paraguay4–14–12023 Pan American Games
931 October 2023Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, Valparaíso, Chile Argentina1–02–02023 Pan American Games
102–0
1123 February 2024Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, United States Dominican Republic2–08–02024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup
124–0
1326 February 2024Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, United States United States1–02–02024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup
143 March 2024BMO Stadium, Los Angeles, United States Paraguay1–03–22024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup
153–1
164 June 2024BMO Field, Toronto, Canada Canada1–11–1Friendly
1725 February 2025Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain China2–02–02025 Pinatar Cup
188 April 2025Shell Energy Stadium, Houston, United States Jamaica1–04–0Friendly

Honours

UANL

Mexico U20

Mexico

Individual

References

  1. "Jacqueline Ovalle strike named France 2018's best". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  2. OnceDiario. "Tigres Femenil cumplió cinco años desde su primer partido en la Liga". www.oncediario.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  3. "Tigres, campeón del Clausura 2018 en Liga MX Femenil". ESPNdeportes.com (in Spanish). 5 May 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  4. RAÍZ (19 August 2025). "¡Romperá el mercado! Lizbeth Ovalle sale de Tigres en monto histórico para Liga MX Femenil". Marca México (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  5. "¿Qué sabemos del posible traspaso de Lizbeth Ovalle al Orlando Pride?". ESPNdeportes.com (in Spanish). 20 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  6. OnceDiario. "Liga MX Femenil: Polémica y oro, Charlyn vs. Ovalle por el Balón de Oro. ¿Y Bernal?". www.oncediario.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  7. "Ovalle's sensational scorpion kick earns Marta Award". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 16 December 2025. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  8. "Orlando Pride acquires Mexican midfielder Lizbeth Jacqueline Ovalle for world-record fee". Orlando City SC. 21 August 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  9. "Orlando Pride break women's transfer record to sign Lizbeth Ovalle for £1.1m". BBC Sport. 21 August 2025. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  10. "FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Jordan 2016-List of Players" (PDF). fifa.com. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2016.
  11. "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup France 2018-List of Players" (PDF). fifa.com. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2018.
  12. Duret, Sebastien (2 September 2018). "Bleues - La FRANCE démarre la saison par une victoire" (in French). Footofeminin.fr. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  13. "Lizbeth Ovalle: Magia". Futbolera (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  14. "Mexico takes soccer gold with 1-0 win over Chile". Reuters. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  15. "Santiago 2023: Mexico beats shorthanded Chile for women's football gold". olympics.com. 4 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  16. Peterson, Anne M. (27 February 2024). "US falls to Mexico for the second time ever, losing 2-0 in the Women's Gold Cup". Associated Press. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  17. "Shaw, Leon, Ovalle head up W Gold Cup Best XI". CONCACAF. 13 March 2024. Retrieved 17 March 2024.