Vanina Correa

In this article, the surname is Correa.

Vanina Correa

Personal information
Full name	Vanina Noemí Correa
Date of birth	(1983-08-14) August 14, 1983
Place of birth	Villa Gobernador Gálvez, Argentina
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Rosario Central
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2002	Rosario Central
2002–2003	Banfield
2003–2005	Boca Juniors
2005–2008	Banfield
2008–2009	Boca Juniors
2009	Renato Cesarini
2015	Rosario Central
2016–2018	Social Lux
2019	Rosario Central
2019–2020	San Lorenzo
2020–2021	Espanyol	8	(0)
2021	San Lorenzo
2022–	Rosario Central	0	(0)
2022	→ Universidad de Chile (loan)
International career‡
2003–	Argentina	41	(0)
Medal record Women's football Representing Argentina Copa América Femenina Runner-up 2003 Peru Winner 2006 Argentina 2018 Chile 2022 Colombia Pan American Games 2019 Lima Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 April 2021

Vanina Noemí Correa (born 14 August 1983) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Rosario Central and the Argentina women's national team.

Club career

Correa has played for Renato Cesarini, Boca Juniors, Social Lux, Rosario Central and San Lorenzo in her country.

In the second half of 2022, she had a stint on loan with Universidad de Chile.

International career

She played the inaugural match of the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup against Germany, which Argentina lost 11–0, the biggest defeat in the history of the tournament until Thailand lost 13–0 to the United States in 2019. The following year she was the starting goalkeeper in the 2008 Summer Olympics women's football tournament.

When Argentina failed to qualify for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, Correa retired from football the following year. She was persuaded into a national team comeback in 2017, when coach Carlos Borrello encountered her at a domestic fixture. She played in all seven of Argentina's matches at the 2018 Copa América Femenina and in both legs of the subsequent CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off win over Panama.

At the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Correa won acclaim for her performance in Argentina's 1–0 defeat by England in Le Havre. She made six saves including a penalty kick from Nikita Parris. English coach Phil Neville was effusive in his praise: "Their goalkeeper was incredible. I saw her before the game and she was unbelievable, even in the warm-up. What you've seen tonight is an unbelievable goalkeeping performance." The BBC Sport report described Correa's display as "a form of redemption", after her unhappy experiences at the 2003 and 2007 editions of the tournament.

Personal life

On 24 February 2014, Correa gave birth to twins, who are the result of fertility treatments she did, in the company of her partner at that time.

International Tournaments

Championship	Country	Result
2003 South American Women's Football Championship	Peru	Runners-up
2006 South American Women's Football Championship	Argentina	Winners
Football at the 2003 Pan American Games – Women's tournament	Dominican Republic	Fourth Place
Football at the 2007 Pan American Games – Women's tournament	Brazil	Group stage
2003 FIFA Women's World Cup	United States	Group stage
2007 FIFA Women's World Cup	China	Group stage
Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament	China	Group stage
2018 Copa América Femenina	Chile	Third Place
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup	France	Group Stage
2019 Pan American Games	Peru	Runners-up

External links

• Vanina Correa at BDFútbol
• "Vanina Correa / Argentin / Gardien" (in French). SO FOOT.com. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
• "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ – Players – Vanina CORREA – Vanina Correa". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2019.