Charlyn Corral

Charlyn Corral
	Playing for Mexico in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Verónica Charlyn Corral Ang
Date of birth	11 September 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Acolman, State of Mexico, Mexico
Height	1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Pachuca
Number	9
Youth career
0000–2011	Borregos Salvajes
College career
Years	Team
2012–2013	Louisville Cardinals
Senior career*
Years	Team
2014	Merilappi United
2015–2019	Levante
2019–2021	Atlético Madrid
2021–	Pachuca
International career‡
2006–2010	Mexico U-20
2008–	Mexico
Medal record
Women's football
Representing Mexico
Pan American Games
Central American and Caribbean Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 February 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 February 2024

Verónica Charlyn Corral Ang (born 11 September 1991) is a Mexican footballer who plays as a striker for Liga MX Femenil club CF Pachuca and the Mexico women's national team. She has previously played for Atlético Madrid in Spain, for Merilappi United in Finland and for the University of Louisville's college soccer team in the United States. She has also been a member of Mexico's U-20 team.

Club career

After scoring 23 goals for Levante in her debut 2015–16 season, Corral signed a one-year extension to her contract with the Spanish club.^[3] She had been named in the Primera División's Team of the Season.^[4] She left the side in 2019.^[5]

International career

Corral made her debut for the Mexico U-21 team in 2006 at the age of 14. She was a member of the Mexico squad at the 2006, 2008 and 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. In 2006, Corral was the top scorer at the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. Corral earned her first cap for the Mexico women's national football team at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in a group stage match against New Zealand.^[6]

Corral was selected to represent Mexico at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile, where the Mexican squad went undefeated to won the gold medal for the first time in their history at the Pan American Games, defeating Chile 1–0.^[7]^[8]

Personal life

Charlyn's brother George Corral is also an international footballer, who currently plays for Club Puebla.^[9]

Controversies

On 19 June 2015, Corral was reported to have called for the replacement of Leonardo Cuéllar, long-time coach of the Mexico women's national team. Corral was not on the roster for the 2015 Pan American Games and the qualifying matches for the 2015 Women's World Cup.^[10] Cuellar stepped down as coach in 2016 and in 2017 Corral was again selected for the roster of the national team.^[11]

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	14 July 2007	Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Paraguay	3–0	5–0	2007 Pan American Games
2.	14 July 2007	Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Paraguay	5–0	5–0	2007 Pan American Games
3.	7 March 2011	Sotira, Cyprus	Northern Ireland	2–0	3–1	2011 Cyprus Women's Cup
4.	21 October 2014	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C., United States	Jamaica	2–1	3–1	2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship
5.	21 October 2014	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C., United States	Jamaica	3–1	3–1
6.	26 October 2014	PPL Park, Chester, United States	Trinidad and Tobago	3–2	4–2 (a.e.t.)
7.	26 October 2014	PPL Park, Chester, United States	Trinidad and Tobago	4–2	4–2 (a.e.t.)
8.	17 November 2014	Estadio Unidad Deportiva Hugo Sánchez, Veracruz, Mexico	Colombia	1–1	1–1	2014 Central American and Caribbean Games
9.	19 November 2014		Trinidad and Tobago	1–0	6–0
10.				3–0
11.				5–0
12.				6–0
13.	27 November 2014		Colombia	1–0	2–0
14.	13 January 2015	Shenzhen Stadium, Foshan, China	Canada	1–1	1–2	2015 Four Nations Tournament
15.	15 January 2015	Shenzhen Stadium, Foshan, China	South Korea	1–1	1–2	2015 Four Nations Tournament
16.	4 March 2015	Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni, Cyprus	South Africa	1–0	2–0	2015 Cyprus Women's Cup
17.	11 March 2015	GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus	Italy	1–0	3–2	2015 Cyprus Women's Cup
18.	28 February 2018	Alanya, Turkey	Latvia	1–0	5–0	2018 Turkish Women's Cup
19.	28 February 2018		Latvia	3–0	5–0
20.	2 March 2018		Jordan	3–1	5–1
21.	20 July 2018	Estadio Moderno Julio Torres, Barranquilla, Colombia	Trinidad and Tobago	3–0	5–1	2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
22.	24 July 2018		Nicaragua	3–0	4–0
23.	30 July 2018		Costa Rica	1–1	3–1
24.	7 October 2018	WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, United States	Trinidad and Tobago	1–0	4–1	2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship
25.	7 October 2018	WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, United States	Trinidad and Tobago	3–1	4–1	2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship
26.	1 March 2019	GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus	Thailand	1–0	2–1	2019 Cyprus Women's Cup
27.	1 March 2019	GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus	Thailand	2–1	2–1
28.	4 March 2019	AEK Arena, Larnaca, Cyprus	Hungary	1–1	3–3
29.	28 July 2019	Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima, Peru	Jamaica	2–0	2–0	2019 Pan American Games
30.	3 August 2019	Estadio Universidad San Marcos, Lima, Peru	Colombia	2–2	2–2	2019 Pan American Games
31.	3 July 2023	Estadio Las Delicias, Santa Tecla, El Salvador	Jamaica	2–0	7–3	2023 Central American and Caribbean Games
32.	5 July 2023	Estadio Las Delicias, Santa Tecla, El Salvador	Guatemala	6–0	6–0	2023 Central American and Caribbean Games
33.	22 September 2023	Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca, Mexico	Trinidad and Tobago	5–0	6–0	2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup qualification
34.	22 October 2023	Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, Valparaíso, Chile	Jamaica	7–0	7–0	2023 Pan American Games