The Colombian women Linda Caicedo It does not stop at the monopoly of praise and recognition. The new pearl of Real Madrid adds to his excellent performances with the white team since his arrival, a series of awards that highlight that he is a star in the making.
Thus, the player, who signed for Real Madrid on February 24, was today proclaimed the new “Queen of America”, an award given annually by the Uruguayan newspaper El País to the best player on the continent.
The 37th edition of the survey “America responds to El País” had the votes of 218 journalists from the region, of which 76 were for the former soccer player of Deportivo Cali.
Below are the Brazilians Bia Zanerattor, with 21 votes, and the Y of ArgentinaAmila Rodríguez, with 20.
Born in Candelaria in February 2005, Caicedo began his career with América de Cali at the age of 14 and later signed for his country’s Deportivo Cali, a club where he played in one Copa Libertadores.
In 2022, the soccer player played the U20 World Cup in Costa Rica where Colombia reached the quarterfinals and the U17 World Cup in India where the South American team lost to Spain in the finals. In that tournament, Caicedo scored four goals and became one of the top scorers.
In addition, he played in the 2022 Copa América Colombia, a tournament where his team also reached the final, where they lost to Brazil 0–1. Despite this, the attacker won the award for the best player in the competition.
On February 24 of this year, Real Madrid made the official signing of the 18-year-old attacker, who the previous day assured: “She is an important signing, not only for me, but for women’s football in the country. I want to achieve important things and leave it high.”
On March 3, Caicedo was called up for the first time to play and a day later he played his first match in the ‘Merengue’ shirt in a 5–1 victory over Alhama.
On the other hand, the survey released this Wednesday made the Brazilian Pedro Guilherme the new “King of America”, while the Argentine coach Lionel Scaloni prevailed in his category and became the best technical director of 2022. EFE
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Source: La Verdad
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