Leicy Santos

About

Leicy María Santos Herrera (born 16 May 1996) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for National Women’s Soccer League club Washington Spirit and the Colombia national team.
Santos was an NJCAA national champion with Iowa Central before joining Santa Fe in the new Colombian Women’s Football League in 2017. In 2019, she signed with Liga F club Atlético Madrid, where she won one Supercopa and one Copa de la Reina in five seasons with the club.
Santos made her full international debut for Colombia in 2014.

Santos was born on 16 May 1996 in the town of San Sebastián, a municipality of Santa Cruz de Lorica, Córdoba, Colombia. She was encouraged to play soccer from a young age by her father, Elizaith Santos, who was also a soccer player and previously a member of the Córdoba Under-20 National Team. Santos’s mother initially did not like the idea of her playing soccer, and insisted that she help clean their home instead of playing.
Santos played on boys’ teams as a child and was the only girl playing at tournaments. One afternoon, César Correa, a friend of her father’s, saw her play and recommended that she travel to Bogotá so she could try out…