Yoana_Peralta
Yoana Peralta
Dominican footballer
Yoana Peralta Fernández (born 1999) is a footballer who plays Vaughan Azzurri in League1 Ontario. Born in Canada, she represents the Dominican Republic women's national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yoana Peralta Fernández | ||
| Date of birth | 1999 (age 24–25) | ||
| Place of birth | Canada | ||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Vaughan Azzurri | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Glen Shields FC | |||
| 2014–2015 | King City SC | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2018 | York Lions | 20 | (0) |
| 2021 | Seneca Sting | 5 | (3) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017 | Aurora FC | 2 | (1) |
| 2019–2021 | Vaughan Azzurri | 12 | (2) |
| 2022 | Einherji | 13 | (5) |
| 2023– | Vaughan Azzurri | 12 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021– | Dominican Republic | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of July 12, 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of April 9, 2023 | |||
In 2017, she began attending York University, where she played for the women's soccer team.[1] She started three games in her rookie season, before an injury ended her season.[2] She appeared in all of her team's matches in her second season.[2]
In 2021, she began attending Seneca College, where she played for the women's team.[3]
In 2017, Peralta played with Aurora FC in League1 Ontario.[4]
In 2019 and 2021 (the 2020 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic), she played with Vaughan Azzurri in League1 Ontario.[5][6]
In January 2022, she signed a professional contract with Icelandic club Einherji in the second tier 1. deild kvenna.[7]
In 2023, she played with Vaughan Azzurri in League1 Ontario.[8]
Peralta has Canadian, Dominican, and Uruguayan nationality.[7]
In 2021, Peralta was called up to the Dominican Republic national team. Peralta made her senior debut for the Dominican Republic on 25 October 2021 in a friendly against Bolivia.
She was again called up to the squad in April 2023 ahead of friendlies against Panama.[9]
- As of match played July 30, 2023
| Club | Season | League | Playoffs | National Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Aurora FC | 2017[4] | League1 Ontario | 2 | 1 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Vaughan Azzurri | 2019[5] | League1 Ontario | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | — | — | 13 | 5 | ||
| 2021[6] | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 12 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | ||
| Einherji | 2022[10] | 1. deild kvenna | 13 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | |
| Vaughan Azzurri | 2023[8] | League1 Ontario | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 39 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | !1 | 0 | 46 | 18 | ||
- "2017 women's soccer season preview". York Lions. 24 August 2017.
- "Yoana Peralta 2017 L1O Stats". League1 Ontario.
- "Yoana Peralta 2019 L1O Stats". League1 Ontario.
- "Yoana Peralta 2021 L1O Stats". League1 Ontario.
- Aðalsteinn Ásgeirsson, Guðmundur (30 January 2022). "Einherji fær landsliðskonu frá Dómíníska lýðveldinu (staðfest)" [Einherji gets a national team member from the Dominican Republic (confirmed)]. Fótbolti (in Icelandic).
- "Yoana Peralta 2023 L1O Stats". League1 Ontario.
- "Sedofútbol femenina llamó a 21 jugadoras para partidos ante la mundialista Panamá" [Women's Sedofútbol called 21 players for matches against the World Cup Panama]. El Nuevo Diario (in Spanish). 1 April 2023.
- Yoana Peralta at the Football Association of Iceland (in Icelandic)