Leicy Santos

#10 Midfielder

Status Active
Position Midfielder
Hometown Lorica, Colombia
Age 05/16/1996
Height 5'4"
Pronouns She/Her
Previous Club Atlético Madrid
Acquired Signed 2024
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10

MATCHES PLAYED

2

GOALS

1

ASSIST

81%

PASSING ACCURACY

Career Summary

  • PROFESSIONAL
  • INTERNATIONAL
  • COLLEGE

2024

Joined the Spirit midseason after finishing the 2023-24 Liga F season with Atlético Madrid. Appeared in seven regular season matches, totaling 531 minutes of action. Scored and assisted in her NWSL debut against the Kansas City Current. Netted a game-winning header off an assist from Trinity Rodman in stoppage time of the September 7 match against Portland. Appeared in all three Spirit playoff matches. 

2019-2023

After joining Atlético Madrid in 2019, Santos appeared in over 100 league matches for the side, totaling 17 goals and 16 assists. Santos also appeared in the Champions League with Atlético Madrid in each of her first two seasons at the club, helping the team reach the quarterfinals in 2020 and the round of 16 in 2021. She recorded one goal across seven Champions League appearances. In 2023, Santos and Atlético won Copa de la Reina, completing a thrilling late comeback over crosstown rival Real Madrid in the tournament’s final. 

2017-2019

Santos played for Independiente Santa Fe in Colombia’s Liga Professional Femenina from 2017 to 2019.

2024

Appeared in seven matches for the Colombia Women’s National Team, starting all seven. Represented Colombia at the Olympics in France, starting all four of the side’s matches. Scored two goals, added one assist during the Olympic tournament. Assisted on Colombia’s first goal, scored the second in the team’s quarterfinal match against defending World Cup champion Spain.

2015

Santos moved from Colombia to the United States in 2015 to play at the collegiate level with Iowa Central. In her lone season with the Tritons, Santos tallied seven goals and three assists, leading the team to the 2015 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) championship win.

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