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{{short description|Mexican footballer (born 1980)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name               = Fátima Leyva
| image               = 
| fullname            = Fátima Leyva Morán
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|df=y|1980|2|14}}
| birth_place = [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]]
| height              = {{convert|1.75|m|0|abbr=on}}
| position            = [[Midfielder]]
| currentclub         = [[Mexico women's national under-14 football team|Mexico U-14 (women)]] (Manager)
| clubnumber          = 
| youthyears1         = 
| youthclubs1         = 
| years1              = 1999-2005
| years2              = 2005–2009
| years3              = 2010
| years4              = 2011–2015
| years5              = 2016
| clubs1              = [[Laguna de Iztacalco]]
| clubs2              = [[F.C. Indiana (W-League)|FC Indiana]]
| clubs3              = [[Zvezda 2005 Perm|Zvezda Perm]]
| clubs4              = [[FC Zorky Krasnogorsk (women)|Zorkiy Krasnogorsk]]
| clubs5              = [[Michigan Chill SC]]
| caps1               = <!-- LEAGUE APPEARANCES & GOALS ONLY-->
| caps2               = 64
| caps3               = 24
| caps4               = 35
| caps5               = 7
| goals1              = 9
| goals2              = 7
| goals3              = 2
| goals4              = 18
| goals5              = 2
| nationalyears1      = 2000-2011
| nationalteam1       = [[Mexico women's national football team|Mexico]]
| nationalcaps1       = 62
| nationalgoals1      = 5
| manageryears1       = 2021–2022
| managerclubs1       = [[Mexico women's national under-17 football team|Mexico U–17 (women)]] (assistant)
| manageryears2      = 2023
| managerclubs2      = [[Mexico women's national under-20 football team|Mexico U–20 (women)]] (assistant)
| manageryears3       = 2023
| managerclubs3       = [[Mexico women's national beach soccer team|Mexico (beach) (women)]] 
| manageryears4= 2024
| managerclubs4= [[Mexico women's national under-13 football team|Mexico U-13 (women)]]
| manageryears5= 2025–
| managerclubs5= [[Mexico women's national under-14 football team|Mexico U-14 (women)]]
| pcupdate            = 
| ntupdate            = 
| medaltemplates       = 
{{MedalCountry | {{MEX}} }}
{{MedalSport | Women's [[Association football|Football]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2003 Pan American Games|2003 Santo Domingo]] | [[Football at the 2003 Pan American Games – Women's tournament|Team Competition]]}}
}}

'''Fátima Leyva Morán''' (born 14 February 1980) is a Mexican retired<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports/2016/07/17/michigan-chill-sc-keeps-inaugural-season-going/87232470/|title=Michigan Chill SC rallies in home finale, earns WPSL playoff berth|last=Schwarze|first=Dennis|date=July 17, 2016|accessdate=January 8, 2017|quote=The game was the farewell contest for 36-year-old Fatima Leyva, a former captain of the Mexican women’s national soccer team who is retiring as a player.}}</ref> [[Association football|footballer]] who played for the [[Mexico women's national football team]]. She played as a [[midfielder]] for the [[Michigan Chill SC]] of the [[Women's Premier Soccer League|WPSL]] .

==Playing career==
During her international career, Leyva participated at numerous tournaments, namely the [[CONCACAF]] (1998), ''[[Nike Cup]]'' (1998, 2000), [[FIFA Women's World Cup|World Cup]] (1999), [[Pan American Games]] (1999, 2003) and ''[[Copa de Oro]]'' (2000) tournaments.

Leyva was the captain of [[F.C. Indiana (W-League)|FC Indiana]] in the [[USL W-League (1995–2015)|W-League]]. In 2010, she signed for [[Russian women's football championship|Russian champion]] [[Zvezda 2005 Perm|Zvezda Perm]], where she reunited her former coach [[Shek Borkowski]]. During her career with Zvezda Perm, Leyva and her team became runners-up in Russia's professional league. That same season, Zvezda Perm became quarter finalist in the UEFA Champions League.

Leyva's extraordinary season with Zvezda Perm, drove Russian team [[FC Zorky Krasnogorsk (women)|FC Zorky Krasnogorsk]] to sign Leyva for their 2012–2013 season. During that season, FC Zorky becomes Russian League Champions and UEFA Champions League finalist.

In May 2016, Leyva signed with [[Michigan Chill SC]] and was named the [[captain (association football)|team captain]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chillsoccer.com/news_article/show/644609?referrer_id=2413137 |title=Women's Premier Team Welcomes First Signing Fatima Leyva |access-date=2016-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104144304/http://www.chillsoccer.com/news_article/show/644609?referrer_id=2413137 |archive-date=2017-01-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Broadcasting career==
After the Mexico national team failed to qualify for the [[2003 FIFA Women's World Cup|2003 women's World Cup]], she was hired by [[Univision]] as a color commentator for its Cup transmissions.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{FIFA player|175}}
*{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/fatima-leyva-1.html |title=Fátima Leyva |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020034948/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/fatima-leyva-1.html |archive-date=2012-10-20 |url-status=dead}}

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[[Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico]]
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