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Biography
Fátima Leyva Morán (born 14 February 1980) is a retired Mexican footballer. She recently played as a midfielder for the Michigan Chill SC of the WPSL and the Mexico women's national football team.
Career
During her international career, Leyva has participated at numerous tournaments, namely the CONCACAF (1998), Nike Cup (1998, 2000), World Cup (1999), Pan American Games (1999, 2003) and Copa de Oro (2000) tournaments.
After the Mexico national team failed to qualify for the 2003 women's World Cup, she was hired by Univision as a color commentator for its Cup transmissions.
Leyva was the captain of FC Indiana in the W-League. In 2010 she signed for Russian champion 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 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 team captain.