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Biography
Ligia Elena Moreira Burgos (born 19 March 1992) is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays as a defender for Spanish Segunda División Pro club Racing de Santander and captains the Ecuador women's national team.
International career
Moreira represented Ecuador at the 2008 South American U-17 Women's Championship.
Moreira captained Ecuador to the country's first ever FIFA Women's World Cup at the 2015 tournament edition in Canada.
At the 66th minute of Ecuador's opening match against Cameroon, with the score already 3–0 for Cameroon she was adjudged by referee Katalin Kulcsár to have fouled Cameroonian striker Gaëlle Enganamouit being the last defender and therefore was dismissed after received a red card. Ecuador eventually lost the match 6–0 with Gaëlle Enganamouit scoring three goals. Moreira was suspended from Ecuador's next match against Switzerland, returning in the third match against Japan.
