Marianyela Jiménez

Marianyela Jiménez
Jiménez with Florida State in 2024
Personal information
Full name Marianyela Antonella Jiménez Zerpa[1]
Date of birth (2004-04-16) April 16, 2004[1]
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Florida State Seminoles
Number 30
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2023 William Carey Crusaders 66 (46)
2024– Florida State Seminoles 16 (4)
International career‡
2018 Venezuela U-17 2 (0)
2020–2024 Venezuela U-20 22 (6)
2023– Venezuela 7 (1)
‡ National team caps and goals as of September 7, 2024

Marianyela Antonella Jiménez Zerpa (born April 16, 2004) is a Venezuelan college soccer player who plays as a midfielder for the Florida State Seminoles and the Venezuela national team.

College career

Originally from Puerto Cabello, Jiménez moved to the United States in 2021 to attend William Carey University in Mississippi.[2] She had scholarship support from Deyna Castellanos's Queen Deyna Program.[3] In three seasons with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA)–level Crusaders, she scored 46 goals in 66 games.[2] She was named the NAIA Player of the Year in 2023 after scoring 21 goals in 25 games and leading the Crusaders to the NAIA women's soccer championship game.[4]

Jiménez transferred to the NCAA champion Florida State Seminoles in 2024, scoring 4 goals in 16 games in her debut season.[5] She scored two minutes into the ACC tournament first round against Notre Dame, before helping the Seminoles to their fifth consecutive conference tournament title, and scored one minute into the shootout loss to Vanderbilt in the NCAA tournament second round.[5]

International career

Jiménez represented the Venezuela under-20 team at three South American U-20 Women's Championships, starring at the 2024 edition in which she scored five goals in eight games.[6] She started all three games for the under-20s at the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[7]

Jiménez made her senior debut for Venezuela on April 6, 2023, starting and playing 75 minutes in the friendly 1–1 draw against Argentina.[8]

Honors and awards

Florida State Seminoles

William Carey Crusaders

Individual

  • NAIA Player of the Year: 2023

References

  1. ^ a b "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Colombia 2024™ Squad Lists" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Mariangela Jimenez". William Carey Crusaders. Retrieved August 15, 2025.
  3. ^ Linares, Albison (December 14, 2024). "Women's soccer star Deyna Castellanos says college in the U.S. changed her life — and she's paying it forward". NBC News. Retrieved August 15, 2025.
  4. ^ "Jimenez Named NAIA Women's Soccer POTY; 11 Earn All-America Honors". Southern States Athletic Conference. December 11, 2023. Retrieved August 15, 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Marianyela Jiménez". Florida State Seminoles. Retrieved August 15, 2025.
  6. ^ Marianyela Jiménez at Soccerway
  7. ^ Morantes, Jack (September 24, 2024). "Jiménez and Dantas return from U-20 World Cup to propel FSU soccer team". FSUNews.com. Retrieved August 15, 2025.
  8. ^ "Marianyela Jiménez y Camila Pescatore: Dos Nuevas Debutantes en la Vinotinto Femenina". Venezuelan Football Federation. April 14, 2023. Retrieved August 15, 2025.
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