Montserrat Saldívar

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Saldivar and the second or maternal family name is Pavón.
Montserrat Saldívar
Saldívar with Mexico at the 2025 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
Personal information
Full name Angelique Montserrat Saldivar Pavón
Date of birth (2006-09-20) 20 September 2006
Place of birth Benito Juárez, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Left-back / left-winger
Team information
Current team
 América
Number 19
Youth career
2021 América
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– América 97 (25)
International career‡
2022 Mexico U-17 10 (2)
2023– Mexico U-20 13 (11)
2024– Mexico 6 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 August 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 6 August 2025

Angelique Montserrat Saldivar Pavón (born 20 September 2006) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a left-back or left-winger for Liga MX Femenil club Club América and the Mexico national team.

Early life

Montse Saldivar was born on 20 September 2006 in the Benito Juárez Municipality of the state of Quintana Roo. As a child, she tried multiple sports before choosing football.[1]

Saldívar initially played football with boys in Cancún before being noticed by former Mexico national team player Iris Mora, who offered Saldívar the opportunity to join her newly created football academy with the goal of developing her skills and giving her a path into professional football, which she accepted.[2]

In 2018, Mora invited her former national team coach and then Club América manager, Leonardo Cuéllar, to observe and scout players from her academy. Saldívar impressed Cuéllar enough that he requested Club América to sign her so that she could be integrated as part of their soon-to-be-created U-15 and U-17 teams, which were planning to participate in the upcoming youth division of Liga MX Femenil. However, due to a major delay in the creation of this youth division, the club declined to sign her.[2]

Club career

In 2020, Saldívar received an invitation from Club América manager, Leonardo Cuéllar, to a training tryout with América's first-team after successfully completing a previous tryout at a scouting event in Mexico City. Just as their previous meeting in 2018, Saldivar impressed Cuellar enough during the tryout that he once again requested América to sign her.[1] Saldivar also had an offer to join America’s main rival, Chivas, which was the club that the her familiy supported, but she declined it.[3]

Club América (2021–present)

Saldívar officially joined América in 2021 and was initially integrated with the U-17 side. She was promoted to America's first-team ahead of the Liga MX Femenil's Apertura 2021 tournament on 16 July 2021.[4] Saldivar made her professional debut with América at age 14 on 16 August 2021, in an away match against Pachuca in which she was part of the starting line-up.[5] By debuting at 14, she became the youngest Club América Femenil player to have debuted professionally, a record that can’t be broken as Liga MX Femenil does not longer allow players under 15 to play professionally. While Saldivar did had a successful debut tournament, becoming even a regular in the team starting lineups, she subsequently received less play time under head coach Ángel Villacampa, who relegated her to be mostly a sub.

After having a successful display during the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, Saldivar began to get more playing time with América, this time as a winger rather than as a left-back, which was the only position that she had played on for América since her debut. Subsequently, Saldivar’s breakthrough season with América came during the Clausura 2025 tournament, in which she became a key player for the team by scoring 12 goals and being one of the players with the most minutes played, and helping the team reach the final of the tournament[6]

International career

Youth

Saldivar has been part of the Mexico women's national football team program since the U-17 level. She was part of the Mexico U-17 team that participated on the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship and 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[7][8]

Since 2023, Saldivar has been part of the Mexico U-20 team.[9] She was part of the Mexico team that participate at the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, in which she started all four games that Mexico played during this tournament, and scored one goal and gave three assists.[10] Saldivar was called again to play for U-20 team during the 2025 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, heping Mexico reach the final of the competition by becoming the top scorer of the tournament. Due to her performance throughout the competition, CONCACAF awarded Saldivar the top-goal scorer and best-player awards.[11][12]

Senior

Saldivar was called to the senior national team for the first time on 18 October 2024, for friendlies against Venezuela and Thailand.[13] She made her debut with the senior team on 26 October 2024, in the match against Venezuela.[14] She scored her first goal with the senior team during the 2025 Pinatar Cup, in a match against Chinese Taipei on 19 February 2025.[15]

Career statistics

Club

As of As of match played 2 February 2024[16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup [a] League Cup [b] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Club América 2021–22 Liga MX Femenil 22 1 — — 22 1
2022–23 10 1 — — 10 1
2023–24 24 1 2 0 — 26 1
2024–25 17 7 — 1 0 18 7
Total 73 10 2 0 1 0 76 10
Career total 73 10 2 0 1 0 76 10
  1. ^ Includes Campeón de Campeones
  2. ^ Includes Summer Cup

International goals

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 19 February 2025 Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain  Chinese Taipei 3–0 4–0 2025 Pinatar Cup
2. 4–0

Honours

Club América

Mexico U-20

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b Robles, Higinio (2021-04-09). "Montserrat Saldivar, la niña maravilla de América Femenil". Grupo Milenio (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-20.
  2. ^ a b Barrón, Carlos (2021-12-13). "Una niña abraza al futbol, Angelique Montserrat Saldívar". Excélsior (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-20.
  3. ^ OnceDiario. "Montserrat Saldívar habló con ONCE sobre sus sueños en el Tri Femenil". www.oncediario.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2025-08-06.
  4. ^ Club America Femenil (2021-07-16). "Montserrat Saldivar, procedente de nuestra Sub-17, llega como refuerzo Águila". X. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  5. ^ "A sus 14 años, joven de Cancún debuta con el Club América en la Liga MX Femenil". www.poresto.net (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-20.
  6. ^ OnceDiario. "Montserrat Saldívar es la jugadora a seguir de América en el Final Four". www.oncediario.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2025-08-06.
  7. ^ "2022 CWU17C final rosters announced". Concacaf. 2022-04-21. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
  8. ^ "Squad List: FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup India 2022" (PDF). FIFA. 4 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Convocatoria de la Selección Nacional de México Femenil Sub-20 para el Campeonato de la Concacaf". miseleccion.mx (in Spanish). 21 May 2023. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
  10. ^ fvillalobos (2024-09-13). "¿Quién es Montserrat Saldívar, la mexicana que destacó en el Mundial Sub-20?". Record.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-11-09.
  11. ^ Carrillo, Alberto (2025-08-06). "¿Quién fue la mejor jugadora de la Concacaf W Sub 20?". Mediotiempo (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2025-08-06.
  12. ^ "Saldívar y Henning reciben honores en el Campeonato Femenino Sub-20". Concacaf (in Spanish). 2025-06-13. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
  13. ^ "¡América y Tigres dominan convocatoria del Tri Femenil! | TUDN Selección MX | TUDN". www.tudn.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-11-09.
  14. ^ Selección Nacional de México Femenil (26 October 2024). "¡Tenemos deeeeeeeeeebut!". X (in Spanish).
  15. ^ Arévalo Ayala, Valeria (19 February 2025). "Selección Mexicana Femenil: Conoce a las juveniles que anotaron gol en la Pinatar Cup". Estadio. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  16. ^ "Angelique Montserrat Saldivar Pavón". Liga MX Femenil.
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