Marianyela Antonella Jiménez Zerpa (born April 16, 2004) is a Venezuelan professional footballer player who plays as a midfielder for Liga MX Femenil club Querétaro and the Venezuela national team. She played college soccer for the William Carey Crusaders and the Florida State Seminoles, winning the 2025 national championship with the Seminoles.
.jpg) Jiménez with Florida State in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marianyela Antonella Jiménez Zerpa[1] | ||
| Date of birth | April 16, 2004[1] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Querétaro | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2023 | William Carey Crusaders | 66 | (46) |
| 2024–2025 | Florida State Seminoles | 16 | (4) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2026– | Querétaro | 5 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Venezuela U-17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2020–2024 | Venezuela U-20 | 22 | (6) |
| 2023– | Venezuela | 7 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of March 16, 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of September 7, 2024 | |||
College career
editOriginally 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 an NAIA national championship appearance.[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] In 2025, she played in 17 games and had 5 assists as the Seminoles won their fifth national title.[6]
Club career
editInternational career
editJiménez 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.[7] She started all three games for the under-20s at the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[8]
Jiménez made her senior debut for Venezuela on April 6, 2023, starting and playing 75 minutes in the friendly 1–1 draw against Argentina.[9]
Honors and awards
editWilliam Carey Crusaders
- NAIA women's soccer championship runner-up: 2021, 2023
Florida State Seminoles
Individual
- NAIA Player of the Year: 2023
References
edit- 1 2 "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Colombia 2024™ Squad Lists" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
- 1 2 "Mariangela Jimenez". William Carey Crusaders. Retrieved August 15, 2025.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Jimenez Named NAIA Women's Soccer POTY; 11 Earn All-America Honors". Southern States Athletic Conference. December 11, 2023. Retrieved August 15, 2025.
- 1 2 "Marianyela Jiménez". Florida State Seminoles. Retrieved August 15, 2025.
- 1 2 Cambra, Salette (February 22, 2026). "Marianyela Jiménez becomes ninth FSU soccer player to go professional". FSView & Florida Flambeau. Retrieved March 16, 2026.
- ↑ Marianyela Jiménez at Soccerway
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Marianyela Jiménez y Camila Pescatore: Dos Nuevas Debutantes en la Vinotinto Femenina". Venezuelan Football Federation. April 14, 2023. Retrieved August 15, 2025.
External links
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- Marianyela Jiménez at Soccerway.com
- Marianyela Jiménez at InterSportStats
