Mariela Jácome

Mariela Jácome

Personal information
Full name	Mariela Amina Jácome Riley
Date of birth	(1996-03-06) 6 March 1996
Place of birth	Boston, United States
Height
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	St. John's Red Storm
Number	20
Youth career
2014–	St. John's Red Storm
International career‡
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Ecuador		(2)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:39, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

Mariela Jácome (born 6 March 1996) is an American professional footballer who plays for St. John's University and the Ecuadorian national women's team. She was part of the Ecuadorian squad for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Personal life

Jácome was born in Long Branch, New Jersey to an American mother and an Ecuadorian father originally from Guayaquil. Growing up she attended Ichabod Crane High School in Kinderhook, New York, and in 2013 she was named by Albany Times Union to the all-star senior squad after recovering from Jácome a torn ACL a year before. She later attended St. John's University, where she played 20 games her first season. While visiting family in Ecuador, her uncle recommended that she try out for the Ecuadorian national team which was holding camp nearby. Jácome did and soon after was named part of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup squad.

External links

• Mariela Jácome – FIFA competition record
• Profile (Spanish) at FEF
• Mariela Jácome at Soccerway