Cris Cornejo

Cris Cornejo
Cornejo training with Real Sociedad, 2017
Personal information
Full name María Cristina Cornejo Vega
Date of birth (1992-01-09) 9 January 1992 (age 34)
Place of birth San Sebastián, Spain
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Alavés
Number 1
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Intxaurdi
2009–2018 Real Sociedad 100 (0)
2018–2019 Eibar
2019–2022 Alavés 69 (0)
International career‡
2014–2015 Basque Country 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 August 2022
‡ National team caps and goals as of 07:57, 19 October 2021 (UTC)

María Cristina "Cris" Cornejo Vega (born 9 January 1992) is a Spanish footballer who last played for Alavés as a goalkeeper.

She began her career in the Basque regional leagues with Intxaurdi KE, being signed by Real Sociedad who soon gave the 16-year-old her Primera División debut. She remained with the Txuri-urdin for nine seasons, making over 100 appearances, although she was often second-choice in the squad behind the older Sokoa Azkarate, then the younger Mariasun Quiñones.

In 2018, Cornejo moved to second-tier Eibar along with three Real Sociedad teammates, and helped them to finish in a position to move into the new Segunda División Pro. A year later – along with defender Gaste, another of the group who had switched to Eibar – she signed for Alavés, of the same level, and was the regular goalkeeper as they won the title and gained promotion to the Primera in the 2020–21 season.

References

  1. ↑ Cris: Cristina Cornejo Vega, Txapeldunak (in Spanish)
  2. 1 2 "Cristina Cornejo renueva con la Real hasta 2018" [Cristina Cornejo renews with La Real until 2018] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  3. ↑ "Cristina Cornejo, Itziar Gastearena, Leyre Fernández y Titay Calvo, nuevos fichajes del primer equipo femenino" [Cristina Cornejo, Itziar Gastearena, Leyre Fernández and Titay Calvo, new signings of the women's first team] (in Spanish). SD Eibar. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "Cris Cornejo destaca la ambición del equipo femenino del Eibar" [Cris Cornejo highlights the ambition of the Eibar women's team] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  5. ↑ "Cristina Cornejo defenderá la portería del Deportivo Alavés la próxima temporada" [Cristina Cornejo will defend Deportivo Alavés' goal next season] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "Las Gloriosas suben a Primera División" [The Gloriosas go up to the First Division] (in Spanish). Gasteiz Hoy. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.