Kenti Robles

Kenti Robles
Robles representing Mexico in 2018
Personal information
Full name Vaitiare Kenti Robles Salas
Date of birth (1991-02-15) 15 February 1991 (age 35)
Place of birth Mexico City, Mexico
Height 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position Right back
Team information
Current team
 Pachuca
Number 2
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 Espanyol B
2009–2011 Espanyol 44 (8)
2011–2014 Barcelona 50 (4)
2014–2015 Espanyol 24 (1)
2015–2020 Atlético de Madrid 98 (8)
2020–2024 Real Madrid 93 (3)
2024– Pachuca 15 (1)
International career‡
2008–2010 Mexico U20
2010– Mexico 106 (3)
2017 Catalonia 1 (0)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Mexico
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place2023 San Salvador
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15:53, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 20 February 2025

Vaitiare Kenti Robles Salas (born 15 February 1991), known as Kenti Robles, is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a right back for Liga MX Femenil side Pachuca and the Mexico women's national team. She also holds Spanish citizenship.

Career

Robles has been playing in Spain since she was 14 years old, being brought up in Espanyol's youth team. In 2009, she was promoted to the first team, and that same season she won her first title, the Copa de la Reina. After playing the 2011 World Cup with Mexico, she moved to local rivals Barcelona where she played in the UEFA Women's Champions League and helped the team win three league titles from 2011 to 2014. In August 2014, she re-joined Espanyol. In 2015, she joined Atlético de Madrid, where she played for 5 years, earning her 3 La Liga titles and a Copa de la Reina. In the summer of 2020, she joined city rivals Real Madrid, who played the previous year as CD Tacón. This made Robles the first Mexican woman to play for Real Madrid. In 2022, Robles was named as the club captain of Real Madrid. She was also selected as part of the reformation process of the Mexican women's national football team following a major governance restructuring by the Mexican Football Federation. In 2024, she returned to Mexico to play for Pachuca Feminil.

International career

Robles made her debut for the Mexico women's national under-20 football team in 2010. She made her full debut for the Mexico women's national football team in 2011.

Atlético Madrid

In the 2018-19 season, the club changed coaches, with José Luis Sánchez Vera replacing Ángel Villacampa. In September 2018, Kenti Robles scored in the 88th minute of a Champions League match against Manchester City, securing a 1-1 draw after Bonner had given the English side the lead in the first half. Atlético went on to win the league title, clinching their third consecutive Liga Iberdrola crown with a 3-1 victory over Real Sociedad.


Personal life

Before settling in Spain, Robles lived in the Dominican Republic. Her mother is originally from Peru.

Honours

Espanyol
Barcelona
Atlético de Madrid

References

  1. ↑ "List of Players — 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 17 June 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  2. 1 2 "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Las Defensas de la Selección Nacional Femenil que Participarán en la Copa Mundial de Canadá 2015". Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación, A.C. (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Kenti Robles, la primera mexicana en el Atlético de Madrid femenil/ R Plascencia". Adrenalina Excelsior TV. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "7 curiosidades de Kenti Robles" (in Spanish). 2 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "Kenti Robles, la futbolista mexicana del Atlético de Madrid". Excelsior. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  7. ↑ Lopez, Jessica (17 July 2015). "Futbolista Mexicana Kenti Robles Signs With Atlético de Madrid". Remezcla. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "Kenti Robles, the first Mexican woman at Real Madrid". Al Día News. 29 April 2026. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
  9. ↑ "Kenti Robles". Concacaf. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
  10. ↑ Hernandez, Cesar (13 July 2022). "Mexico federation to restructure national teams after firing Torrado, Hierro, Perez and Vergara". TSN. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
  11. ↑ "Kenti Robles jugará en Pachuca tras su paso por Europa" (in Spanish). TUDN. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
  12. ↑ "Kenti Robles: La líder que Pachuca necesitaba para soñar con el título" (in Spanish). Estadio. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
  13. ↑ "Kenti Robles da esperanza al Atlético en la Champions". Retrieved 3 September 2026.
  14. ↑ "El Atlético de Madrid Femenino gana su tercera Liga Iberdrola consecutiva". Retrieved 3 September 2026.
  15. ↑ "Ayuda Kenti dentro y fuera del campo" (in Spanish).
  16. ↑ Kenti Robles (10 January 2012). "Mi experiencia" [My experience] (in Spanish). Interculturalidad e Inmigración. Retrieved 16 May 2019. I had been to Peru, since that's where my mother is from, but, being so young, I do not remember very well.