Ilana Izquierdo

Ilana Izquierdo (born 14 June 2002) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga MX Femenil club Tigres UANL and the Colombia national team. She played college soccer for the Southern Miss Golden Eagles and the Mississippi State Bulldogs. She represented Colombia at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

College career

Born in Cali, Izquierdo moved to the United States to attend the University of Southern Mississippi, where she played for the Southern Miss Golden Eagles. In her freshman season, she started all 17 games and led the team in scoring with 7 goals and 7 assists, earning Conference USA Freshman of the Year and first-team All-C-USA honors. In her junior season, she started all 23 games for the Mississippi State Bulldogs, led the team in minutes played, and scored 4 goals with 2 assists. She helped the team to the NCAA tournament round of 16, marking the first time the program reached the third round, before losing to eventual finalists Stanford. In her senior season in 2024, Izquierdo's midfield partnership with Macey Hodge helped the Bulldogs go undefeated in the Southeastern Conference regular season, winning the conference title for the first time, and earn a one seed in the NCAA tournament. Izquierdo suffered a season-ending injury toward the end of the regular season. She had 2 goals in 15 games and was named second-team All-SEC.

During college, Izquierdo also played for Asheville City in the USL W League, helping the team to its first national playoff berth in 2024.

Club career

On June 13, 2025, Atlético San Luis announced that they had signed Izquierdo to her first professional contract. She made her league debut on August 8, starting and playing the entire match in a 2–0 win over FC Juárez. She scored her first league goal in a 1–1 draw against Toluca on October 13.

International career

Izquierdo represented Colombia with the national under-17 team at the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. She played at the under-20 level at the 2022 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship, the 2022 Bolivarian Games (where she won gold with the team), and the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. She started every match at the Gold Cup as Colombia made it to the quarterfinals. She was selected to the 18-player roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics in France. She started in all three Olympic group stage matches, including her country's first ever Olympic win in the game against New Zealand, and appeared as a substitute in their quarterfinal loss to Spain.