Kimika Forbes

Kimika Sanell Forbes (born 26 August 1990) is a Tobagonian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Colombian club and the Trinidad and Tobago women's national team, which she represents since 2006.

Forbes played for Paraguayan club Sportivo Limpeño at the 2016 Copa Libertadores Femenina, which the club went on to win, with Forbes then being shortlisted as CONCACAF Goalkeeper of the Year and also becoming the first Caribbean footballer to win a trophy in CONMEBOL. In the 2017 Liga Femenina, she was the goalkeeper who received the fewest goals against her.

Forbes also played for her national team at the Pan American Games in 2011 and 2015.

Forbes has a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education and is also a Sports Advisor & Video Analyst for Pro Evolution Coaching in Canada.

She is the elder sister of Karyn Forbes, also an international footballer.

In 2014, she was awarded Female Athlete of the Year and was also named USCAA First Team All American both years. Forbes integrated into a squad with her compatriot with Kennya Cordner, both players became the first two Tobagonian footballers in the country's history to play in Paraguay. Forbes joined from FC Ulindi from a USA University League and arrived in Paraguay without speaking Spanish.

Forbes shared her place in the Sportivo Limpeño squad alongside Paraguayan star Jessica Martínez. Before going into the 2016 Copa Libertadores Femenina, she became back-to-back Champions with Sportivo Limpeño in winning the 2016 Paraguayan Women's Championship. Sportivo Limpeño had defeated Cerro Porteño 4–2 on aggregate (1–1 and then 3–1) to be crowned champions of Paraguay's Women's Championship, and Limpeño's second consecutive league title.

2016 Copa Libertadores Femenina In Sportivo Limpeño's opening fixture of the Copa Libertadores Femenina, they defeated Peruvian club Universitario de Deportes 4–0, with Forbes being the number one goal keeper for Limpeño.

Sportivo Limpeño finished in first position of their group with 7 points and faced the Brazilian team Foz Cataratas at the semi-final stage of the competition. Limpeño defeated Foz Cataratas 2–0 with Forbes as goalkeeper on 17 December 2016, before advancing to the final where Forbes would play an entire 90 minutes.

On 20 December 2016, Forbes kept for Limpeño in a 2–1 victory against Venezuelan side Estudiantes de Guárico, having been losing 1–0.

Forbes was then shortlisted as CONCACAF Goalkeeper of the Year. She also became the first Caribbean footballer to win a South American trophy.

By 2017, Forbes still did not speak Spanish but claimed to be able to understand it, did not hesitate to sign with Independiente Santa Fé in Colombia. Amongst her teammates, she did not have anyone with whom she could maintain a fluent conversation in English. Forbes stated in an interview that football in her country was still new and at an initial stage, whilst she had gone to Colombia to play, live the experience, enjoy the opportunity and that it was in Colombia where she could enjoy playing.

In February 2017, Forbes was included in a poll of ten players to decide who would be the 2017 Liga Femenina Star Player. Forbes continued to play for her national team whilst playing for Independiente Santa Fé, receiving a call up for friendlies in March 2017, who was part of an undefeated squad in the Liga Femenina at the time.

In the 2017 Liga Femenina, Forbes was the goalkeeper who received the fewest goals against her. At Independiente Santa Fé, she was teammates with Venezuelan Oriana Altuve, who was the team's leading goal scorer with 12 goals in the league, and Costa Rican Melissa Herrera. She also shared the goalkeeping duty with Vanessa Córdoba, the daughter of former Boca Juniors goalkeeper Óscar Córdoba. Santa Fé were grouped against her former Paraguayan club Sportivo Limpeño in the tournament,

During late 2017, Forbes signed a contract extension with Santa Fé until May 2018 was sched to travel with the side to face Athletico Bilbao’s women's team in Spain in December 2017.

In Colombia, Forbes was happy that women were included in football and because she felt that her work was being valued. On 13 June 2019, Kimika and her teammates were presented as the Millonarios Femenine Team at the Torre Empresarial Allianz.

In July 2019, Forbes and her team debuted in the Liga Águila Femenina with a victory against Equidad. Forbes conceded the opening goal after an error in the 50th minute before her team came back to win 2–1. In the game, fans from Forbs' former club threw insults at her whilst she played for Millonarios.

International career Forbes received her first call up for the Trinidad and Tabago national team aged 15 for a fixture against Mexico during the qualifying campaign for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup to be held in China.

Following the game, Trinidad and Tabago coached Randy Waldrum praised Forbes' goalkeeping heroics "She was big-time tonight, wasn’t she? Player of the game for us, for sure. She kept it close and kept us in it. She’s special. She was fantastic tonight. I can’t even describe it in words how many times she came up big for us.”

In July 2015 at the Pan American Games, Forbes again was the national team's first choice keeper, completing 270 minutes in 3 group stage games as Trinidad & Tobago were eliminated from the tournament with 2 points. Playing in the Tournament against with her sister Karyn, Forbes kept in a 2–2 draw against Argentina, a 1–1 draw with Colombia, and a 3–1 loss against Mexico.

In November 2015, Forbes led her national team to the Caribbean Gold Medal in the first round of Olympic Qualifying. Forbes impeded Puerto Rico in the Championship game 1–0 and also posted three other victories in the Championship.

On 4 October 2018, Forbes kept for her national team in a 3–0 defeat against Panama in their first fixture of the CONCACAF Female Championship.

In October 2018, Forbes kept for Trinidad and Tobago in a 4–1 defeat against Mexico during the CONCACAF Qualifiers for the FIFA Women's World Cup.

Personal life and education Forbes is from Plymouth, Tobago. Forbes prefers that people call her by the name Kimi.

Honours Sportivo Limpeño Paraguayan women's football championship: 2016 Copa Libertadores Femenina: 2016

Independiente Santa Fé Liga Femenina: 2017

Individual First Caribbean to win the Copa Libertadores Femenina.