Ligia Moreira

Ligia Elena “Gigi” Moreira Burgos (born 19 March 1992) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Villarreal CF and captains the Ecuador women's national team.

International career Moreira represented Ecuador at the 2008 South American U-17 Women's Championship.

Moreira captained Ecuador to the country's first ever FIFA Women's World Cup at the 2015 tournament edition in Canada.

At the 66th minute of Ecuador's opening match against Cameroon, with the score already 3–0 for Cameroon she was adjudged by referee Katalin Kulcsár to have fouled Cameroonian striker Gaëlle Enganamouit being the last defender and therefore was sent off after received a red card. Ecuador eventually lost the match 6–0 with Gaëlle Enganamouit scoring three goals. Moreira was suspended from Ecuador's next match against Switzerland, returning in the third match against Japan.

International goals No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 23 October 2021 Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha, Guayaquil, Ecuador 1–0 1–4 Friendly 2. 26 October 2021 1–2 1–4