Valerin Loboa
Colombian association football player
Valerin Loboa Vásquez (born 3 July 2007) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a forward or midfielder for Portland Thorns FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the Colombia national team.
Loboa made her professional debut for her home-town club Deportivo Cali in 2022 at the age of 14, and won the Liga Femenina with the club in 2024. A cruciate ligament injury sustained that year cost her a place at the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup on home soil; she returned to become Deportivo Cali's leading scorer in 2025 and was called into the senior national team for the first time that July.
She scored on her senior debut against Bolivia at the 2025 Copa América Femenina, started the closing matches of Colombia's run to the final, and joined the Portland Thorns in September 2025 on a contract through 2028. At the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Poland she scored in stoppage time against Nigeria to win the quarter-final and take Colombia into the semi-finals for the first time in sixteen years.
Early life
Loboa is from Villa Rica, a small municipality in the north of the Cauca Department, about 40 kilometres from Cali. She is an only child; her mother is Francia Vásquez, who travelled with her to Poland for the 2026 World Cup.
She came through the youth system at Deportivo Cali, one of the longest-established women's academies in Colombia.
Club career
Deportivo Cali
Loboa joined Deportivo Cali, the club of her home city, and made her professional debut for them in 2022 at the age of 14. She was part of the squad that won the Liga Femenina in 2024, the club's first national title in the competition.
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