Violeta Quiles
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Violeta García Quiles[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 10 December 1999||
Place of birth | Cartagena, Spain[2] | ||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Forward, left-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Real Sociedad | ||
Number | 15 | ||
Youth career | |||
2014–2015 | FC Cartagena | ||
2015–2016 | EF Dolerense | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2022 | Alhama CF | ||
2022–2024 | Real Betis | 55 | (4) |
2024– | Real Sociedad | 11 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 July 2025 |
Violeta García Quiles (born 10 December 1999) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a forward or left-back for Liga F club Real Sociedad. She has previously played for Real Betis and Alhama CF.
Youth career
[edit]Quiles grew up in Cartagena, Spain, where she had her first taste of football at age 15 with FC Cartagena.[3] She then had a one-year stint with EF Dolerense before joining Alhama CF in 2016.[4] Quiles got off to a rocky start at Alhama, struggling to break into the squad and then tearing her ACL right as she began to find her footing.[5] She returned to the field after over a year of rehab[4] and played in 3 matches before the COVID-19 pandemic halted all football.[5][6]
Club career
[edit]Alhama CF
[edit]At the age of 17, Quiles was officially promoted to the Alhama CF first team.[7] She played a key role in the club's 2022 promotion to the Spanish first division, recording 12 goals and 9 assists across the season.[7] One of Quiles' goals was scored against her future affiliate club, Real Betis B.[8] At the end of the season, Primera Federación recognized Quiles as the best player in the league's southern group.[6]
Real Betis
[edit]Although Quiles had the option to play in Alhama CF's return season to the Spanish top division, she chose to enter Liga F by different means. On 6 July 2022, she signed for Liga F club Real Betis on a two-year deal.[9] It would be her first time leaving her hometown of Cartagena.[6] She made her Liga F debut on 17 September 2022, in a match against Levante Badalona.[10] In her first season with the team, Quiles not only had to adapt to a change in setting, but she also managed a transition from operating as a winger to a left-back.[6] From her new position on the backline, she helped Betis escape relegation for two years in a row.
In the 2022–24 season, Quiles had a run of good form in which she scored 3 goals at the tail end of the campaign to ensure Betis' maintained presence in Liga F.[1] Upon the expiry of her contract, she chose to depart from the club.[7] Across 55 matches, she had scored 4 goals and tallied 3 assists with Real Betis.[11]
Real Sociedad
[edit]On 4 July 2024, Quiles signed a two-year contract with Real Sociedad, becoming the first player brought in by new manager José Luis Sánchez Vera .[7] After playing 11 matches in her first campaign with Real Sociedad, Quiles tore her ACL during a training session in February .[12] She subsequently underwent successful knee surgery, but was forced to miss the rest of the season.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Violeta Quiles at Soccerway
- ^ a b c "Violeta Quiles". Real Sociedad. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
- ^ "Violeta Quiles, nuevo fichaje del Betis Féminas". Diario de Sevilla (in Spanish). 6 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
- ^ a b Jiménez, Mayca (1 June 2020). "Violeta Quiles: "Estamos en un momento de incertidumbre"". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2025.
- ^ a b Moya, Francisco J. (22 April 2022). "Violeta Quiles, "del barro al sueño"". La Verdad (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2025.
- ^ a b c d Griñán, Marta (18 November 2022). "Violeta Quiles, de Reto al gran derbi: "Era la oportunidad de mi vida"". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2025.
- ^ a b c d Valverde, Iker (4 July 2024). "Violeta Quiles, primer fichaje de la nueva Real Sociedad de Sánchez Vera". El Diario Vasco (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2025.
- ^ "Violeta rasca un punto para el líder Alhama en Sevilla". La Verdad (in Spanish). 31 January 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
- ^ "El Real Betis Féminas firma a Violeta Quiles por dos temporadas". Real Betis Balompié. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
- ^ González Paredes, JA (6 July 2025). "Cartagena contará por primera vez en la historia con dos jugadoras en Primera División femenina". Cartagena Deportiva (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2025.
- ^ "Silvia Lloris ficha por el Atlético y Violeta Quiles se va a la Real Sociedad". La Verdad (in Spanish). 5 July 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
- ^ González Paredes, José Antonio (27 February 2025). "La cartagenera Violeta Quiles, de la Real Sociedad, se rompe el cruzado y dice adiós a la temporada". Cartagena Deportiva (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2025.
- ^ Paredes, G (10 April 2025). "La cartagenera Violeta Quiles, de la Real Sociedad, operada con éxito de la grave lesión que sufría el pasado mes de febrero". Cartagena Deportiva (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2025.
External links
[edit]- Violeta Quiles at Soccerway.com
- Violeta Quiles at FBref.com
- Violeta Quiles at kicker (in German)
- Living people
- 1999 births
- Footballers from Cartagena, Spain
- Spanish women's footballers
- Women's association football forwards
- Women's association football defenders
- Primera Federación (women) players
- Alhama CF players
- Real Betis Féminas players
- Real Sociedad Femenino players
- Liga F players
- 21st-century Spanish sportswomen