Celia Jimenez Delgado

Position:
Midfielder
Height:
5-8
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Alcaudete, Spain
High School:
Iowa Western C.C.

2017 (Senior)

Drafted to Seattle Reign FC in Women’s National League (Jan. 18) … United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division I Women’s All-Southeast Region Second Team … All-SEC First Team … SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll … started in 18 games on the season and played in 20 contests … ranked second on the team in assists (6) and tied for second in points (12) … is eighth in the SEC in total assists … recorded an assist and put one shot on goal against Jacksonville State (Aug. 18) … tallied an assist while playing 66 minutes against Samford (Aug. 20) … took five shots while playing all 94 minutes against South Florida (Aug. 24) … played the full 90 minutes against then-No. 6/4 Florida State and took one shot (Aug. 27) … scored on her lone shot attempt at South Alabama (Sept. 1) … came off the bench to record two shots in 68 minutes against Troy (Sept. 3) … took one shot and added an assist at Kennesaw State (Sept. 7) … scored from 25 yards out and played the full 90 minutes against Chattanooga (Sept. 17) … put four of her eight shots on goal against LSU (Sept. 21) … took two shots at No. 6 Florida (Sept. 24) … tallied an assist while putting one shot on goal against Auburn (Oct. 10) … recorded an assist and took one shot against Mississippi State (Oct. 15) … took two shots at Arkansas (Oct. 19) … tallied an assist in 91 minutes against Missouri (Oct. 22) … played 86 minutes off the bench at Ole Miss (Oct. 26) … scored the Tide’s lone goal in the SEC Tournament game against Missouri (Oct. 29) … played the full 90 minutes in the first round of the NCAA Tournament against Clemson (Nov. 10).

2016 (Redshirt)

Selected to the SEC Preseason Watch List before suffering a season-ending injury to result in redshirt year.

2015 (Junior)

A member of the All-SEC second team ... earned a spot on the TopDrawerSoccer.com Team of the Week for the week of Sept. 15, as a result of her game-winning goal in the 3-2 double-overtime comeback victory against LSU (Sept. 11) ... on most offensive possessions, she was a key distributor and gave direction to the Tide offense ... led the team in points (10), goals (4), game-winning goals (2), shots (55) and shots on goal (18) ... her 55 shots tied the seventh-most shots in a season in program history ... those 55 shots also were the eighth-most shots taken by a player in the Southeastern Conference ... finished the season ranked second on the team in assists (2) ... had her first multi-goal game for Alabama in the 2-0 victory against Jacksonville State (Sept. 20), while also taking eight shots, tying a season-high ... scored her first goal for the Tide and tied a season-high eight shots in the match at Tennessee Tech (Aug. 30) ... collected her first assist for Alabama in the match at Ole Miss (Sept. 25) ... her second assist of the season against then-No. 8 Auburn (Oct. 1) was a cross that gave teammate Tori Gann her first career goal ... one of two players on Alabama to start and play in all 19 matches during the 2015 season (Abby Lutzenkirchen) ... took a team-high five shots in the 1-0 double-overtime victory at Georgia (Oct. 16) ... had a game-high six shots in the match against Mississippi State (Oct. 25).

2013-14 (Iowa Western Community College)

Played her first two seasons of collegiate soccer for Iowa Western Community College where she collected 21 goals and 11 assists across 23 total matches … the Reivers won the NJCAA national championship in 2013 and finished runners-up in 2014 … named to the NJCAA 2013 All-Tournament Team and the most valuable forward in the tournament … a two-time first-team All-American at the junior college level.

International

Member of the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup Spanish National Team ... earned a start in all three of Spain’s matches in the country’s first appearance in the World Cup ... has represented Spain on every youth national team from the age of 14 onward ... made 12 appearances with the U-19 team and 12 appearances with the U-17 team … captained both the U-17 and U-19 squads … won the U-17 UEFA Championship in 2010-11 and finished runners-up in the U-19 UEFA Championship for the 2013-14 season.

High School

Attended the prestigious IES Galileo Galilei High School in Alcaudete, Spain … played on her regional team that won the Spanish national championship in 2013 … competed at the club level for Sevilla FC under Manolo Pineda and Maria Pris … was a three-time Gold Team of the Year selection (2015-17).

Personal

Born on June 20, 1995 in Jaén, Spain … daughter of Antonio Jiminez and Purificación Delgado … has one sister, Laura Jiminez Delgado ... major is aerospace engineering.