Monterrey

Liga MX Women

Club de Fútbol Monterrey Femenil, commonly known as Rayadas, is a Mexican professional women’s football club based in Guadalupe, Nuevo León, that competes in Liga MX Femenil and plays its home matches at Estadio BBVA. The team was founded with the creation of Liga MX Femenil in 2017 and has become one of the league’s most successful clubs.

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What makes Monterrey what it is.

She scored her first professional goal at 14 which made her the youngest Mexican footballer to score at professional level.

She is Liga MX Femenil’s all-time leading scorer and the first player to score 150 goals, earning the nickname Katty "Killer."

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Quirky facts from the Monterrey squad.

She is known by the nickname “La China.”

There are still nights when she can hardly believe her own journey, and she feels proud to be part of a generation opening the way for girls who want to play.

Before her college and pro career, she was a genuine multi-sport athlete competing for four years in track and field in the javelin and heptathlon.

She previously worked in two schools before starting her professional football career.

She is from Colima and studied for a degree in Physical Education and Sport at the University of Colima.

She studied exercise and sports science at Tulsa.

Before becoming a professional, Martínez was a Rayados supporter and used to go regularly to matches at Estadio BBVA.

She wants to study sports science and would love to stay in football after her playing career, potentially as a coach or fitness trainer.

Seeing the Matildas in person changed her direction. She said that after watching Australia train in Coffs Harbour in 2007, she knew at 14 that she wanted to make the team one day.

She spent part of her development in the United States at Montverde Academy in Florida, where she appeared on the school roster.

She made her professional debut at 16 with Lobos BUAP in the Apertura 2018.

She comes from a wider Chivas-rooted football family, with her father, an uncle, and a cousin all developed in Guadalajara’s academy and later played for the club’s first team.

Her earliest football memory is going onto the pitch at halftime while her father played and kicking the ball around with him.

The player she admires most is Lionel Messi.

As a child, she spent hours kicking a ball against the wall of her house, often from 6 p.m. until midnight, and she admits she broke more than a few windows and flowerpots along the way.