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Marianela Szymanowski
Personal information
Full name	Marianela Szymanowski Alonso
Date of birth	31 July 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Standard Liège
Senior career*
Years	Team
2008–2011	Atlético Madrid
2011–2016	Rayo Vallecano
2016–2018	Valencia
2018–2020	Real Betis
2020–2022	Espanyol
2022–2023	Rayo Vallecano
2023–2024	Pomigliano
2024–	Standard Liège
International career‡
2014–	Argentina
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 September 2023; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 February 2023

Marianela Szymanowski Alonso (born 31 July 1990) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Standard Liège and the Argentina women's national team.

Playing career

Szymanowski began playing football with the small Madrid suburban club Rayo Ciudad Alcobendas Club de Futbol from age 11 to 18. She then moved to Atlético Madrid, where she debuted in Primera División and in the Champions League with the club.^[1] She previously played for Atlético Madrid.^[2]^[3]

After two years, Szymanowski left Atlético and signed with Rayo Vallecano, where she would play during five seasons before signing with Valencia.

In 2011, she suffered an injury that forced her to provisionally retire until 2013.^[4]

International career

Szymanowski played for Argentina in the 2014 Copa América Femenina.^[5]

Personal life

Her brother Alexander who played in La Liga for CD Leganés. Their paternal grandparent was a Pole born in 1923 in what is now Ukraine, who moved to Argentina at the age of five, and a Russian woman.^[6]