Maz Pacheco

Maz Pacheco

Personal information
Full name	Mayumi Pacheco[1]
Date of birth	(1998-08-25) 25 August 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth	Ormskirk, England[2]
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	Aston Villa
Number	33
Youth career
2014–2015	Liverpool
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2017	Liverpool	12	(0)
2016	→ Doncaster Rovers Belles (loan)	10	(1)
2017–2018	Doncaster Rovers Belles	26	(1)
2018–2020	Reading	25	(0)
2020–2021	West Ham United	17	(0)
2021–	Aston Villa	63	(1)
International career^‡
2015	England U17	8	(1)
2016–2017	England U19	9	(0)
2017–2018	England U20	8	(0)
2019	England U21	10	(1)
Medal record Women's football Representing  England FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 2018 France
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 January 2020

Mayumi "Maz" Pacheco (born 25 August 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Women's Super League club Aston Villa. A former England youth international, she received her first senior call-up for the Philippines in 2024.[3]

Club career

Pacheco made a failed bid to join the youth team of FA WSL 1 side Liverpool in 2013 by participating in the club's trial. She managed to secure a place in the youth team the following year.[4]

Pacheco began her senior career with Liverpool in 2015.[3] She made her club debut on 25 March in a league loss to Sunderland. 11 more appearances followed during the 2015 and 2016 seasons before Pacheco left to join Doncaster Rovers Belles on loan for the remainder of the 2016 campaign.[3][5] She went onto make 12 appearances and score 1 goal prior to signing a permanent contract at the beginning of 2017.[6] In July 2018, Pacheco signed for Reading, after helping Doncaster Rover Belles win the WSL 2 title.[7] On 8 June 2020, Reading announced that Pacheco had left the club after her contract had expired.[8] On 10 July 2020, Pacheco signed for West Ham United.[9] On 16 August 2021, she signed for Aston Villa.[10]

International career

Pacheco played international youth football for England from under-17 level up to under-21 level, appearing in the finals of the 2015 U17 Euros, 2017 U19 Euros, and 2018 U20 World Cup.

In October 2024, Pacheco received her first call up to the Philippines women's national football team for fixtures against Jordan and DR Congo in the Pink Ladies Cup held in Antalya, Turkey.[11]

Personal life

Pacheco was born in Ormskirk. Her father is from the town, her mother comes from the Philippines, and she has two brothers.[12] She graduated with a law degree from Sheffield University in 2020[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 2 October 2024.[3]

Club	Season	League			FA Cup[a]		League Cup[b]		Continental[c]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Liverpool	2015	Women's Super League	9	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	16	0
	2016	Women's Super League	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	Total		12	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	19	0
Doncaster Rovers Belles (loan)	2016	Women's Super League	10	1	0	0	2	0	—		12	1
Doncaster Rovers Belles	2017	Women's Super League 2	9	0	1	0	—		—		10	0
	2017–18	Women's Super League 2	17	1	0	0	3	0	—		20	1
	Total		36	2	1	0	5	0	—		42	2
Reading	2018–19	Women's Super League	16	0	2	0	2	0	—		20	0
	2019–20	Women's Super League	9	0	2	1	5	0	—		16	1
	Total		25	0	4	1	7	0	—		36	1
West Ham United	2020-21	Women's Super League	17	0	0	0	3	0	—		20	0
Aston Villa	2021–22	Women's Super League	22	0	1	0	2	0	—		25	0
	2022–23	Women's Super League	22	0	4	1	5	0	—		31	1
	2023–24	Women's Super League	18	1	0	0	5	1	—		23	2
	2024–25	Women's Super League	0	0	0	0	1	0	—		1	0
	Total		62	1	5	1	13	1	—		80	3
Career total			152	3	10	2	35	1	0	0	197	6

1. Includes the FA Women's Cup
2. Includes the FA WSL Cup
3. Includes the UEFA Women's Champions League

Honours

England U20s

• FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup third place: 2018[14]

References

1. "List of Players - England" (PDF). FIFA. 5 August 2018. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
2. "Mayumi Pacheco profile". Doncaster Rovers Belles. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
3. "Mayumi Pacheco profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
4. Morales, Luisa (19 September 2020). "Meet the full-blooded Filipina booter in England's top football tournament". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
5. "SIGNING: Pacheco signs on loan". Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
6. "SIGNING: Pacheco returns". Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
7. "Mayumi Pacheco: Reading Women sign former Doncaster Rovers Belles left-back". BBC Sport. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
8. "Reading FC Women issue thanks as out of contract players depart". www.readingfc.co.uk. 8 June 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
9. "West Ham United sign defender Maz Pacheco". www.whufc.com.
10. "Mayumi Pacheco joins Villa Women". Aston Villa. 16 August 2021.
11. Terrado, Jonas. "Aston Villa's Maz Pacheco set to make her Filipinas debut". Inquirer. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
12. "Special Feature: The story of Mayumi Pacheco, a 17-year-old Pinay footballer playing for Liverpool". Inter Aksyon. 27 September 2015. Archived from the original on 7 May 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
13. Burhan, Asif. "Maz Pacheco: The Law Graduate Blazing A Trail On And Off The Soccer Pitch". Forbes. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
14. "ENGLAND WIN BRONZE MEDAL AT FIFA U20 WOMEN'S WORLD CUP". The FA. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2019.

External links

• Maz Pacheco at Soccerway