Background and career
Catalina Pérez Jaramillo (born 8 November 1994) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Première Ligue club Racing Strasbourg and the Colombia women's national team.
Born in Bogotá and raised in Florida, Pérez played college soccer for Miami and Mississippi State, where she was named an All-American in 2017. After a spell away from the professional game—during which she completed an MBA and worked in banking in Boston—she returned to football with the New England Mutiny in 2019 and subsequently played in Italy, Spain, Brazil, Germany and France.
Pérez was sent off on her World Cup debut in 2015, but returned eight years later as Colombia's first-choice goalkeeper at the 2023 tournament, where the team reached the quarter-finals and conceded only two goals in four matches, neither from open play. She won a gold medal at the 2019 Pan American Games, was a runner-up at the Copa América Femenina in 2022 and 2025, and was part of the squad that won the inaugural CONMEBOL Women's Nations League in 2026.


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