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{{short description|Spanish footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{family name hatnote|Serra|Carandell|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Roser Serra
| fullname = Maria Roser Serra Carandell
| image =
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1971|08|30}}
| birth_place = [[Barcelona]], [[Spain]]
| height =
| position = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
| currentclub =
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| youthyears1=
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| years1 =
| years2 = 1995&ndash;1996
| clubs1 = [[FC Barcelona (women)|Club Femení Barcelona]]
| clubs2 = [[Arsenal L.F.C.|Arsenal Ladies]]
| caps1=
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| nationalyears1= 1990&ndash;1998
| nationalteam1= [[Spain women's national football team|Spain]]
| nationalcaps1= 33 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| pcupdate = 12:00, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
| ntupdate = 12:00, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
}}
'''Maria Roser Serra Carandell''' (born 30 August 1971) is a Spanish former international [[association football|football]] [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]].
Serra represented [[Spain women's national football team|Spain]] at senior international level. During qualifying for [[UEFA Women's Euro 1997]], she kept goal in a 1&ndash;1 draw in [[Sweden women's national football team|Sweden]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Matchinformation: Sverige - Spanien|url=https://svenskfotboll.se/t/Fogis.aspx?scr=result&fmid=1569534|publisher=Svenskfotboll.se|accessdate=9 December 2011|language=Swedish}}</ref> as well as in an 8&ndash;0 home defeat in the return fixture.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matchinformation: Spanien - Sverige|url=https://svenskfotboll.se/t/Fogis.aspx?scr=result&fmid=1569539|publisher=Svenskfotboll.se|accessdate=9 December 2011|language=Swedish}}</ref> In September 1996 Serra was Player of the Match as Spain eliminated [[England women's national football team|England]] in the play&ndash;off.<ref>{{cite news|title=England frustrated|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/england-frustrated-1365671.html|work=[[The Independent]]|location=London|accessdate=2012-06-05|date=1996-09-30|first=Guy|last=Hodgson}}</ref> She was selected for the final tournament<ref>{{cite web|title=Equipe de France A - France-Espagne 1-1|url=http://www.statsfootofeminin.fr/selection/match.php?id=123|publisher=footofeminin.fr|accessdate=9 December 2011|language=French}}</ref> and played in Spain's 2&ndash;1 defeat to [[Italy women's national football team|Italy]] in the semi&ndash;final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/ital-wom-intres.html|title=Italy - Women - International Results|accessdate=21 June 2011|date=21 April 2011|website=[[RSSSF]]|author=Roberto Di Maggio}}</ref> Serra collected a total of 33 caps.<ref name=arsenal>{{cite web|title=Fútbol Femenino|url=http://www.orgullonacional.com/seleccionweb/futbol/femenino3.htm|publisher=Orgullo Nacional|accessdate=9 December 2011|language=Spanish}}</ref>
On the club level Serra spent a period playing semi&ndash;professionally with [[Arsenal L.F.C.|Arsenal]] in [[London]], before returning to Barcelona.<ref name=arsenal/>
==References==
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{{Spain squad 1997 UEFA Women's European Championship}}
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[[Category:Spanish women's footballers]]
[[Category:1971 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Spain women's international footballers]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Catalonia]]
[[Category:Arsenal W.F.C. players]]
[[Category:FA Women's National League players]]
[[Category:Footballers from Barcelona]]
[[Category:Liga F players]]
[[Category:FC Barcelona Femení players]]
[[Category:Women's association football goalkeepers]]
[[Category:Spanish expatriate women's footballers]]
[[Category:Expatriate women's footballers in England]]
[[Category:Spanish expatriate sportspeople in England]]
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