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Who is Saioa Canibano, Carlos Vela's wife?

By Wilian Estrella

The Mexican striker has tried to keep his life and close circle out of the press and people. 
 

The Mexican striker has tried to keep his life and close circle out of the press and people.   

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The mexican player is a figure and franchise player of LAFC, he has a great woman who supports him. But who's Saioa Canibano, Carlos Vela´s wife? Here you will discover the nationality of the player's wife, as well as everything about their relationship. 

Saioa Cañibano, with whom he has been in a relationship since 2017 when they were shown on public roads for the first time. 

Who's Saioa Canibano, Carlos Vela´s wife?

Saioa Cañibano is Spanish, born in San Sebastian, where Vela lived for several years while playing for Real Sociedad, another club where he left his legacy and became an idol.

The Spaniard was born on November 14, 1990, and worked as a journalist for a local media outlet. 

Because of her physical appearance, many people think that the former reporter is American, due to the time Carlos Vela has spent in the MLS. 

However, after making their courtship public, both Vela and she took it upon themselves to clarify the nationality issue, a fact that even appeared in tabloids and non-sports related media

In fact, the name of the former journalist was part of the mystery to discover her nationality since the way it is written, it could pass as Brazilian. 

At some point it was even rumored that Saioa was Catalan, due to the proximity of both places. 

It was even speculated at some point that the former press correspondent was of Portuguese nationality, due to the pronunciation of her first name. 

But with time, and with Vela's stance in the face of the media's doubts, we all learned that Saioa is Spanish

But if the doubt about her nationality aroused people's interest, her relationship with the Los Angeles Football Club striker ended up putting her in the headlines

But how did she and the MLS star meet?

The love story of the MLS star and the former reporter began in San Sebastian, where the Real Sociedad club is based.

San Sebastian, which in Basque and co-officially is known as Donostia, is a Spanish city and municipality located on the coast of the Bay of Biscay and 20 kilometers from the border with France.

The city is the capital of the province of Guipuzcoa, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country.

It may sound like San Sebastian is a huge place but it has no more than 188,000 inhabitants, which means that if you play for the most important local soccer team, you will not go unnoticed. 

 

And it was in this context that Saioa and Carlos met, probably because of the sporting life of the town, since as mentioned above, she was a sports reporter for a local media, while he scored goals for Real.

Love and soccer go hand in hand

At the beginning, Vela hid the relationship, especially from the media, with whom the player has never felt comfortable. 

And you can't blame him because no matter what decision the player makes about whether to return to play for the Mexican national team or not, it seems that the press always puts him in the eye of the hurricane.  

But back to the love story, both met in a city that vibrates with soccer, so it was inevitable that their coexistence was growing. 

The exact period in which Carlos asked Saioa to be his partner is unknown, however, after having their first child, Romeo in 2016, the couple decided to announce their relationship to the media, to avoid speculation

While for Vela dealing with the media was already a habit, for Saioa it became a new challenge.

2018: the year of life change for Saioa

That year the striker and Saioa got married shortly before the player left for the World Cup in Russia.

 

However that same year the couple would move in January to the United States since Vela was transferred from Real Sociedad to Los Angeles Football Club

And from that year on, their lives, especially hers, would have a radical change

Saioa already knew what the life of a soccer player was like, but from a distance, she had never been in the public eye.

And while in Spain her relationship with Vela was already a common topic in the press, when she arrived in the United States the media reaction overwhelmed her.

It is not the same to be the partner of a soccer player as it is to be the partner of the best player in the league and also the best paid, as was the case with Carlos Vela when he arrived in the MLS. 

Between 2018 and 2019, Vela scored 48 goals in 59 games in the regular tournament, helping his team to be in the top of the league. 

And naturally, the spotlight was not only on him, but also on his wife, who was also the target of the paparazzi, who were now not satisfied with following only the athlete, but were already following Saioa individually.

And although things have not been easy for the couple, as living under public scrutiny has its consequences, the arrival of their second child confirms that the marriage is going well

And above all, with time, Saioa has recovered some of her private life, which she had lost when she became the soccer player's partner.  


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