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Birth Name: Jacynta Prema de Nieva Galabadaarachchi
Place of Birth: Melbourne, Australia
Date of Birth: 6 June, 2001
Ethnicity: * father – Sinhalese * mother – Italian-Argentinian
Jacynta Galabadaarachchi is an Australian footballer. A forward, she plays for Sassuolo, and the Australia national team. She was previously with Melbourne City, Perth Glory, West Ham United, Napoli, Celtic, and Sporting CP. She is also known as Jacynta Gala.
Her father, Deepal Galabadaarachchi, is from Sri Lanka. Her mother, Rosemary Nieva, is of Italian-Argentinian descent. She has Italian citizenship through her maternal grandparents.
She has stated :
My mum was born in Argentina and moved over as a baby whereas my dad was born in Sri Lanka and moved to Australia in his mid-twenties. English was our main language at home growing up, but mum spoke a lot of Spanish to me, my brother and my sister too.
My mum was born in Argentina and moved over as a baby whereas my dad was born in Sri Lanka and moved to Australia in his mid-twenties. English was our main language at home growing up, but mum spoke a lot of Spanish to me, my brother and my sister too.
Sources: https://www.thetimes.co.uk https://www.ole.com.ar