María Eugenia Rubio Ríos, also called La Peque, is a retired footballer who played as a forward for the unofficial Mexico women's national football team at the 1970 and 1971 Women's World Cups.
[1] In 2018, she became the first Mexican woman inducted into the International Football Hall of Fame in Pachuca, Mexico.
[8][9][10] She was among the players who requested to be paid before playing in the final match against Denmark, which Mexico lost to finish second in the tournament.
[11] Rubio was among the shortest players on the Mexican team, earning her the nickname La Peque ("the short one").
Her dribbling ability was remarked upon by reports, including one story that suggested she ran through the legs of a taller Austrian defender.