Full-back Maz Pacheco joined Everton from Aston Villa in the summer of 2025.
Pacheco, born in Ormskirk, progressed through England’s youth age groups. She travelled to the Under-17 and Under-19 European Championships before making the squad for the Under-20 World Cup. Maz opted to play for her mother’s birth country, the Philippines, in 2024.
Pacheco’s Merseyside upbringing had a hand in her decision to join the Blues, with her saying upon signing “I was aware Everton was a very historic club, but I didn’t know just how massive this club is until I joined. Everton were the first team in Liverpool, the first at Anfield, then they built Goodison Park.”
Speaking on the historic move to Goodison Park, Pacheco said: “It was actually the first stadium I visited, which is special to me because imagine if you told that little football-mad Maz that when she grows up, she would be playing at that very stadium. The visit was with my grassroots club, we had to wear blue wigs! To go and watch a Premier League game and see so many fans there was amazing. Everton fans are all about passion and pride- that’s what this club is built upon.”
