Yenny Acuña
|
Yenny Acuña with Chile in 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yenny Andrea Acuña Berrios | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 18 May 1997 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Iquique, Chile | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team |
Colo-Colo (on loan from Internacional) | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Deportes Iquique | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2023 | Santiago Morning | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Bahia | 12 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Internacional | ||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | → Colo-Colo (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Chile | 25 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 November 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 February 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
Yenny Andrea Acuña Berrios (born 18 May 1997) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a striker for Colo-Colo on loan from Brazilian Série A1 club Internacional and the Chile women's national team.
Club career
Acuña started her career on Deportes Iquique. She joined Santiago Morning in 2020. She scored the first goal in the 2020 Campeonato Nacional Fútbol Femenino final against Club Universidad de Chile, in a 2–0 victory.[2]
In February 2023, she joined Brazilian club Bahia.[3] In November of the same year, she switched to Internacional.[4] In the second half of 2024, she was loaned out to Colo-Colo until the end of the year.[5]
International career
Acuña made her senior debut on 13 April 2021 in a 0-0 draw against Cameroon for the Olympics Intercontinental Play-offs Women.[6]
She represented Chile at the 2023 Pan American Games,[7] where Chile won the silver medal.[8]
International goals
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 23 September 2023 | Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida, Santiago, Chile | New Zealand | 2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 2. | 5 December 2023 | Estadio Municipal de La Cisterna, Santiago, Chile | Peru | 5–0 | 6–0 |
Honours
Chile
- Pan American Games Silver Medal: 2023
References
- ^ "Play-Off Tournament for the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023" (PDF). FIFA. 12 February 2023. p. 1. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ Concepción, Diario. "VIDEO El golazo de rabona que le dio el título a Santiago Morning femenino". Diario Concepción (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ "La iquiqueña Yenny Acuña fue oficializada como nueva jugadora del Bahía de Brasil". SoyChile (in Spanish). 4 February 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
- ^ @guriascoloradasoficial; (29 November 2023). "𝐁𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐝𝐚, 𝐘𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐲! ✍️" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 November 2023 – via Instagram.
- ^ Molina, Geraldine (26 July 2024). "Yenny Acuña es presentada como nuevo fichaje de Colo-Colo". Contragolpe (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "LAROJA.CL - El sitio oficial de la Selección Chilena de Fútbol". www.laroja.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ "Cumulative Statistics" (PDF). Santiago2023.org. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
- ^ "Medallists" (PDF). Santiago2023.org. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.