Yenny Acuña
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
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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
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| *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
[edit]Acuña started her career on Deportes Iquique [es]. After 2020 campaign and scoring 19 goals, Acuña joined to Santiago Morning.[2] She scored the first goal, a "Rabona" shoot, in the 2020 Chilean final against Universidad de Chile, was victory for Morning 2-0.[3]
In February 2023, she joined Brazilian club Bahia.[4] In November of the same year, she switched to Internacional.[5] In the second half of 2024, she was loaned out to Colo-Colo until the end of the year.[6]
International career
[edit]Acuña made her senior debut on 13 April 2021 in a 0-0 draw against Cameroon for the Olympics Intercontinental Play-offs Women.[7]
She represented Chile at the 2023 Pan American Games,[8] where Chile won the silver medal.[9]
International goals
[edit]| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 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
[edit]Chile
- Pan American Games Silver Medal: 2023
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "Yenny Acuña, nueva jugadora de Santiago Morning: "Es un privilegio jugar en este club"". ANFP (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ 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.
External links
[edit]- Yenny Acuña at Soccerway
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