Anaís Cifuentes

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cifuentes and the second or maternal family name is San Juan.
Anaís Cifuentes
Personal information
Full name Anaís Almendra Cifuentes San Juan
Date of birth (2005-01-01) 1 January 2005 (age 20)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Colo-Colo
Number 15
Youth career
Colo-Colo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Colo-Colo
International career‡
2022 Chile U17 12 (2)
2023– Chile 1 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 February 2024

Anaís Almendra Cifuentes San Juan (born 1 January 2005) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a right-back for Colo-Colo and the Chile women's national team.

Club career

A product of the Colo-Colo youth system,[2] she made her debut for the first team in the 2021 season.[3]

She has been nominated as Revelation Player and Best Full-back in the Premios FutFem 2021 and 2022, respectively, the awards about the Chilean women's football, reaching the second place in the voting.[4][5]

At the end of the 2023 season, she announced that she was leaving Colo-Colo to move abroad,[2][6] but she finally renewed with them for two years.[7]

International career

In 2022, she represented Chile at under-17 level in both the South American Championship and the World Cup.[8][9] At the World Cup, she scored a goal in the first match against New Zealand, a 3–1 win.[10]

At senior level, she made her debut scoring a goal in a 6–0 win against Peru on 5 December 2023 in Santiago, Chile.[11]

Personal life

She is nicknamed Chimbi.[3][2]

Honours

Colo-Colo

References

  1. ^ "Anais Cifuentes". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Otárola López, Javier (28 December 2023). "Anaís Cifuentes se despide de Colo Colo Femenino tras no renovar con las Albas". Dale Albo (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  3. ^ a b Munizaga, Sebastián (11 October 2022). "La historia de superación y dedicación de Anaís Cifuentes, la jugadora de Colo Colo que anotó en el Mundial Sub 17". Dale Albo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 January 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Todos los ganadores de los Premios Contragolpe 2021". Contragolpe (in Spanish). 10 December 2021. Archived from the original on 6 February 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Todas las ganadoras de los Premios FutFem 2022". Contragolpe (in Spanish). 5 December 2022. Archived from the original on 21 January 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  6. ^ Molina, Geraldine (29 December 2023). "Anaís Cifuentes se despide de Colo-Colo y será refuerzo de Millonarios". Contragolpe (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 29 December 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Ya se había despedido del club: Anaís Cifuentes continuará en Colo Colo durante 2024". Deportes13 (in Spanish). Canal 13. 8 January 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Femeninos Sub-17". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 September 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  9. ^ "La nómina de la Selección chilena femenina Sub 17 para el Mundial de India 2022". www.goal.com (in Spanish). Goal. 29 September 2022. Archived from the original on 7 November 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  10. ^ Molina, Geraldine (11 October 2022). "Mundial Sub-17: Anaís Cifuentes celebra su gol en Chile vs Nueva Zelanda". Contragolpe (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 11 October 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  11. ^ Aliaga, Martín (5 December 2023). "VIDEO Debut soñado: el golazo de Anaís Cifuentes para La Roja en el amistoso contra Perú". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 February 2024.