María José Urrutia

María José Urrutia Sánchez (born 17 December 1993) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a forward for Colo-Colo and the Chile women's national team.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Urrutia and the second or maternal family name is Sánchez.

María José Urrutia

Urrutia with Chile in 2019
Personal information
Full name	María José Urrutia Sánchez[1]
Date of birth	(1993-12-17) 17 December 1993 (age 30)[2]
Place of birth	Chile
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)[2]
Position(s)	Forward Midfielder[2][1]
Team information
Current team	Colo-Colo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2018	Universidad Católica [es]
2018	Palestino [es]
2019	3B da Amazônia
2019–2020	Palestino [es]
2021–	Colo-Colo
International career‡
2010	Chile U17	2	(0)
2018–	Chile	10	(1)
Medal record Women's football Representing  Chile Pan American Games 2023 Santiago Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 November 2018

International career

Urrutia represented Chile at the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.^[3]

She represented Chile at the 2023 Pan American Games,^[4] where Chile won the silver medal.^[5] She performed as goalkeeper in the gold medal match due to the fact that there were no goalkeepers in the squad.^[6]

Personal life

Urrutia has a daughter, whom she gave birth to in 2014.^[7]

She got civil union with the also footballer Maryorie Hernández on 15 May 2023.^[8]

Honours

Colo-Colo

• Primera División (2): 2022 ^[es], 2023 ^[es]

Chile

• Copa América Runner-up: 2018
• Turkish Women's Cup: 2020
• Pan American Games Silver Medal: 2023

Individual

• Premios El Gráfico - Best Women's Player: 2018
• Premios Contragolpe - Best Goal: 2021
• Premios Contragolpe - Ideal Team: 2021^[9]
• CPD ^[es] - Best Women's Footballer: 2023^[10]

International goals

Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first.

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	19 May 2019	Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago, Chile	Colombia	1–0	2–2	Friendly
2.	20 June 2019	Roazhon Park, Rennes, France	Thailand	2–0	2–0	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
3.	28 November 2021	Arena da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil	India	1–0	3–0	2021 International Women's Football Tournament of Manaus
4.	28 October 2023	Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, Valparaíso, Chile	Jamaica	5–0	6–0	2023 Pan American Games

References

1. "List of Players" (PDF). FIFAdata. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
2. "María José Urrutia" (in Spanish). ANFP.
3. María José Urrutia – FIFA competition record (archived)
4. "Cumulative Statistics" (PDF). Santiago2023.org. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
5. "Medallists" (PDF). Santiago2023.org. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
6. "Escándalo en Chile con la selección femenina: jugó la final sin arquera". Primicias (in Spanish). 3 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
7. Sepúlveda, Eduardo (26 April 2018). "Madre y delantera" [Mother and forward] (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
8. Soto, Juan (16 May 2023). "Jugadora de la 'Roja' María José Urrutia dio importante paso con su pareja: "Un nuevo comienzo"". Página 7 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 April 2024.
9. "Todos los ganadores de los Premios Contragolpe 2021". Contragolpe (in Spanish). 10 December 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
10. "El Circulo de Periodistas Deportivos eligió a los mejores deportistas chilenos del 2023". El Deportero (in Spanish). 13 December 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2024.

External links

• María José Urrutia at Soccerway