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Chilean footballer (born 1999) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Melissa Deanna Bustos Pepe (born 12 May 1999) is a footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Universidad de Chile. Born in Canada, she plays for the Chile women's national team.
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Bustos with Santiago Morning in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Melissa Deanna Bustos Pepe | ||
| Birth name | Melissa Deanna Bustos | ||
| Date of birth | 12 May 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | ||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Universidad de Chile | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2019 | UBC Thunderbirds | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020 | Colo-Colo | ||
| 2021–2022 | Fernández Vial | ||
| 2023 | Santiago Morning | ||
| 2024– | Universidad de Chile | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023– | Chile | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 December 2023 | |||
In her country of birth, Bustos played for two consecutive years for UBC Thunderbirds. In 2019, she suffered a serious knee injury.[2] In 2020, she moved to Chile and joined Colo-Colo.[3]
After playing for Colo-Colo, she spent two years with Fernández Vial.[4]
In May 2022, she was selected by the Brazilian international Neymar Jr. for the friendly tournament Red Bull Neymar Jr's Five in Qatar, after he watched a video on Instagram about her skills.[5]
In 2023, she signed with Santiago Morning.[6][7] In 2024, she switched to Universidad de Chile.[8]
In 2019, she trained with the Chile national team and, later, she was called up to a training microcycle.[9]
In 2023, she was called up to a training microcycle of the national team at under-23 level.[10]
At senior level, she made his debut in a 1–0 win against Peru on 1 December 2023.[11]
Born in Canada, her father, Alex, is Chilean and her mother is Canadian of Italian descent.[9][12] She holds three nationalities: Canadian by birth and both Chilean and Italian by descent.[13]
Her father used to organize soccer championships for academies when she was a child. As a child, she also played volleyball, basketball and did track and field.[14]
Her older brother, Marco, is a Canada international footballer.[15] They both organized a soccer camp, Marco & Melissa Bustos Soccer Camp, in their hometown, Winnipeg, and gave Fernández Vial shirts to the children.[16]
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