Yanara Aedo

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

Yanara Katherine Nicole Aedo Muñoz (born 5 August 1993) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish Campeonato Nacional Fútbol Femenino club Colo-Colo and the Chile women's national team.

Yanara Aedo

Aedo with Chile in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Yanara Katherine Nicole Aedo Muñoz[1]
Date of birth	(1993-08-05) 5 August 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Temuco, Chile
Height	1.54 m (5 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s)	Forward, midfielder
Team information
Current team	Colo-Colo
Number	10
Youth career
	CDE Escuela Estándar de Temuco
	Araucanía Temuco
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2010	Araucanía Temuco
2011–2014	Colo-Colo
2015–2016	Washington Spirit Reserves
2016–2017	Valencia	25	(7)
2017–2018	Washington Spirit	0	(0)
2018–2019	Valencia	26	(3)
2019–2020	Sevilla	9	(0)
2020–2022	Rayo Vallecano	63	(2)
2022–	Colo-Colo
International career‡
2010	Chile U17	3	(0)
2010–	Chile	56	(9)
Medal record Women's football Representing  Chile Pan American Games 2023 Santiago Team South American Games 2014 Santiago Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 February 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 May 2019

Club career

Aedo left Colo-Colo for American National Women's Soccer League team Washington Spirit in January 2015.^[3] She helped the club's reserve team win the 2015 USL W-League season championship, scoring twice in the 2–1 final win over Colorado Pride.^[4]

In September 2016, Aedo transferred to Spain's Primera División club Valencia CF Femenino.^[5] On 27 June 2017, the Washington Spirit announced that they had re-signed Aedo.^[6] She was placed on waivers by the Spirit on 21 June 2018.^[7]

On 13 July 2018 it was announced that Aedo was returning to Valencia CF Femenino, the club she had played with from 2016 to 2017.^[8] She left the Spanish club at the end of the season.^[9] After stints with Sevilla and Rayo Vallecano, Aedo returned to Chile to rejoin Colo-Colo, with Chilean outlets confirming the news on 6 September 2022.^[10]

International career

In early September 2010, seventeen-year-old Aedo represented Chile at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Later that month, she was named in Chile's 20-player senior squad for the 2010 South American Women's Football Championship in Ecuador.^[11] She scored the opening goal in Chile's 3–1 win over Peru. Aedo scored three goals at the 2018 Copa América Femenina,^[12] where Chile qualified to a FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time in its history.

She represented Chile at the 2023 Pan American Games,^[13] where Chile won the silver medal.^[14]

International goals

Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	10 November 2010	Estadio Bellavista, Ambato, Ecuador	Peru	1–0	3–1	2010 South American Women's Football Championship
2	4 April 2018	Estadio La Portada, La Serena, Chile	Paraguay	1–1	1–1	2018 Copa América Femenina
3	12 April 2018		Peru	1–0	5–0
4				4–0
5	26 September 2023	Quilín Complex, Santiago, Chile	New Zealand	1–0	2–1	Friendly
6	1 December 2023	Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida, Santiago, Chile	Peru	1–0	1–0

Honours

Colo-Colo

• Primera División (10): 2011 Apertura ^[es], 2011 Clausura ^[es], 2012 Apertura ^[es], 2012 Clausura ^[es], 2013 Apertura ^[es], 2013 Clausura ^[es], 2014 Apertura ^[es], 2014 Clausura ^[es], 2022 ^[es], 2023 ^[es]

Chile

• South American Games Silver medal: 2014
• Copa América Runner-up: 2018
• Torneio Internacional de Futebol Feminino: 2019
• Turkish Women's Cup: 2020
• Pan American Games Silver Medal: 2023

Individual

• Premios FutFem - The Best: 2023^[15]

References

1. "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019 – List of Players: Chile" (PDF). FIFA. 27 May 2019. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
2. "List of players – Chile" (PDF). FIFA. 6 September 2010. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
3. "Report: Spirit sign Chile international Yanara Aedo". The Equalizer. 1 February 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
4. Scavuzzo, Diane (27 July 2015). "W-League: Washington Spirit Reserves win Championship". Goal Nation. Archived from the original on 28 October 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
5. "La delantera chilena Yanara Aedo ficha por el Valencia" (in Spanish). Diario AS. 23 September 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
6. Blakely, Chris (27 June 2017). "Washington Spirit announce the signing of Yanara Aedo". Vavel. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
7. "Washington Spirit places Yanara Aedo on waivers". 21 June 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
8. "Yanara Aedo regresa al Valencia CF Femenino". 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
9. "Mercado de fichajes de la Liga Iberdrola: altas, bajas y hoja de ruta para la temporada 2019-20". Marca (in Spanish). Madrid. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
10. "Ocho años después: Yanara Aedo ya entrena con Colo Colo Femenino y cierra su vuelta a Chile". 6 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
11. "Tejedor entregó nómina de la "Roja" para Sudamericano de Ecuador" (in Spanish). La Tercera. 20 October 2010. Archived from the original on 27 September 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
12. "Copa América Femenina – Ecuador 2014. Goleadoras". conmebol.com. 8 August 2014.
13. "Cumulative Statistics" (PDF). Santiago2023.org. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
14. "Medallists" (PDF). Santiago2023.org. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
15. "Todas las ganadoras de los Premios FutFem 2023". Contragolpe (in Spanish). 7 December 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2024.

External links

• Yanara Aedo – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Washington Spirit player profile Archived 22 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine
• Valencia CF player profile Archived 7 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine
• Yanara Aedo at Soccerway
• Yanara Aedo on Twitter
• Yanara Aedo at Resultados-Futbol.com (in Spanish)
• Profile at Txapeldunak.com (in Spanish)