Melissa Bustos
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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 | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Everton | ||
| 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 | ||
| 2025– | Everton | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023– | Chile | 2 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 December 2023 | |||
Melissa Deanna Bustos Pepe (born 12 May 1999) is a footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Chilean club Everton [es]. Born in Canada, she plays for the Chile women's national team.
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 her football skills in an Instagram video.[5]
In 2023, Bustos signed with Santiago Morning.[6][7] In 2024, she switched to Universidad de Chile.[8] The next year, she joined Everton de Viña del Mar [es].[9]
International career
In 2019, she trained with the Chile national team and, later, she was called up to a training microcycle.[10]
In 2023, she was called up to a training microcycle of the national team at under-23 level.[11]
At senior level, she made her debut in a 1–0 win against Peru on 1 December 2023.[12]