Yenny Acuña
Chilean footballer (born 1997)
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Yenny Andrea Acuña Berrios (born 18 May 1997) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a striker for Colo-Colo on loan from Brazilian Série A1 club Internacional and the Chile women's national team.
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Yenny Acuña with Chile in 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Yenny Andrea Acuña Berrios | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 18 May 1997 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Iquique, Chile | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team |
Colo-Colo (on loan from Internacional) | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Deportes Iquique | 43 | (48) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2023 | Santiago Morning | 58 | (46) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Bahia | 12 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Internacional | ||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | → Colo-Colo (loan) | 38 | (26) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Chile | 25 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 September 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 21 February 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
Acuña started her career on Deportes Iquique [es]. She joined Santiago Morning in 2020. She scored the first goal in the 2020 Campeonato Nacional Fútbol Femenino final against Club Universidad de Chile, in a 2–0 victory.[2]
In February 2023, she joined Brazilian club Bahia.[3] In November of the same year, she switched to Internacional.[4] In the second half of 2024, she was loaned out to Colo-Colo until the end of the year.[5]
International career
Acuña made her senior debut on 13 April 2021 in a 0-0 draw against Cameroon for the Olympics Intercontinental Play-offs Women.[6]
She represented Chile at the 2023 Pan American Games,[7] where Chile won the silver medal.[8]
International goals
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 23 September 2023 | Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida, Santiago, Chile |  New Zealand | 2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 2. | 5 December 2023 | Estadio Municipal de La Cisterna, Santiago, Chile |  Peru | 5–0 | 6–0 | |
Honours
Santiago Morning
- Primera División (1): 2020 Transición
Colo-Colo
- Primera División (2): 2024 [es], 2025 [es]
Chile
- Pan American Games Silver Medal: 2023
Individual
- Primera División Ideal Team: 2024 [es],[9] 2025 [es][10]