Anaís Almendra Cifuentes San Juan (born 1 January 2005) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a right-back for Colo-Colo and the Chile women's national team.

Anaís Cifuentes
Personal information
Full name Anaís Almendra Cifuentes San Juan
Date of birth (2005-01-01) 1 January 2005 (age 19)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
Colo-Colo
Number 15
Youth career
Colo-Colo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Colo-Colo
International career
2022 Chile U17 12 (2)
2023– Chile 1 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 February 2024

Club career

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A product of the Colo-Colo youth system,[2] she made her debut for the first team in the 2021 season.[3]

She has been nominated as Revelation Player and Best Full-back in the Premios FutFem 2021 and 2022, respectively, the awards about the Chilean women's football, reaching the second place in the voting.[4][5]

At the end of the 2023 season, she announced that she was leaving Colo-Colo to move abroad,[2][6] but she finally renewed with them for two years.[7]

International career

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In 2022, she represented Chile at under-17 level in both the South American Championship and the World Cup.[8][9] At the World Cup, she scored a goal in the first match against New Zealand, a 3–1 win.[10]

At senior level, she made her debut scoring a goal in a 6–0 win against Peru on 5 December 2023 in Santiago, Chile.[11]

Personal life

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She is nicknamed Chimbi.[3][2]

Honours

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Colo-Colo

References

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  1. ^ "Anais Cifuentes". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Otárola López, Javier (28 December 2023). "Anaís Cifuentes se despide de Colo Colo Femenino tras no renovar con las Albas". Dale Albo (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  3. ^ a b Munizaga, Sebastián (11 October 2022). "La historia de superación y dedicación de Anaís Cifuentes, la jugadora de Colo Colo que anotó en el Mundial Sub 17". Dale Albo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 January 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Todos los ganadores de los Premios Contragolpe 2021". Contragolpe (in Spanish). 10 December 2021. Archived from the original on 6 February 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Todas las ganadoras de los Premios FutFem 2022". Contragolpe (in Spanish). 5 December 2022. Archived from the original on 21 January 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  6. ^ Molina, Geraldine (29 December 2023). "Anaís Cifuentes se despide de Colo-Colo y será refuerzo de Millonarios". Contragolpe (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 29 December 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Ya se había despedido del club: Anaís Cifuentes continuará en Colo Colo durante 2024". Deportes13 (in Spanish). Canal 13. 8 January 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Femeninos Sub-17". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 September 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  9. ^ "La nómina de la Selección chilena femenina Sub 17 para el Mundial de India 2022". www.goal.com (in Spanish). Goal. 29 September 2022. Archived from the original on 7 November 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  10. ^ Molina, Geraldine (11 October 2022). "Mundial Sub-17: Anaís Cifuentes celebra su gol en Chile vs Nueva Zelanda". Contragolpe (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 11 October 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  11. ^ Aliaga, Martín (5 December 2023). "VIDEO Debut soñado: el golazo de Anaís Cifuentes para La Roja en el amistoso contra Perú". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 February 2024.
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