Mary Valencia

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Mary Valencia
Personal information
Full name Mary Yalenny Valencia Riascos
Date of birth (2003-02-08) 8 February 2003 (age 20)
Place of birth López de Micay, Colombia
Height 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Santiago Morning
Number 7
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2021 Santiago Wanderers
2022– Santiago Morning
International career
2022 Chile U20 6 (2)
2022– Chile 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mary Yalenny Valencia Riascos (born 8 February 2003) is a Colombian-born Chilean footballer who plays as a forward for Chilean club Santiago Morning and the Chile women's national team.

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Club career

Valencia started her career with Santiago Wanderers after standing out at school level. [2]

In December 2021, she switched to Santiago Morning for the 2022 season in the Chilean top division. [3]

International career

Youth teams

During 2021, she was called up to training microcycles of the Chile national under-20 team despite the fact that she didn't have the Chilean nationality. [2] [4] Once she naturalized Chilean, she took part in both the 2022 South American Under-20 Championship, [5] scoring a goal against Peru, [6] and the 2022 South American Games. [7]

Senior team

At senior level, she made his debut in a friendly against Venezuela on 26 June 2022. [8] After, she took part in the 2022 Copa América Femenina. [9]

Personal life

Born in Colombia, Valencia came to Chile at the age of eleven alongside her mother and made her home in Valparaíso. [2] In March 2022, she got the Chilean nationality by residence. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "MARY YALENNY VALENCIA RIASCOS". santiagomorning.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 Campos, José Ignacio (23 September 2021). ""Me vine de Colombia sola con mi mamá": el duro camino de la nueva promesa de la Sub 20". Diario AS (in Spanish). AS Chile . Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  3. ↑ Molina, Geraldine (30 December 2021). "Mary Valencia es el primer fichaje de Santiago Morning para 2022". Contragolpe (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  4. ↑ "» La 'Roja' femenina sub 20 ya tiene su fixture para un nuevo microciclo". PrensaFútbol (in Spanish). 16 November 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  5. 1 2 Molina, Geraldine (18 March 2022). "Mary Valencia ya es chilena y jugará el Sudamericano Sub-20 con La Roja". Contragolpe (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  6. ↑ Molina, Geraldine (10 April 2022). "Mary Valencia y la alegría por su primer gol oficial con la Roja Femenina Sub 20: "Era algo que venía buscando"". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  7. ↑ "Mary Yalenny Valencia Riascos". asu2022.org.py (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  8. ↑ Molina, Geraldine (26 June 2022). "Mary Valencia y Valentina Navarrete hacen su debut oficial por La Roja". Contragolpe (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  9. ↑ "Llegó a los 11 años a Chile y hoy es la 'nueva' esperanza de la Roja". Diario AS (in Spanish). AS Chile. 11 July 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
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