Nicole Carter

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Nicole Carter
Personal information
Full name Nicole Alejandra Carter Galloso
Date of birth (2008-08-13) 13 August 2008 (age 17)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
Colo-Colo
Youth career
Club Unión
Peñalolén (city team)
Colo-Colo
2023–2024 LaLiga Academy
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2023– Colo-Colo
International career
2024–2025 Chile U17 7 (7)
2024– Chile U20 2 (2)
2025– Chile 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 October 2025

Nicole Alejandra Carter Galloso (born 13 August 2008) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a forward for Colo-Colo and the Chile women's national team.

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Club career

Carter started to play football with Club Unión from Peñalolén commune and also represented the commune team before joining Colo-Colo. [1]

Carter was promoted to the Colo-Colo first team in 2023, aged 14, and scored two goals in her senior debut against Cobresal  [ es ] on 26 March. [2] [3] In total, she scored six goals in nine matches during her first season. In September of the same year, she moved to Spain alongside her fellow footballer Yocelin Muñoz after getting a grant to study and play football at LaLiga Academy in Madrid. [4] [5]

International career

Carter represented the Chile national under-17 team in both the 2024 and the 2025 South American Championship. [6] [7]

Carter represented the under-20's in the 2024 South American Championship. [8]

At senior level, Carter was called up to a training microcycle in April 2023. [9] She received her first official call-up to the 2025–26 CONMEBOL Liga de Naciones matches against Venezuela and Bolivia on 24 and 28 October 2025 [10] and made her debut in the first match by replacing María José Urrutia at the minute 74. [11]

Personal life

Her cousin, Alexander Carter, is a musician under the stage name of Young Cart3r and former footballer at the Chilean Tercera División. [1]

As a student, Carter has attended the Instituto IDEA Macul. [12]

References

  1. 1 2 de la Hoz, Freddy (2 May 2025). ""Ella es goleadora y sueña con jugar en Europa, en Francia"". LUN (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: 16. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  2. "Nicole Carter: la futbolista de 14 años que marcó un doblete en el debut de Colo Colo este 2023". T13 (in Spanish). 26 March 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  3. Molina, Geraldine (28 March 2023). "Las niñas prodigio del futfem: Nicole Carter, Anaís Álvarez y Ámbar Figueroa se lucen en el Campeonato Femenino". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  4. Molina, Geraldine (8 September 2023). "Nicole Carter deja Colo-Colo y parte a jugar a España". Contragolpe (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  5. Molina, Geraldine (9 September 2023). "¡PURA CALIDAD! Las JOYITAS del fútbol femenino chileno que se van a EUROPA con 15 años". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  6. Huerta, Rodrigo (30 April 2025). "Tiene 16 años, brilla en Colo Colo y fue clave en el estreno de Chile en el Sudamericano". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  7. "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Femeninos Sub-17". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  8. Encina, Camilo (12 April 2024). "¡Formada en Colo Colo le anota un golazo de larga distancia a Brasil en el arranque del Sudamericano Sub 20!". Dale Albo (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  9. Colarte, César (30 March 2023). "Ya hay nómina para la Selección Chilena Femenina". Futuro Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  10. "La Nómina de la Selección Chilena Femenina para la Liga de Naciones 2025-26" [The Chilean Women's National Team Roster for the 2025-26 Nations League]. La Roja (in Spanish). Football Federation of Chile. 7 October 2025.
  11. Molina, Geraldine (24 October 2025). "Venezuela y Chile empatan en su estreno en la Liga de Naciones". Contragolpe (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 October 2025. La gran sorpresa fue el ingreso de Nicole Carter a los 74', en el que fue su debut en la selección absoluta
  12. "Conoce a Nicole Carter, futbolista de la Roja y Colo Colo que eligió seguir formándose en el Instituto de Adultos de Macul". SLEPGM.cl (in Spanish). 24 June 2025. Retrieved 26 October 2025.