Mariana Morales
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mariana Ignacia Morales Bustamante | ||
| Date of birth | 14 July 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | La Calera, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Universidad de Chile | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2012–2019 | Universidad de Chile | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020– | Universidad de Chile | ||
| 2021 | → Everton (loan) | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| Chile U17 | |||
| 2022 | Chile U20 | ||
| 2025– | Chile | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 October 2025 | |||
Mariana Ignacia Morales Bustamante (born 14 July 2003) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a defender for Universidad de Chile and the Chile women's national team. She can also operate as a defensive midfielder.[1]
Club career
Born in La Calera, Chile, Morales joined the Universidad de Chile youth ranks in 2012, aged 9. She made her senior debut in 2020 against Colo-Colo[2] and the next year, she was loaned out to Everton de Viña del Mar.[3] Back to Universidad de Chile in 2022,[4] she got regularity during 2023 and signed her first professional contract on 5 January 2024, on a deal for two years.[5]
International career
Morales represented the Chile national under-17 team in friendly tournaments.[1][3] Later, she represented the under-20's in the 2022 South American Championship.[4][6]
At senior level, Morales was called up to training microcycles from 2021 to 2023.[7][8][9] She received her first official call-up for 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 second match by replacing Catalina Figueroa at the minute 55.[11]
References
- ^ a b c "Mariana Morales". Club Universidad de Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 November 2025.
- ^ Durán, Israel (6 January 2024). "Luego de 11 años en la U Mariana Morales firma como profesional". La Magia Azul (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 November 2025.
- ^ a b "Evertonianas a Fondo: Mariana Morales -". Solamente Everton (in Spanish). 15 May 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
- ^ a b "Mariana Morales vuelve a la "U"". OneFootball (in Spanish). 4 November 2025. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
- ^ Molina, Geraldine (5 January 2024). "Mariana Morales firma su primer contrato profesional con U de Chile". Contragolpe (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 November 2025.
- ^ "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Femeninos Sub-20". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 November 2025.
- ^ "La Roja Femenina tiene nómina para microciclo con miras al repechaje olímpico". La Roja (in Spanish). Football Federation of Chile. 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
- ^ Molina, Geraldine (13 June 2022). "La Roja Femenina inicia nueva semana de microciclos con 7 "extranjeras" y 8 jugadoras de la U". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 November 2025.
- ^ "Convocatoria para el tercer microciclo del 2023 de La Roja Femenina". La Roja (in Spanish). Football Federation of Chile. January 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Molina, Geraldine (28 October 2025). "La Roja pasa por encima de Bolivia en la Liga de Naciones". Contragolpe (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 November 2025.
Mariana Morales entró de cambio e hizo su debut absoluto con la Selección Chilena ante Bolivia.
External links
- Mariana Morales at WorldFootball.net