Mary Valencia

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Valencia and the second or maternal family name is Riascos.
Mary Valencia
Valencia with Santiago Morning in 2024
Personal information
Full name Mary Yalenny Valencia Riascos
Date of birth (2003-02-08) 8 February 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth López de Micay, Colombia
Height 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 Santiago Wanderers
2022–2024 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 footballer who plays as a forward. She last played for Campeonato Nacional Fútbol Femenino club Santiago Morning. Born in Colombia, she plays for the Chile national team.

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] She left them at the end of the 2024 season.[4]

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 did not have the Chilean nationality at the time.[2][5] Once she naturalized Chilean, she took part in both the 2022 South American Under-20 Championship,[6] scoring a goal against Peru,[7] and the 2022 South American Games.[8]

Senior team

At senior level, she made his debut in a friendly against Venezuela on 26 June 2022.[9] After, she took part in the 2022 Copa América Femenina.[10]

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.[6]

References

  1. ^ "MARY YALENNY VALENCIA RIASCOS". santiagomorning.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b c 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. ^ Molina, Geraldine (20 December 2024). "Mary Valencia le dice adiós a Santiago Morning luego de tres años". Contragolpe (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  5. ^ "» La 'Roja' femenina sub 20 ya tiene su fixture para un nuevo microciclo". PrensaFútbol (in Spanish). 16 November 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  6. ^ a b 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Mary Yalenny Valencia Riascos". asu2022.org.py (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  9. ^ Molina, Geraldine (26 June 2022). "Mary Valencia y Valentina Navarrete hacen su debut oficial por La Roja". Contragolpe (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  10. ^ "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.