Yanara Katherine Nicole Aedo Muñoz (born 5 August 1993) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Campeonato Nacional Fútbol Femenino club Colo-Colo and the Chile women's national team.

Yanara Aedo
Aedo with Chile in 2019
Personal information
Full name Yanara Katherine Nicole Aedo Muñoz[1]
Date of birth (1993-08-05) 5 August 1993 (age 32)
Place of birth Temuco, Chile
Height 1.54 m (5 ft 1 in)[2]
Positions
Team information
Current team
Colo-Colo
Number 10
Youth career
CDE Escuela Estándar de Temuco
Araucanía Temuco
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Araucanía Temuco
2011–2014 Colo-Colo
2015–2016 Washington Spirit Reserves
2016–2017 Valencia 25 (7)
2017–2018 Washington Spirit 0 (0)
2018–2019 Valencia 26 (3)
2019–2020 Sevilla 9 (0)
2020–2022 Rayo Vallecano 63 (2)
2022– Colo-Colo
International career
2010 Chile U17 3 (0)
2010– Chile 56 (9)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 29 February 2020
‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 May 2019

Club career

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Aedo left Colo-Colo for American National Women's Soccer League team Washington Spirit in January 2015.[3] She helped the club's reserve team win the 2015 USL W-League season championship, scoring twice in the 2–1 final win over Colorado Pride.[4]

In September 2016, Aedo transferred to Spain's Primera División club Valencia CF Femenino.[5] On 27 June 2017, the Washington Spirit announced that they had re-signed Aedo.[6] She was placed on waivers by the Spirit on 21 June 2018.[7]

On 13 July 2018 it was announced that Aedo was returning to Valencia CF Femenino, the club she had played with from 2016 to 2017.[8] She left the Spanish club at the end of the season.[9] After stints with Sevilla and Rayo Vallecano, Aedo returned to Chile to rejoin Colo-Colo, with Chilean outlets confirming the news on 6 September 2022.[10]

International career

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In early September 2010, seventeen-year-old Aedo represented Chile at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Later that month, she was named in Chile's 20-player senior squad for the 2010 South American Women's Football Championship in Ecuador.[11] She scored the opening goal in Chile's 3–1 win over Peru. Aedo scored three goals at the 2018 Copa América Femenina,[12] where Chile qualified to a FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time in its history.

She represented Chile at the 2023 Pan American Games,[13] where Chile won the silver medal.[14]

Honours

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International goals

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Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1
10 November 2010Estadio Bellavista, Ambato, Ecuador Peru
1–0
3–1
2010 South American Women's Football Championship
2
4 April 2018Estadio La Portada, La Serena, Chile Paraguay
1–1
1–1
2018 Copa América Femenina
3
12 April 2018 Peru
1–0
5–0
4
4–0
5
30 August 2019Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo, Brazil Costa Rica
1–0
1–0
2019 International Women's Football Tournament of City of São Paulo
6
8 October 2019Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua, Chile Uruguay
1–1
3–1
Friendly
7
7 March 2020Starlight Sport Complex, Antalya, Turkey Kenya
3–0
5–0
2020 Turkish Women's Cup
8
10 March 2020Gold City Sport Complex, Alanya, Turkey Northern Ireland
1–0
5–0
9
25 November 2021Arena da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil Venezuela
1–0
1–0
2021 International Women's Football Tournament of Manaus
10
19 February 2022Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar, Chile Ecuador
1–0
3–1
Friendly
11
26 September 2023Quilín Complex, Santiago, Chile New Zealand1–02–1
12
1 December 2023Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida, Santiago, Chile Peru
1–0
1–0
13
12 July 2024Estadio Carfrem Ypané, Ypané, Paraguay Paraguay
1–0
4–1
14
2 December 2025Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua, Chile Paraguay
1–0
1–0
2025–26 CONMEBOL Women's Nations League

References

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  1. "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019 – List of Players: Chile" (PDF). FIFA. 27 May 2019. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  2. "List of players – Chile" (PDF). FIFA. 6 September 2010. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  3. "Report: Spirit sign Chile international Yanara Aedo". The Equalizer. 1 February 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  4. Scavuzzo, Diane (27 July 2015). "W-League: Washington Spirit Reserves win Championship". Goal Nation. Archived from the original on 28 October 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  5. "La delantera chilena Yanara Aedo ficha por el Valencia" (in Spanish). Diario AS. 23 September 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  6. Blakely, Chris (27 June 2017). "Washington Spirit announce the signing of Yanara Aedo". Vavel. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  7. "Washington Spirit places Yanara Aedo on waivers". 21 June 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  8. "Yanara Aedo regresa al Valencia CF Femenino". 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  9. "Mercado de fichajes de la Liga Iberdrola: altas, bajas y hoja de ruta para la temporada 2019-20". Marca (in Spanish). Madrid. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  10. "Ocho años después: Yanara Aedo ya entrena con Colo Colo Femenino y cierra su vuelta a Chile". 6 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  11. "Tejedor entregó nómina de la "Roja" para Sudamericano de Ecuador" (in Spanish). La Tercera. 20 October 2010. Archived from the original on 27 September 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  12. "Copa América Femenina – Ecuador 2014. Goleadoras". conmebol.com. 8 August 2014.
  13. "Cumulative Statistics" (PDF). Santiago2023.org. 3 November 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  14. "Medallists" (PDF). Santiago2023.org. 3 November 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  15. "Todas las ganadoras de los Premios FutFem 2023". Contragolpe (in Spanish). 7 December 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  16. "La Gala Crack eligió a los mejores de la temporada 2024". Campeonato Chileno (in Spanish). ANFA. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  17. Orrego Bocchieri, Héctor (8 December 2025). "Una maravilla: Así fue la Gala Crack 2025 de TNT Sports con los mejores del fútbol chileno" (in Spanish). TNT Sports Chile. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  18. Molina, Geraldine (31 December 2025). "Mary Valencia es la mejor jugadora de Chile en 2025 por El País". Contragolpe (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 January 2026. En las temporadas 2023 y 2024 el galardón se fue con Yanara Aedo.
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