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| Full name | Wendy Katerine Bonilla Candelo | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (2002-07-08) 8 July 2002 (age 23) | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Valle del Cauca, Colombia | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | UNAM | |||||||||||||
| Number | 18 | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2018 | Cortuluá | |||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | América de Cali | |||||||||||||
| 2021 | Alianza Lima | |||||||||||||
| 2021–2024 | América de Cali | 60 | (10) | |||||||||||
| 2024 | → Santa Fe (loan) | |||||||||||||
| 2025– | UNAM | 22 | (3) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Colombia U17 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2022 | Colombia U20 | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2019– | Colombia | 6 | (1) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 31 January 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 27 February 2025 | ||||||||||||||
Wendy Katerine Bonilla Candelo (born 8 July 2002) is a Colombian professional footballer player who plays as a forward for Liga MX Femenil club UNAM and the Colombia national team.
Club career
[edit]Born in Valle del Cauca, Bonilla made her senior debut with Cortuluá in 2018.[1] She joined América de Cali in 2019, winning the Colombian Women's Football League in her debut season.[1] In 2021, she played for Alianza Lima in the Peruvian Primera División Femenina, before returning to América.[1]
Bonilla won her second league championship with América in 2022, scoring 6 goals in 13 games.[2] She scored their opening goal in the 2022 Copa Libertadores Femenina, where they finished in third place.[2]
In September 2024, Bonilla went on loan to Santa Fe.[3] She appeared in four games of their run to the 2024 Copa Libertadores Femenina final.[2]
Bonilla joined Mexican club UNAM (nicknamed "Pumas") in January 2025.[4]
International career
[edit]Bonilla played for the Colombian youth national team at the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[2] She made her senior debut on 12 November 2019, coming on as a late substitute for Linda Caicedo in a friendly against Argentina.[2]
She was named an alternate to the national squad at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[5]
international goals
[edit]| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 9 April 2024 | Hinchliffe Stadium, Paterson, United States | 👁 Image Guatemala |
1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 2. | 26 February 2025 | Snapdragon Stadium, San Diego, United States | 👁 Image Australia |
1–0 | 2–1 | 2025 SheBelieves Cup |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Acerca de Wendy Bonilla". Club Universidad Nacional. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
- ^ a b c d e Wendy Bonilla at Soccerway 👁 Edit this at Wikidata
- ^ González Villate, Christian Ricardo (11 September 2024). "Santa Fe confirma a Wendy Bonilla para Copa Libertadores". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 February 2025.
- ^ "Pumas Femenil se refuerza con siete jugadoras para el CL25". Club Universidad Nacional. 31 December 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
- ^ Ramirez, Sebastian (14 September 2024). "Wendy Bonilla, flamante fichaje de Santa Fe". El Deportivo.com.co. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
External links
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- Living people
- 2002 births
- 21st-century Colombian sportswomen
- Colombian women's footballers
- Women's association football forwards
- Colombia women's international footballers
- América de Cali (women) players
- Independiente Santa Fe (women) players
- Liga MX Femenil players
- Pumas UNAM (women) footballers
- Colombian expatriate women's footballers
- Expatriate women's footballers in Mexico
- Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico