Yenny Andrea Acuña Berrios (born 18 May 1997) is a Chilean professional

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who plays as a striker for

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on loan from Brazilian Série A1 club Internacional and the Chile women's national team.

Club career

Acuña started her career on . She joined

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in 2020. She scored the first goal in the 2020

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final against

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, in a 2–0 victory. In February 2023, she joined Brazilian club

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. In November of the same year, she switched to Internacional. In the second half of 2024, she was loaned out to

until the end of the year.

International career

Acuña made her senior debut on 13 April 2021 in a 0-0 draw against

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for the Olympics Intercontinental Play-offs Women. She represented Chile at the

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, where Chile won the silver medal.

International goals

Honours

Chile *

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Silver Medal:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Acuna, Yenny 1997 births Living people Footballers from Iquique Chilean women's footballers 21st-century Chilean sportswomen Chilean expatriate women's footballers Women's association football forwards Deportes Iquique footballers Santiago Morning (women) footballers Esporte Clube Bahia players SC Internacional (women) players Colo-Colo (women) footballers Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1 players Chile women's international footballers Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Chile Footballers at the 2023 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Chile Pan American Games footballers for Chile Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Expatriate women's footballers in Brazil Pan American Games silver medalists in football