Fernanda Paz Pinilla Roa (born 6 November 1993) is a Chilean

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who plays as a defender for

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side León and the Chile women's national team.

Club career

On 21 June 2019, Pinilla signed with Spanish

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side

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. In 2024, she moved to Mexico and signed with León.

International career

Pinilla represented Chile at the

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. She was a last minute replacement for injured Ana Gutiérrez taking her place at the

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. She represented Chile at the

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, where Chile won the silver medal.

International goals

Personal life

She has a BA in

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at the

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. In June 2022, she married Grace Lazcano, a sport journalist working for ESPN Chile.

Political views

In 2019, she joined

Social Convergence The Social Convergence (, CS) is a left-wing political party in Chile. It is led by Gabriel Boric. It was founded in 2018 by the Autonomist Movement (MA), Libertarian Left (IL) (a part of the movement left the party in 2019), Socialism and Fre ...

, left-wing political party.

Honours

Universidad de Chile *

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(2): , Chile *

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Silver medal:

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Runner-up:

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Silver Medal:

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Individual * Premios FutFem - Best Full-back:

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* 1993 births Living people People from Puente Alto Chilean women's footballers Audax Italiano footballers Club Universidad de Chile (women) footballers Córdoba CF players Santa Teresa CD players Club León (women) footballers Segunda Federación (women) players Liga MX Femenil players Women's association football fullbacks Women's association football central defenders Women's association football midfielders Chile women's youth international footballers Chile women's international footballers 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players 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 competitors for Chile South American Games silver medalists for Chile South American Games medalists in football Competitors at the 2014 South American Games South American Games competitors for Chile Chilean expatriate women's footballers Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Spain Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Expatriate women's footballers in Spain Expatriate women's footballers in Mexico Footballers from Santiago University of Chile alumni Lesbian sportswomen Chilean LGBT footballers Chilean lesbians Chilean feminists Lesbian feminists Social Convergence politicians {{chile-women-footy-bio-stub