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

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who plays as a striker for Brazilian Série A1 club

EC Bahia Esporte Clube Bahia (), known familiarly as Bahia, is a Brazilian professional football club, based in Salvador, capital city of the Brazilian state of Bahia. They play in the Campeonato Baiano, Bahia's state league, and the Campeonato Brasil ...

and the Chile women's national team.

Club career

Acuña started her career on

Deportes Iquique Club de Deportes Iquique S.A.D.P. is a Chilean football club based in Iquique that is a current member of the Primera B. Founded in 1978, the club's home stadium is the Estadio Tierra de Campeones, which has a 13,171 capacity. Iquique has spent ...

. After 2020 campaign and scoring 19 goals, Acuña joined to

Santiago Morning Club de Deportes Santiago Morning (popularly known as Chaguito Morning or Morning) is a Chilean professional football club based in Recoleta, Santiago. They compete in the Primera B. Santiago Morning was one of Primera División de Chile found ...

. She scored the first goal, a "

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" shoot, in the 2020 Chilean final against Universidad de Chile, was victory for Morning 2-0. In Feberuary 2023, she joined Brazilian club

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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.

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* 1997 births Living people Sportspeople from Iquique Chilean women's footballers Chilean expatriate women's footballers Women's association football forwards Deportes Iquique footballers Santiago Morning (women) footballers Esporte Clube Bahia players Chile women's international footballers Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Chile Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Expatriate women's footballers in Brazil {{Chile-women-footy-bio-stub