Yessenia López

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Paloma López
López in 2018
Personal information
Full name Yessenia Andrea López López
Date of birth (1990-10-20) 20 October 1990[1]
Place of birth Viña del Mar, Chile
Height 1.61 m (5 ft 3+1⁄2 in)[2]
Position Midfielder[1]
Team information
Current team
 Colo-Colo
Number 8
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009 Everton
2010 Santos
2010–2013 Everton
2014–2016 Santiago Morning
2017 Universidad de Chile
2018 3B da Amazônia
2018–2019 Sporting Huelva 23 (0)
2019 Colo-Colo
2020–2023 Universidad de Chile
2023– Colo-Colo
International career‡
2011–2015 Chile (futsal)
2017– Chile 61 (7)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Chile
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place2023 SantiagoTeam
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 01:25, 17 June 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 29 September 2023

Yessenia Andrea López López (born 20 October 1990), best known as Paloma López, is a Chilean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Colo-Colo[3] and the Chile women's national team.

International career

López scored two goals at the 2018 Copa América Femenina,[4] where Chile qualified for a FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time in its history.

She represented Chile at the 2023 Pan American Games,[5] where Chile won the silver medal.[6]

López also represented the Chile national futsal team in the Copa América de Futsal Femenina in 2011 and 2015.[7]

International goals

Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1
12 April 2018Estadio La Portada, La Serena, Chile Peru
2–0
5–0
2018 Copa América Femenina
2
16 April 2018 Brazil
1–3
1–3
3
23 September 2023Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida, Santiago, Chile New Zealand3–03–0Friendly
4
28 October 2023Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, Valparaíso, Chile Jamaica2–06–02023 Pan American Games

Honours

Universidad de Chile

Colo-Colo

Chile

Individual

References

  1. Yessenia López at Soccerway
  2. "Play-Off Tournament for the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023" (PDF). FIFA. 12 February 2023. p. 1. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  3. "Yesenia López, nueva estrella alba: "Llegar aquí es inexplicable"" (in Spanish). Colo-Colo.
  4. "Copa América Femenina - Ecuador 2014. Goleadoras". conmebol.com.
  5. "Cumulative Statistics" (PDF). Santiago2023.org. 3 November 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  6. "Medallists" (PDF). Santiago2023.org. 3 November 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  7. "Selección chilena femenina de futsal". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 October 2025.
  8. "Todos los ganadores de los Premios Contragolpe 2021". Contragolpe (in Spanish). 10 December 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  9. "Todas las ganadoras de los Premios FutFem 2022". Contragolpe (in Spanish). 5 December 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  10. "La Gala Crack eligió a los mejores de la temporada 2024". Campeonato Chileno (in Spanish). ANFA. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  11. 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.