Francisca Mardones (footballer)

Francisca Mardones
Personal information
Mardones with Chile in 2019
Full name	María Francisca Mardones Sáez
Date of birth	(1989-03-24) 24 March 1989 (age 35)^[1]
Place of birth	Santiago, Chile
Position(s)	Midfielder^[1]
Team information
Current team	Colo-Colo
Number	29
Youth career
	Universidad de Chile
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012	LCCC Golden Eagles	14	(0)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008	Ferroviarios
2008–2009	Unión La Calera
2010–2012	Colo-Colo
2016–2021	Santiago Morning
2022–	Colo-Colo
International career^‡
2008	Chile U20	3	(1)
2010–	Chile	3	(1)
2017	Chile (futsal)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:25, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

María Francisca Mardones Sáez (born 24 March 1989), known as Francisca Mardones, is a Chilean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Santiago Morning and the Chile women's national team.

Club career

Mardones began to play football in her neighbourhood before joining Universidad de Chile, aged 13.^[2]

In 2022, Mardones joined Colo-Colo from Santiago Morning. She had previously played for them from 2010 to 2012.^[5]

Mardones represented Chile at the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.^[6] She made her senior debut during the 2011 Pan American Games.

As a futsal player, she represented Chile in the 2017 Copa América.^[7]

Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	22 October 2011	Estadio Omnilife, Zapopan, Mexico	Trinidad and Tobago	2–0	3–0	2011 Pan American Games

She attended the Professional Institute and Technical Training Center in Santiago of the Santo Tomás University^[es] as a student of fitness coaching.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Francisca Mardones at Soccerway
^ ^a ^b "María Francisca Mardones: tomasina de selección". Santo Tomás en Línea (in Spanish). 12 July 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
^ "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Femeninos Sub-20". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 March 2024.
^ Herrera Ponce, Christopher; Lara Gallardo, Emma (2020). El fútbol femenino en la lucha de género: Caso del Club Santiago Morning (PDF) (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano. pp. 34, 39, 40–41, 149. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
^ Gálvez, Daniella (24 March 2022). "Bomba: Mellado y Mardones son los nuevos refuerzos de Colo-Colo". Contragolpe (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 March 2024.
^ Francisca Mardones – FIFA competition record (archived)
^ "Nómina de la Selección Femenina de Chile para disputar la Copa América de Futsal Uruguay 2017". ANFP (in Spanish). 17 November 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2024.

Chile squads

v t e Chile squad – 2010 South American Women's Football Championship third place
GK Campos GK Endler DF Cortés DF Galaz DF Guajardo DF Guerrero DF Leyton DF Peña DF Pérez MF Aedo MF Araya MF Benado MF Díaz MF Lara MF Mardones MF Pardo FW Huenteo FW Quezada FW Salgado FW Zamora Coach: Tejedor

v t e Chile women's football squad – 2020 Summer Olympics
1 Endler (c) 2 Jiménez 3 Guerrero 4 Lara 5 Ramírez 6 N. López 7 Acuña 8 Araya 9 Urrutia 10 Aedo 11 Y. López 12 Campos 13 Pinilla 14 Pardo 15 Zamora 16 Balmaceda 17 Toro 18 Sáez 19 Grez 20 Mardones 21 Díaz 22 Canales Coach: Letelier