Fernanda Pinilla

Fernanda Pinilla
Pinilla in 2025
Personal information
Full name Fernanda Paz Pinilla Roa
Date of birth (1993-11-06) 6 November 1993 (age 32)
Place of birth Puente Alto, Santiago, Chile
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Positions
Team information
Current team
 León
Number 17
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Audax Italiano [es]
2017–2018 Universidad de Chile
2018–2019 Córdoba [es]
2019–2020 Santa Teresa 3 (0)
2020–2023 Universidad de Chile
2024– León 66 (3)
International career‡
2010 Chile U17 1 (0)
2017– Chile 16 (0)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Chile
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place2023 SantiagoTeam
South American Games
Silver medal – second place2014 SantiagoTeam
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 February 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 14:00, 13 June 2019 (UTC)

Fernanda Paz Pinilla Roa (born 6 November 1993) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a defender for Liga MX Femenil side León and the Chile women's national team.

Club career

On 21 June 2019, Pinilla signed with Spanish Primera División B side Santa Teresa CD.

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

International career

Pinilla represented Chile at the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. She was a last minute replacement for injured Ana Gutiérrez taking her place at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.

She represented Chile at the 2023 Pan American Games, where Chile won the silver medal.

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.25 October 2023Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar, Chile Mexico1–01–32023 Pan American Games
2.25 October 2024CHUBB Arena, Quito, Ecuador Ecuador1–11–1Friendly
3.28 October 2025Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua, Chile Bolivia3–05–02025–26 CONMEBOL Liga de Naciones Femenina

Personal life

She has a BA in Physics at the University of Chile.

In June 2022, Pinilla married Grace Lazcano, a sport journalist working for ESPN Chile at the time. They had a daughter, Elena, on 17 February 2026.

Political views

In 2019, she joined Social Convergence, left-wing political party.

Honours

Universidad de Chile

Chile

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Fernanda Pinilla at Soccerway
  2. 1 2 3 "La mundialista chilena Fernanda Pinilla ficha por el Santa Teresa" (in Spanish). Santa Teresa Badajoz. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Defensa Fernanda Pinilla" (in Spanish). Copa América Femenina Chile 2018. 19 December 2023.
  4. ↑ Lizama, Bastián (12 January 2024). "Tras su salida de la U: Fernanda Pinilla tiene nuevo club en México para la temporada 2024". ADN Radio (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  5. ↑ "Fernanda Pinilla's great answer to "fan" who took her as an example to deny Vidal". fleej.com. 17 June 2019. Archived from the original on 22 June 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  6. ↑ "Cumulative Statistics" (PDF). Santiago2023.org. 3 November 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  7. ↑ "Medallists" (PDF). Santiago2023.org. 3 November 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  8. ↑ "Fernanda Pinilla: "Ser mujer en Chile es difícil y ser lesbiana es peor"". Palabra Pública. 23 July 2018. Archived from the original on 17 August 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  9. ↑ Escárate González, Nicolás (18 June 2022). "[FOTOS] Periodista Grace Lazcano contrajo matrimonio con la futbolista Fernanda Pinilla" (in Spanish). Meganoticias. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  10. ↑ Reyes, Luis (18 February 2026). ""Bienvenida a la bandita": Fernanda Pinilla y Grace Lazcano anuncian el nacimiento de su hija". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 February 2026.
  11. ↑ "Fernanda Pinilla se suma a partido del Frente Amplio". El Dínamo. 11 October 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  12. ↑ "Todas las ganadoras de los Premios FutFem 2022". Contragolpe (in Spanish). 5 December 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2024.