Antonia Canales

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Antonia Canales

| fullname = Antonia Ignacia Canales Pacheco

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|2002|10|16}}

| birth_place = Santiago, Chile

| height = 1.75m{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce72/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=Play-Off Tournament for the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 |work=FIFA |page=1 |format=PDF |date=12 February 2023 |access-date=12 February 2023}}

| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub = Valencia

| clubnumber = 13

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = {{ill|lt=Universidad Católica|Club Deportivo Universidad Católica (women)|es|Club Deportivo Universidad Católica (fútbol femenino)}}

| years1 = 2017–2021 | clubs1 = {{ill|lt=Universidad Católica|Club Deportivo Universidad Católica (women)|es|Club Deportivo Universidad Católica (fútbol femenino)}} | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 2022 | clubs2 = Colo-Colo | caps2 = | goals2 =

| years3 = 2023 | clubs3 = Real Oviedo | caps3 = 15 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2023– | clubs4 = Valencia | caps4 = 20 | goals4 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2018–2022

| nationalteam1 = Chile U20

| nationalcaps1 = 8

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2019–

| nationalteam2 = Chile

| nationalcaps2 = 4

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's football}}

{{MedalCountry|{{CHI}}}}

| club-update = 16 June 2024

| ntupdate =

}}

Antonia Ignacia Canales Pacheco (born 16 October 2002) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga F club Valencia and the Chile women's national team.

Club career

A product of Universidad Católica, she switched to Colo-Colo in 2022.{{Cite web|last=Campeonatochileno.cl|date=2021-12-31|title=Antonia Canales llega a custodiar el arco de Colo Colo|url=https://campeonatochileno.cl/noticia/6175/antonia-canales-firmo-en-colo-colo|access-date=2022-01-03|website=Campeonatochileno.cl|language=es}}

In 2023, she moved abroad and joined Real Oviedo in the Spanish Segunda División.{{cite web |last1=Ogrodnik |first1=Felipe |title=Antonia Canales es nuevo refuerzo del Real Oviedo |url=https://laroja.cl/new/antonia-canales-es-nuevo-refuerzo-del-real-oviedo |website=laroja.cl |publisher=FFCh |access-date=9 January 2023 |language=es |date=9 January 2023}} In July of the same year, she switched to Valencia.{{cite web |last1=Torres |first1=David |title=El Valencia CF ficha a la internacional chilena Antonia Canales |url=https://www.eldesmarque.com/futbol/femenino/20230721/el-valencia-cf-ficha-a-la-internacional-chilena-antonia-canales_300042214.html#:~:text=El%20Valencia%20CF%20Femenino%20y,llega%20procedente%20del%20Real%20Oviedo. |website=ElDesmarque |access-date=8 November 2023 |language=es |date=21 July 2023}}

International career

At under-20 level, she was part of the Chile squad at the 2018 South American Games.{{cite web |title=Nómina de la Selección Chilena Sub 20 Femenina para los juegos Suramericanos Cochabamba 2018 |url=https://www.anfp.cl/noticia/30942/nomina-de-la-seleccion-chilena-sub-20-femenina-para-los-juegos-suramericanos-cochabamba-2018 |website=ANFP |access-date=11 November 2023 |language=es |date=18 May 2018}}

She was part of the Chilean Football team in the football competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics.{{cite web | url=https://ng.soccerway.com/players/antonia-canales/628504/ | title=Antonia Canales | publisher=Soccerway | accessdate=17 July 2021}}{{cite web | url=https://www.90min.com/posts/every-confirmed-2020-olympic-games-women-football-squad | title=Every confirmed women's football squad for the 2020 Olympic Games | publisher=90Min | date=6 July 2021 | accessdate=17 July 2021 | author=Jamie Spencer}}{{cite web | url=https://www.goal.com/en-in/lists/olympics-2020-squads-uswnt-team-gb-every-official-womens/nt4h88ud3e591lbug3yoh9466#1mnr4dy0bfg819gypqdv4e3ch | title=Olympics 2020 squads: USWNT, Team GB & every official women's football tournament roster | publisher=Goal | date=13 July 2021 | accessdate=17 July 2021 | author=Ameé Ruszkai}}

She was part of the Chile squad at the 2023 Pan American Games,{{cite web |title=Cumulative Statistics |url=https://wrs-panam2023-resources.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/santiago/reports/FBLWTEAM11------------NOC-CHI-----.C84A_5_0.pdf |website=Santiago2023.org |access-date=6 November 2023 |date=3 November 2023}} where Chile won the silver medal.{{cite web |title=Medallists |url=https://wrs-panam2023-resources.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/santiago/reports/FBLWTEAM11------------------------.C92C_1_0.pdf |website=Santiago2023.org |access-date=6 November 2023 |date=3 November 2023}} Following the semi-final match against the United States, she returned to her club, Valencia.{{cite web |last1=Lagos |first1=Felipe |title=Antonia Canales deja la "Roja" femenina y Chile se queda sin arqueras para la final de Santiago 2023 |url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/Deportes/2023/11/01/1111643/antonia-canales-viaje-espana-panamericanos.html |website=Emol |publisher=El Mercurio |access-date=6 November 2023 |language=es |date=1 November 2023}}