Wendy Bonilla

Wendy Bonilla
Personal information
Full name Wendy Katerine Bonilla Candelo
Date of birth (2002-07-08) 8 July 2002
Place of birth Buenaventura, Colombia
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Santos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018 Cortuluá
2019–2020 América de Cali
2021 Alianza Lima
2021–2024 América de Cali 60 (10)
2024 → Santa Fe (loan)
2025–2026 UNAM 22 (3)
2026– Santos 0 (0)
International career‡
2018 Colombia U17 4 (0)
2022 Colombia U20 6 (0)
2019– Colombia 6 (1)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Colombia
Copa América Femenina
Silver medal – second place2025 Ecuador
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 31 January 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 27 February 2025

Wendy Katerine Bonilla Candelo (born 8 July 2002) is a Colombian professional footballer player who plays as a forward for Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1 club Santos and the Colombia national team.

Club career

Born in Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, Bonilla made her senior debut with Cortuluá in 2018.[1] She joined América de Cali in 2019, winning the Colombian Women's Football League in her debut season.[1] In 2021, she played for Alianza Lima in the Peruvian Primera División Femenina, before returning to América.[1]

Bonilla won her second league championship with América in 2022, scoring 6 goals in 13 games.[2] She scored their opening goal in the 2022 Copa Libertadores Femenina, where they finished in third place.[2]

In September 2024, Bonilla went on loan to Santa Fe.[3] She appeared in four games of their run to the 2024 Copa Libertadores Femenina final.[2]

Bonilla joined Mexican club UNAM (nicknamed "Pumas") in January 2025.[4] On 11 August 2026, she was announced at Brazilian side Santos on a contract until the end of the year.[5]

International career

Bonilla played for the Colombian youth national team at the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[2] She made her senior debut on 12 November 2019, coming on as a late substitute for Linda Caicedo in a friendly against Argentina.[2]

She was named an alternate to the national squad at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[6]

international goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.9 April 2024Hinchliffe Stadium, Paterson, United States Guatemala1–03–0Friendly
2.26 February 2025Snapdragon Stadium, San Diego, United States Australia1–02–12025 SheBelieves Cup

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Acerca de Wendy Bonilla". Club Universidad Nacional. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Wendy Bonilla at Soccerway
  3. ↑ González Villate, Christian Ricardo (11 September 2024). "Santa Fe confirma a Wendy Bonilla para Copa Libertadores". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  4. ↑ "Pumas Femenil se refuerza con siete jugadoras para el CL25". Club Universidad Nacional. 31 December 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  5. ↑ "Wendy Candelo é reforço para ataque das Sereias da Vila" [Wendy Candelo is an addition for the attack of the Sereias da Vila] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Santos FC. 11 August 2026. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
  6. ↑ Ramirez, Sebastian (14 September 2024). "Wendy Bonilla, flamante fichaje de Santa Fe". El Deportivo.com.co. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
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