Melissa Bustos
 Bustos with Santiago Morning in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Melissa Deanna Bustos Pepe | ||
| Birth name | Melissa Deanna Bustos | ||
| Date of birth | 12 May 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | ||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Universidad de Chile | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2019 | UBC Thunderbirds | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020 | Colo-Colo | ||
| 2021–2022 | Fernández Vial | ||
| 2023 | Santiago Morning | ||
| 2024– | Universidad de Chile | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023– | Chile | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 December 2023 | |||
Melissa Deanna Bustos Pepe (born 12 May 1999) is a footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Universidad de Chile. Born in Canada, she plays for the Chile women's national team.
Club career
[edit]In her country of birth, Bustos played for two consecutive years for UBC Thunderbirds. In 2019, she suffered a serious knee injury.[2] In 2020, she moved to Chile and joined Colo-Colo.[3]
After playing for Colo-Colo, she spent two years with Fernández Vial.[4]
In May 2022, she was selected by the Brazilian international Neymar Jr. for the friendly tournament Red Bull Neymar Jr's Five in Qatar, after he watched a video on Instagram about her skills.[5]
In 2023, she signed with Santiago Morning.[6][7] In 2024, she switched to Universidad de Chile.[8]
International career
[edit]In 2019, she trained with the Chile national team and, later, she was called up to a training microcycle.[9]
In 2023, she was called up to a training microcycle of the national team at under-23 level.[10]
At senior level, she made his debut in a 1–0 win against Peru on 1 December 2023.[11]
Personal life
[edit]Born in Canada, her father, Alex, is Chilean and her mother is Canadian of Italian descent.[9][12] She holds three nationalities: Canadian by birth and both Chilean and Italian by descent.[13]
Her father used to organize soccer championships for academies when she was a child. As a child, she also played volleyball, basketball and did track and field.[14]
Her older brother, Marco, is a Canada international footballer.[15] They both organized a soccer camp, Marco & Melissa Bustos Soccer Camp, in their hometown, Winnipeg, and gave Fernández Vial shirts to the children.[16]
References
[edit]- ^ "Melissa Bustos :: ceroacero.es". www.ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ^ Escudero, Eloisa (11 May 2021). "Melissa Bustos se une a su hermano Marco en el escenario del fútbol profesional". ElDemocrata (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ^ Munizaga, Sebastián (23 May 2022). "Melissa Bustos, la ex Colo Colo que está en Qatar y que fue elegida por Neymar para formar parte de su Global Five Squad en el Red Bull Neymar Jr's Five". Dale Albo (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ^ Molina, Geraldine (3 February 2023). "Melissa Bustos confirma su salida de Fernández Vial para 2023". Contragolpe (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ^ Salas, Cristian (16 May 2022). "La chilena que clasificó a Qatar: "Quiero hacerme un nombre"". AS Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ^ Molina, Geraldine (8 February 2023). "Santiago Morning Femenino confirma el estelar fichaje de Melissa Bustos para 2023". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ^ "Golpetazo en el fútbol femenino: Melissa Bustos llegó a un grande". AS Chile (in Spanish). 8 February 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ^ "¡Bombazo! Melissa Bustos tiene nuevo equipo en Chile". Diario AS (in Spanish). 11 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ a b Silva, Felipe (3 April 2023). "Nació en Canada y ahora fue llamada a la Roja: "Me siento más chilena que los porotos"". AS Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ^ "La Roja Femenina inicia su microciclo con jugadoras Sub 23". laroja.cl (in Spanish). FFCh. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ "Amistoso Internacional: Chile venció por 1-0 a Perú en La Florida". GolMaster (in Spanish). 2 December 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
- ^ Marco Bustos at the Canadian Soccer Association
- ^ "Fernández Vial renueva a sus figuras en el fútbol femenino". sabes.cl (in Spanish). 30 November 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ^ Salas, Cristian (7 May 2021). ""Mi sueño es jugar por Chile... Quiero que se haga realidad"". AS Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ^ silva, Felipe (17 October 2020). ""Me gustaría jugar en Colo Colo porque estaría con mi hermana"". AS Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ^ Molina, Geraldine (8 January 2023). "Melissa Bustos llevó uniformes de Fernández Vial a su escuelita de futfem en Canadá". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 August 2023.
External links
[edit]- Melissa Bustos at PlaymakerStats
- Melissa Bustos at GoThunderbirds.ca
- Melissa Bustos at PartidosdeLaRoja.com (in Spanish)
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Soccer players from Winnipeg
- Canadian women's soccer players
- Canadian expatriate women's soccer players
- Canadian people of Chilean descent
- Sportspeople of Chilean descent
- Canadian people of Italian descent
- Sportspeople of Italian descent
- Canadian sportspeople of Italian descent
- Chilean people of Canadian descent
- Sportspeople of Canadian descent
- Chilean people of Italian descent
- Chilean women's footballers
- Chile women's international footballers
- UBC Thunderbirds women's soccer players
- Colo-Colo (women) footballers
- C.D. Arturo Fernández Vial footballers
- Santiago Morning (women) footballers
- Club Universidad de Chile (women) footballers
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Chile
- Expatriate women's footballers in Chile
- Women's association football midfielders
- Naturalized citizens of Chile
- Naturalised citizens of Italy
- 21st-century Canadian sportswomen