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| Full name | Wendy Katerine Bonilla Candelo | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (2002-07-08)8 July 2002 (age 23) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Valle del Cauca, Colombia | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | UNAM | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 18 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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– | UNAM | ||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Colombia U17 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Colombia U20 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Colombia | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 27 February 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Wendy Katerine Bonilla Candelo (born 8 July 2002) is a Colombian professionalfootballer player who plays as aforward forLiga MX Femenil clubUNAM and theColombia national team.
Born inValle del Cauca, Bonilla made her senior debut withCortuluá in 2018.[1] She joinedAmérica de Cali in 2019, winning theColombian Women's Football League in her debut season.[1] In 2021, she played forAlianza Lima in the PeruvianPrimera 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 the2022 Copa Libertadores Femenina, where they finished in third place.[2]
In September 2024, Bonilla went on loan toSanta Fe.[3] She appeared in four games of their run to the2024 Copa Libertadores Femenina final.[2]
Bonilla joined Mexican clubUNAM (nicknamed "Pumas") in January 2025.[4]
Bonilla played for the Colombian youth national team at the2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and the2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[2] She made hersenior debut on 12 November 2019, coming on as a late substitute forLinda Caicedo in a friendly againstArgentina.[2]
She was named an alternate to the national squad at the2024 Paris Olympics.[5]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 9 April 2024 | Hinchliffe Stadium,Paterson, United States |  Guatemala | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 2. | 26 February 2025 | Snapdragon Stadium,San Diego, United States |  Australia | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2025 SheBelieves Cup |
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