Nayely Bolaños

Nayely Bolaños
Personal information
Full name	Nayely Nahomi Bolaños Vera
Date of birth	25 February 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth	Ventanas, Ecuador
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Cuenca
Number	11
Senior career*
Years	Team
2016–2018	7 de Febrero
2018–2019	El Nacional
2020–	Cuenca
International career‡
2020–	Ecuador
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 January 2021; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 June 2024

Nayely Nahomi Bolaños Vera (born 25 February 2003) is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays as a forward for Cuenca and the Ecuador women's national team.

Biography

Bolaños learned to play football at the age of 10, participating in youth male football schools that were in her native Ventanas since she showed great conditions in the game. On countless occasions she had difficulties in these schools because the boys resisted a woman playing with them. This only made Bolaños take more courage to fight and win a place on the pitch. In 2016, at the age of 13 years, she debuted with the Club 7 de Febrero where she stayed for 3 years. At the beginning of 2019, María José Benítez, who is the coordinator of the El Nacional, spoke with Bolaños' parents so that she can be part of the Puras Criollas and thus play the nascent Superliga Femenina.^[1]

Club career

Club 7 de Febrero

Bolaños started playing at Club 7 de Febrero of Ventanas, where she played until 2018.

El Nacional

In 2019, Bolaños signed for El Nacional, since then she has been the undisputed starter, scoring goals in important matches and being a figure in these matches, she also helped her team to be crowned champion of Superliga Femenina in 2020. Likewise, she was part of the women's national under-16, to compete in Torneo Evolución, which was organized by CONMEBOL in the city of Asunción.^[2]