Abigaíl Chaves

Abigaíl Chaves
Chaves with Boca Juniors in 2019
Personal information
Full name Abigaíl Paola Chaves
Date of birth (1997-07-11) 11 July 1997
Place of birth San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Goalkeeper
Youth career
Pinocho
Boca Juniors
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Boca Juniors
2020–2021 San Lorenzo
2021–2024 Huracán
2024Universidad de Chile (loan)
2025 Universidad de Chile
International career
2023– Argentina
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Argentina
Copa América Femenina
2025 Ecuador
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Abigaíl Paola Chaves (born 11 July 1997) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.

Career

Before playing football, Chaves played volleyball for club Pinocho.[1]

A goalkeeper, Chaves has played for Boca Juniors, San Lorenzo and Huracán in her homeland.[2][3][4]

In 2024, she moved to Chile and joined Universidad de Chile on loan from Huracán.[4] In 2025, she continued with them and left them in September to move to Turkey.[5]

At international level, she was a member of the Argentina squad in the 2023 FIFA World Cup.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Abigail Chaves, una infiltrada del vóley en el fútbol grande de la Argentina". Somos Vóley (in Spanish). 8 March 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  2. ^ Galarza, Florencia (3 April 2019). "Las Gladiadoras: "Nuestra diferencia con el plantel masculino son las oportunidades" –". Noticias Urbanas (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Abigail Chaves: ¨Jugar en la Bombonera es algo único¨". Agrupación Alternativa Boquense (in Spanish). 11 March 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Abigaíl Chaves: Desde Huracán a la portería del Romántico Viajero". www.UdeChile.cl (in Spanish). 2 February 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  5. ^ Vera, Pablo (5 September 2025). "La U anuncia una venta a Europa: "Me enamoré de este club"". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  6. ^ "La lista de la selección argentina para el Mundial de Fútbol Femenino 2023". LA NACION (in Spanish). 18 July 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2024.