Bárbara Santibáñez

Bárbara Santibáñez
Personal information
Full name Bárbara Constanza Santibáñez Flores[1]
Date of birth (1993-08-23) 23 August 1993[2]
Place of birth Puente Alto, Santiago, Chile[1]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position Forward[2]
Team information
Current team
Getafe (manager)
Youth career
Colo-Colo
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 USS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2012 Colo-Colo
2012 Everton
2013–2015 Santiago Morning
2015–2016 Palestino
2017 Universidad de Chile
2017–2018 Sporting Huelva 14 (1)
2019 Zaragoza CFF
2019–2020 Granada 19 (5)
2020–2021 CFF Cáceres 2 (1)
2021–2025 Cacereño 44 (3)
2025 Getafe 5 (0)
International career
2010 Chile U17 2 (0)
2015 Chile (futsal)
2018– Chile 7 (0)
Managerial career
2022–2023 Cacereño Atlético (assistant)
2023–2025 Cacereño Atlético
2025– Getafe
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 October 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 January 2019

Bárbara Constanza Santibáñez Flores (born 3 March 1996) is a Chilean football manager and footballer who plays as a forward. She is currently in charge of Spanish Segunda División Pro club Getafe.

Club career

Sporting Huelva

In June 2017, Santibáñez joined Spanish club Sporting Huelva.[3] In January 2019, she was released by the club, having made limited appearances.[4]

Cacereño

In 2020, Santibáñez signed with CP Cacereño. In August 2023, she renewed her contract for a year.[5] She left them at the end of the 2024–25 season.[6]

Getafe

In August 2025, Santibáñez signed with Getafe.[7]

International career

Santibáñez represented Chile at the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Santibáñez also represented the Chile national futsal team in the 2015 Copa América de Futsal Femenina.[8]

Coaching career

At the same time she has been a player of CP Cacereño, she has coached Cacereño Atlético as assistant and head coach since the 2022–23 season.[9][10]

On 30 October 2025, Santibáñez was appointed as manager of Getafe, leaving her role as player.[11]

Personal life

Born in Puente Alto, Santiago de Chile, as a primary student, she attended the República del Uruguay school in Valparaíso. As a high school student, she attended the Liceo Luis Miguel Amunátegui in Santiago.[10]

Santibáñez graduated as a PE teacher at the San Sebastián University and played for the university team for five years.[10]

Honours

Colo-Colo
Palestino
  • Chilean women's football championship (1), 2015 Clausura

References

  1. ^ a b c Bárbara Santibáñez at LaLiga (in Spanish)
  2. ^ a b Bárbara Santibáñez at Soccerway
  3. ^ "La delantera chilena Bárbara Santibáñez, nueva jugadora del Sporting Huelva" [Chilean striker Bárbara Santibáñez, new Sporting Huelva player]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 22 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Geraldine Leyton y Bárbara Santibáñez no siguen en el Sporting Huelva" [Geraldine Leyton and Bárbara Santibáñez are no longer at Sporting Huelva]. La Tercera (in Spanish). 2 January 2019.
  5. ^ Molina, Geraldine (1 August 2023). "Bárbara Santibáñez renueva por un año con el Cacereño". Contragolpe (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  6. ^ Molina, Geraldine (12 June 2025). "Bárbara Santibáñez dejará Cacereño luego de cinco temporadas". Contragolpe (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  7. ^ Molina, Geraldine (14 August 2025). "Bárbara Santibáñez sigue en España y llega al Getafe". Contragolpe (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  8. ^ "Selección chilena femenina de futsal". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 October 2025.
  9. ^ Molina, Geraldine (10 August 2023). "Bárbara Santibáñez será DT de la filial del Cacereño en España". Contragolpe (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  10. ^ a b c "¿Qué fue de… Bárbara Santibáñez? – Federación Nacional Universitaria de Deportes". FENAUDE (in Spanish). 22 September 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  11. ^ Molina, Geraldine (30 October 2025). "Bárbara Santibáñez asumirá como entrenadora de Getafe". Contragolpe (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 December 2025.