Nicole Carter

Nicole Carter
Personal information
Full name Nicole Alejandra Carter Galloso
Date of birth (2008-08-13) 13 August 2008
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
Colo-Colo
Youth career
Club Unión
Peñalolén (city team)
Colo-Colo
2023–2024 LaLiga Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023– Colo-Colo
International career
2024–2025 Chile U17 7 (7)
2024– Chile U20 2 (2)
2025– Chile 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 October 2025

Nicole Alejandra Carter Galloso (born 13 August 2008) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a forward for Colo-Colo and the Chile women's national team.

Club career

Carter started to play football with Club Unión from Peñalolén commune and also represented the commune team before joining Colo-Colo.[1]

Carter was promoted to the Colo-Colo first team in 2023, aged 14, and scored two goals in her senior debut against Cobresal on 26 March.[2][3] In total, she scored six goals in nine matches during her first season. In September of the same year, she moved to Spain alongside her fellow footballer Yocelin Muñoz after getting a grant to study and play football at LaLiga Academy in Madrid.[4][5]

International career

Carter represented the Chile national under-17 team in both the 2024 and the 2025 South American Championship.[6][7]

Carter represented the under-20's in the 2024 South American Championship.[8]

At senior level, Carter was called up to a training microcycle in April 2023.[9] She received her first official call-up to the 2025–26 CONMEBOL Liga de Naciones matches against Venezuela and Bolivia on 24 and 28 October 2025[10] and made her debut in the first match by replacing María José Urrutia at the minute 74.[11]

Personal life

Her cousin, Alexander Carter, is a musician under the stage name of Young Cart3r and former footballer at the Chilean Tercera División.[1]

As a student, Carter has attended the Instituto IDEA Macul.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b de la Hoz, Freddy (2 May 2025). ""Ella es goleadora y sueña con jugar en Europa, en Francia"". LUN (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: 16. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  2. ^ "Nicole Carter: la futbolista de 14 años que marcó un doblete en el debut de Colo Colo este 2023". T13 (in Spanish). 26 March 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  3. ^ Molina, Geraldine (28 March 2023). "Las niñas prodigio del futfem: Nicole Carter, Anaís Álvarez y Ámbar Figueroa se lucen en el Campeonato Femenino". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  4. ^ Molina, Geraldine (8 September 2023). "Nicole Carter deja Colo-Colo y parte a jugar a España". Contragolpe (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  5. ^ Molina, Geraldine (9 September 2023). "¡PURA CALIDAD! Las JOYITAS del fútbol femenino chileno que se van a EUROPA con 15 años". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  6. ^ Huerta, Rodrigo (30 April 2025). "Tiene 16 años, brilla en Colo Colo y fue clave en el estreno de Chile en el Sudamericano". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  7. ^ "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Femeninos Sub-17". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  8. ^ Encina, Camilo (12 April 2024). "¡Formada en Colo Colo le anota un golazo de larga distancia a Brasil en el arranque del Sudamericano Sub 20!". Dale Albo (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  9. ^ Colarte, César (30 March 2023). "Ya hay nómina para la Selección Chilena Femenina". Futuro Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  10. ^ "La Nómina de la Selección Chilena Femenina para la Liga de Naciones 2025-26" [The Chilean Women's National Team Roster for the 2025-26 Nations League]. La Roja (in Spanish). Football Federation of Chile. 7 October 2025.
  11. ^ Molina, Geraldine (24 October 2025). "Venezuela y Chile empatan en su estreno en la Liga de Naciones". Contragolpe (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 October 2025. La gran sorpresa fue el ingreso de Nicole Carter a los 74', en el que fue su debut en la selección absoluta
  12. ^ "Conoce a Nicole Carter, futbolista de la Roja y Colo Colo que eligió seguir formándose en el Instituto de Adultos de Macul". SLEPGM.cl (in Spanish). 24 June 2025. Retrieved 26 October 2025.