Name: Manuela Vanegas
Nationality: Colombia
Date of Birth: November 9, 2000
Position: Defender
Current club: Brighton & Hove Albion
Women's Super League clubs played for: Brighton & Hove Albion
Manuela Vanegas is a defender at Brighton & Hove Albion who has played in the majority of the club's Women's Super League matches in 2025/2026, making 10 appearances overall and playing 744 minutes. She has started in eight of these appearances across their 17 fixtures and been used as a substitute on two occasions.
Vanegas last featured in a Women's Super League game on March 22, playing 90 minutes for Brighton & Hove Albion versus Liverpool in a 0-0 stalemate. In total, she has netted one Women's Super League goal in 2025/2026. She has been shown two yellow cards.
Her opening goal of the campaign came in the 3-2 loss against West Ham United on February 8.
Brighton & Hove Albion next face a trip to Leicester City in Women's Super League action on March 29.
Vanegas played 11 Primera División Femenina games last season for Real Sociedad, scored three goals and provided one assist.
Before joining Brighton & Hove Albion in July 2025, Vanegas made 83 league appearances in total at Real Sociedad, scoring nine goals and providing three assists.
