Paloma Aracely Bustamante Duarte (born 7 December 2005) is a Chilean footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Palestino ^[es] in the Chilean Primera División and the Chile women's national team.

Bustamante began to play football in Estación Central commune, Santiago de Chile,^[1] and joined the Colo-Colo youth system in 2017, winning the national championship at under-17 level in 2018.^[2] She made her debut with the first team in 2022. In 2024, Bustamante joined on loan to Palestino ^[es][3]

Ended her contract with Colo-Colo, Bustamante signed her first professional contract with Palestino in January 2025.^[4]

Bustamante represented Chile at under-17 level in both the 2022 South American Championship and the 2022 FIFA World Cup.^[5][6] At under-19 level, she made two appearances and scored three goals against Peru in August 2023.^[7]

She also took part in a training microcycle of Chile at under-23 level.^[8]

At senior level, she received her first call up for the matches against Jamaica on 23 and 27 February 2024^[9] and made her debut in the first match, a 5–1 win, scoring a goal at the minute 88.^[10]

• Paloma Bustamante at Soccerway
• Paloma Bustamante at PartidosdeLaRoja.com (in Spanish)