Ada del Carmen Cruz Chavarría (born 25 November 1963) is a Chilean football coach and former player who played as a forward.
At club level, she began her career with the women's team of Everton de Viña del Mar based in Santiago.
[5] Cruz was part of the Chile national team since it was made up in February 1991 under Bernardo Bello until 2004 under Sergio Rojas.
She took part in the inaugural edition of the Copa América in 1991, then called South American Championship, scoring the first goal in the history of Chile in the 6–1 loss against Brazil.
[5][10][3] As a member of Independent Regionalist Party, Cruz was a candidate to the Regional Council for the district Santiago 1 in 2013.