Nicolás Maturana

Nicolás Maturana
Personal information
Full name Nicolás Alexander Maturana Caneo[1]
Date of birth (1993-07-08) 8 July 1993 (age 31)[1]
Place of birth Lampa, Santiago, Chile
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 San Antonio Unido
Youth career
Universidad de Chile
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2016 Universidad de Chile 28 (2)
2012 → Rangers (loan) 10 (0)
2012 → Rangers B (loan) 3 (0)
2012 → Barnechea (loan) 10 (4)
2014 → Deportes Iquique (loan) 15 (0)
2014 → Barnechea (loan) 9 (4)
2015 → Elche (loan) 0 (0)
2015 → Alcoyano (loan) 5 (0)
2015–2016 → Palestino (loan) 34 (5)
2017 Necaxa 10 (1)
2017–2020 Colo-Colo 13 (0)
2019 → Universidad de Concepción (loan) 16 (0)
2020–2023 Cobreloa 65 (6)
2023 → Deportes Santa Cruz (loan) 16 (0)
2024 Real Estelí 3 (0)
2024– San Antonio Unido 0 (0)
International career
2013 Chile U20 12 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 February 2024

Nicolás Alexander Maturana Caneo (born 8 July 1993) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for San Antonio Unido in the Segunda División Profesional de Chile.

Club career

He debuted on 23 April 2011, in a 0-0 draw of Universidad de Chile against Palestino for the 2011 Torneo Apertura. He was replaced by Diego Rivarola at the minute 53.[2] He scored his first goal on 10 July 2011, in a match against Magallanes, for the 2011 Copa Chile.[3] in 2015, he was loaned to La Liga side Elche CF,[4] but the team couldn't register him, so after Maturana was loaned to Alcoyano.[5]

In 2024, he moved abroad again and signed with Nicaraguan club Real Estelí.[6] After a month with them, he returned to Chile and joined San Antonio Unido.[7]

International career

He was named in Chile's senior squad for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Paraguay and Bolivia in September 2016.[8]

Personal life

As a child, Maturana lived in a residence from SENAME [es] (National Services for Minors), a questioned Chilean institution due to multiple complaints about all kinds of child abuse there.[9]

Honours

Universidad de Chile
Deportes Iquique
Colo-Colo
Real Estelí

References

  1. ^ a b "FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013 List of Players: Chile" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 June 2013. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2013.
  2. ^ "La 'U' y Palestino se quedaron en blanco". Archived from the original on 25 April 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  3. ^ "Magallanes y la 'U' igualaron 1-1 por Copa Chile". Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  4. ^ "Nicolás Maturana confirma su fichaje por el Elche" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 10 December 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  5. ^ Jeria, Diego (20 January 2021). "El breve paso de Nicolás Maturana por Alcoyano, el club de Segunda B que eliminó a Real Madrid en Copa del Rey". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  6. ^ Lara, Nicolás (6 January 2024). "'Nico' Maturana se va al extranjero". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  7. ^ Aliaga, Martín (18 February 2024). "Nicolás Maturana sorprende en el mercado: duró un mes en Nicaragua y ya tiene nuevo club en Chile". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Nomina de la Selección Chilena para los partidos ante Paraguay y Bolivia". anfp.cl. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  9. ^ ""Siempre lo he dicho": Nicolás Maturana alza la voz para criticar al Sename". www.24horas.cl (in Spanish). 24 horas. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2022.