Yonathan Andía
Yonathan Wladimir Andía León (born August 6, 1992), nicknamed Cachorro (Puppy),[3] is a Chilean footballer who currently plays for club Universidad de Chile as a right back.
 Andía with Unión La Calera in 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yonathan Wladimir Andía León | ||
| Date of birth | August 6, 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Santa Bárbara, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) |
Right-back Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Universidad de Chile | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Escuela Benjamín Muñoz[1] | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2012 | Unión Santa María | ||
| 2013 | Deportes Rengo | ||
| 2014 | General Velásquez | ||
| 2015 | Deportes Rengo | ||
| 2016 | Chimbarongo | ||
| 2016 | Huertos La Perla[2] | ||
| 2017 | Deportes Limache | ||
| 2018–2021 | Unión La Calera | 82 | (3) |
| 2021– | Universidad de Chile | 7 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2020– | Chile | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 May 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 November 2020 | |||
Club career
He played for several amateur clubs at the Tercera A and Tercera B, the fourth and the fifth level of the Chilean football until he was "discovered" by Víctor Rivero, Unión La Calera's coach from 2017 to 2018.[1]
Unión La Calera
He arrived playing as central midfielder, but the coach Francisco Meneghini turned him on right back,[1] being a recurring starting player, appearing also in Copa Sudamericana matches on 2019 and 2020.[4]
Universidad de Chile
After being the runner-up at the Campeonato Nacional AFP PlanVital 2020 along with Unión La Calera, he signed with Universidad de Chile a three-year contract.[5]
International career
He received his first call up to the Chile senior team for the 2022 World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Colombia in October 2020,[3] but he made his international debut in a match against Peru on 13 November 2020.[6]
References
- "Yonathan Andía: "Me encantaría jugar en Iberia algún día"" [Yonathan Andía: "I would like to play for Iberia one day"] (in Spanish). La Tribuna. 21 February 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- "Andía jugará con Universidad de Chile" [Andía will play with Universidad de Chile"] (in Spanish). La Roja Deportes. 1 March 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- "Yonathan Andía, el último citado de La Roja que se repartía entre Tercera y Primera División" [Yonathan Andía, the last called up player to The Red One who was between the fifth and the first Chilean football tier] (in Spanish). CDF. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- "El gran logro de Andía: del fútbol amateur a la Sudamericana" [The great Andía's achievement: from amateur football to Copa Sudamerica] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 9 March 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- "¡Yonathan Andía es el cuarto refuerzo del "Romántico Viajero"!". UdeChile.cl (in Spanish). Universidad de Chile. 1 March 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- "Yonathan Andía debutó en el triunfo de la Selección Nacional" [Yonathan Andía made his international debut in the Chile national team's victory] (in Spanish). ElDigital.cl. 13 November 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.