Marcelo Allende

Marcelo Iván Allende Bravo (born 7 April 1999) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier Soccer League side Mamelodi Sundowns and the Chile national team. Allende captained Chile at the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, being the team's top goalscorer in the tournament and was considered to be one of the top youth prospects in Chilean football.[1][2][3][4][5]

Marcelo Allende
Personal information
Full name Marcelo Iván Allende Bravo
Date of birth (1999-04-07) 7 April 1999
Place of birth Pudahuel, Santiago, Chile
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Mamelodi Sundowns
Number 11
Youth career
Cobreloa
2016 → Arsenal (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Deportes Santa Cruz 34 (5)
2017–2018 Necaxa 12 (0)
2017 → Deportes Santa Cruz (loan) 12 (2)
2019 Magallanes 11 (0)
2020–2022 Montevideo City Torque 77 (15)
2022– Mamelodi Sundowns 19 (2)
International career‡
2015–2017 Chile U17 4 (2)
2016–2019 Chile U20 11 (1)
2021– Chile 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 August 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 July 2022

Club career

Allende started his youth career at Cobreloa. After Chile's participation in the U-17 World Cup, he caught the interest of Colo-Colo and Universidad de Chile for his signature, although neither move materialized.[2][1]

In 2016, the player transferred to Deportes Santa Cruz of the Segunda División de Chile in order to gain more playing time, making his debut against Naval. In his second season at the team, he scored his first senior goal against Melipilla, and became a regular starter, finishing the campaign with four goals.[3]

Allende had a two-month trial with English club Arsenal,[6] featuring for their under-19 team at the Durban International Cup. The team won the competition, and the player was invited to further trials with the club.[7][8][4] In April 2017, following a third trial, the English tabloid press reported that Arsenal had offered Allende a professional contract.[9][10]

Necaxa

With this being so on 7 September 2017 Allende signed up with Mexican side Necaxa, with the intention of rejoining the club in 2018 while remaining on loan with Santa Cruz.[11]

Mamelodi Sundowns

On 24 August 2022, Allende was announced as new player of South African club Mamelodi Sundowns and made his debut in the same day scoring a goal versus Stellebosch.[12]

International career

On 15 June 2015, Allende made his debut for Chile U-17 in a friendly defeat against Paraguay.[13] He was later selected on the list of players that would take part in the tournament, held on home soil.[14] He was a starter on Chile's four matches at the U-17 World Cup, netting against Nigeria and the United States.

On 16 October 2016, Allende made his debut for the Chile U-20 in a friendly win against Paraguay U-20[15] adding another cap against Ecuador U-20,[16] but was ultimately left out of the final squad for the 2017 South American Youth Football Championship.[17] He scored his first goal for the U20's on 10 August 2017, in a friendly win against Japan.[18]

At under-20 level, Allende represented Chile in both the 2018 South American Games, winning the gold medal,[19] and the 2019 South American Championship.

Allende made his debut for Chile national team on 11 December 2021 in a 1–0 win over El Salvador.[20]

National team

Participation in World Cups
World Home country Results PJ Goals
FIFA U-17 World Cup 2015 Chile Round of 16 4 2

Statistics
  • Updated to last played match: 19 May 2017.
Club Div. Season League Cups
National(1)		 Tournaments
International(2)		 Total
Matches Goals Matches Goals Matches Goals Matches Goals
Deportes Santa Cruz
Chile
2.ª 2015–1690----90
2016–17224----224
Total club3140000314
Total in career3140000314

Honours
Arsenal
  • Durban International Cup: Winner – 2016.[7][21]
Necaxa
Chile U20

References
  1. "Arsenal hand trial to Chilean teenage starlet dubbed 'the next Alexis Sanchez'". Mirror.co.uk.
  2. "Meet Marcelo Allende, the genius of Chile U-17's who is already in the sights of Colo Colo and U de Chile". Emol.com (in Spanish). October 18, 2015.
  3. "The new guard". latercera.com (in Spanish).
  4. "Arsenal keen on Chile wonderkid: Teenager has spoken to Alexis Sanchez". Express.co.uk. October 11, 2016.
  5. "Marcelo Allende, or that confidence beyond its years". Conmebol.com (in Spanish).
  6. Fernández, José Tomas (April 7, 2021). ""Un fenómeno": Allende recuerda sus días en el Arsenal de Alexis y Wenger" (in Spanish). AS Chile.
  7. "Marcelo Allende of Arsenal". Durban U19.co.za. Archived from the original on October 20, 2016. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
  8. "Arsenal trials for Chile U17 captain Marcelo Allende". Tribal Football.com.
  9. "Arsenal offer permanent deal to Chilean youngster Marcelo Allende following successful trial". Mirror.co.uk.
  10. "Arsenal make contract offer to Chilean trialist Marcelo Allende". Metro.co.uk.
  11. "Marcelo Allende joins Mexican club Necaxa". T13.cl (in Spanish).
  12. "Marcelo Allende debuta a lo grande en el Mamelodi Sundowns de Sudáfrica". www.24horas.cl (in Spanish). 24 Horas. August 24, 2022. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  13. "Chile U-17 lose on their debut in the U-18 "Copa Mitad del Mundo"". Futbol Joven Chile.cl (in Spanish).
  14. "FIFA U-17 World Cup Chile 2015 – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 3, 2019. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
  15. "La Roja U-20 defeat Paraguay". ANFP.cl (in Spanish).
  16. "Chilean U20 National football team defeat Ecuador 3-0 in Talca". ANFP.cl (in Spanish).
  17. "List of players selected for the 2017 Ecuador U-20 South American Youth Championship. Country: Chile" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com (in Spanish).
  18. "A renewed La Roja U-20 team debuts with a victory against Japan". Prensafutbol.cl (in Spanish).
  19. Bravo, Nicolás (September 28, 2022). "El presente de los jugadores de La Roja que lograron la medalla de oro en los Juegos Suramericanos 2018". www.encancha.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  20. 4q4y.com/matches/2021/12/12/world/friendlies/el-salvador/chile/3696004/venue/ "El Salvador vs. Chile". Soccerway.com. January 29, 2022. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  21. "Durban U19 2016 Tournament: Arsenal F.C. win Durban U19 2016". Durban 19.co.za.
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