Nicolás Maturana

Nicolás Alexander Maturana Caneo (born 8 July 1993) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays for Chilean club Cobreloa as a forward.

Nicolás Maturana
Personal information
Full name Nicolás Alexander Maturana Caneo[1]
Date of birth (1993-07-08) 8 July 1993[1]
Place of birth Lampa, Santiago, Chile
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Cobreloa
Number 10
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– Cobreloa 38 (4)
International career
2013 Chile U20 12 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 November 2021

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]

International career

He was named in Chile's senior squad for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Paraguay and Bolivia in September 2016.[6]

Personal life

As a child, Maturana lived in a residence from SENAME (National Services for Minors), a questioned Chilean institution due to multiple complaints about all kinds of child abuse there.[7]

Honours

Club
Universidad de Chile
Deportes Iquique
Colo-Colo

References
  1. "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 2011-04-25. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
  3. "Magallanes y la 'U' igualaron 1-1 por Copa Chile". Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
  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. "Nomina de la Selección Chilena para los partidos ante Paraguay y Bolivia". anfp.cl. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  7. ""Siempre lo he dicho": Nicolás Maturana alza la voz para criticar al Sename". www.24horas.cl (in Spanish). [[[24 horas (Chilean TV program|24 horas]]. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2022.


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