Felipe Loyola
Loyola in 2023
Personal information
Full name Felipe Ignacio Loyola Olea
Date of birth (2000-11-09) 9 November 2000
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Huachipato
(on loan from Fernández Vial)
Number 35
Youth career
2008–2019 Colo-Colo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2021 Colo-Colo 0 (0)
2020–2021Fernández Vial (loan) 20 (1)
2021– Fernández Vial 31 (3)
2023–Huachipato (loan) 14 (4)
International career
2023 Chile U23 4 (0)
2023– Chile 3 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Chile
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place2023 SantiagoTeam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 05:17, 17 November 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 09:19, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Felipe Ignacio Loyola Olea (born 9 November 2000) is a Chilean professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Chilean Primera División club Huachipato and the Chile national football team.

Career

Loyola is a youth product of Colo-Colo, and began his senior career on loan with Fernández Vial for the 2020 season. He helped them win the 2023 Segunda División Profesional de Chile, and signed permanently with the club afterwards in 2021.[1] In 2023, he was loaned to Huachipato with an option to buy.[2][3][4] For the 2024 season, he was permanently transferred to Huachipato.[5]

International career

Loyola was part of the Chile U23s at the 2023 Pan American Games that won the silver medal.[6][7] He was called up to the senior Chile national team for a set of 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches in August 2023.[8]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 22 November 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Chile 202330
Total30

Honours

Fernández Vial

Chile U23

References

  1. Jerez, Matías (April 15, 2022). "La figura que Fernández Vial le robó a Colo Colo: "En seis años, quiero jugar fuera y ser parte de la Roja"". Diario AS.
  2. Christo, Benjamín (7 August 2023). "El inesperado "defensa" goleador del fútbol chileno: "Sueño con la Roja"". AS Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  3. "Claudio Sepúlveda destaca el buen inicio de Huachipato en el Torneo Nacional". sabes.cl (in Spanish). 2 February 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  4. Concepción, Diario. "DT de Huachipato: "Felipe Loyola debe emparejar su ritmo físico"". Diario Concepción.
  5. Valenzuela, Nicolás (17 October 2023). "¿Quién es Felipe Loyola? La gran sorpresa que prepara Eduardo Berizzo en la Roja". Deportes13 (in Spanish). Canal 13. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  6. "Medallists" (PDF). Santiago2023.org. 4 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  7. Concepción, Diario. "Felipe Loyola disputará los Juegos Panamericanos". Diario Concepción.
  8. "Felipe Loyola se ilusiona en la Roja: "Eduardo Berizzo me dijo que puedo ayudar mucho al fútbol chileno"". Deportes13. August 31, 2023.
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