Yonathan Andía

Yonathan Wladimir Andía León (born August 6, 1992), nicknamed Cachorro (Puppy),[2] is a Chilean footballer who currently plays for Chilean club Unión La Calera as right back.

Yonathan Andía
Andía with Unión La Calera in 2020
Personal information
Full name Yonathan Wladimir Andía León
Date of birth (1992-08-06) 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
 Unión La Calera
Number 6
Youth career
0000–2011 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
2017 Deportes Limache
2018– Unión La Calera 71 (3)
National team‡
2020– Chile 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 December 2020
‡ 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.[3]

International career

He received his first call up to the Chile senior team for the 2022 World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Colombia on October 2020,[2] but he made his international debut in a match against Peru on 13 November 2020.[4]

References
  1. "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.
  2. "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.
  3. "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.
  4. "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.
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