Byron Bustamante

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Byron Bustamante
Personal information
Full name Byron Ariel Bustamante Gamboa
Date of birth (1995-02-03) 3 February 1995 (age 30)
Place of birth San Vicente de Tagua Tagua, Chile[1]
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Cobreloa
Number 35
Youth career
Escuela Daniel Fabbiani
O'Higgins
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 San Antonio Unido 6 (1)
2016–2017 Magallanes 3 (0)
2018 General Velásquez 26 (1)
2019–2021 Deportes Puerto Montt 51 (8)
2021–2023 Santiago Wanderers 15 (0)
2021–2022 → Deportes Temuco (loan) 40 (3)
2023 → Deportes Santa Cruz (loan) 16 (1)
2024 Deportes Temuco 29 (2)
2025– Cobreloa 12 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 October 2025

Byron Ariel Bustamante Gamboa (born 3 February 1995) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Cobreloa.

Club career

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Born in San Vicente de Tagua Tagua, Chile,[1] Bustamante was trained at Escuela de Fútbol (Football Academy) Daniel Fabbiani from his hometown and O'Higgins. He made his professional debut with San Antonio Unido in the Segunda División Profesional de Chile in 2015.[3][4] After two seasons with Magallanes, he got regularity with General Velásquez in 2018.[5][6]

In 2019, Bustamante joined Deportes Puerto Montt for two seasons.[7][8] In 2021, he signed with Santiago Wanderers in the Chilean Primera División.[9] He was loaned out to Deportes Temuco in August 2021[10][11] and Deportes Santa Cruz in 2023.[12]

In 2024, Bustamante returned to Deportes Temuco.[13] The next season, he switched to Cobreloa.[1][14]

Personal life

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He is the son of the football manager César Bustamante.[15]

References

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  1. ^ a b c @sanvicomunica; (14 March 2025). "🔴 SAN VICENTE - El Sanvicentano Byron Bustamante es nuevo jugador de Cobreloa" (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 October 2025 – via Instagram.
  2. ^ "Byron Bustamante". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  3. ^ "San Antonio - Campeonato 2ª Division 2014 - 2015". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  4. ^ "San Antonio - Campeonato 2ª Division 2015 - 2016". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  5. ^ "General Velasquez 2018 - Campeonato 2ª Division". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  6. ^ "Byron BUSTAMANTE". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  7. ^ Munizaga, Sebastián (7 December 2020). "Byron Bustamante habla de lo que pudo ser su fichaje en Colo Colo: "La disposición de ir va a seguir estando"". Dale Albo (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  8. ^ Munizaga, Sebastián (21 January 2021). "¿Lo que se perdió Colo Colo? Los mega golazos de Byron Bustamente en Deportes Puerto Montt". Dale Albo (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  9. ^ "Wanderers ficha a figura de la B que era pretendida por Colo Colo". Diario AS (in Spanish). 4 March 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  10. ^ "Byron Bustamante y su arribo al "pije": "Temuco se movió muy rápido"". PrimeraBChile.cl (in Spanish). 31 August 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  11. ^ Silva, Felipe (13 September 2021). "El renacer de un talento con poco espacio en Primera División: "Mi sueño es llegar a la Selección"". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  12. ^ Sepúlveda, Cristian (3 March 2023). "Santa Cruz cierra dos fichajes de última hora entre ellos Byron Bustamente". PrimeraBChile.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  13. ^ Sepúlveda, Cristian (22 January 2024). "Deportes Temuco se sigue reforzando para el 2024". PrimeraBChile.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  14. ^ "Cobreloa presentó a Byron Bustamante como su último refuerzo de 2025". Cooperativa (in Spanish). 13 March 2025. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  15. ^ @diario_sexta_region; (2 February 2024). "CÉSAR BUSTAMANTE VUELVE AL BANCO DE GENERAL VELÁSQUEZ" (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 October 2025 – via Instagram.
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