Matías Sepúlveda
 Sepúlveda with O'Higgins in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Matías Ignacio Sepúlveda Méndez | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 12 March 1999 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Club Universidad de Chile | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013-2016 | Colo-Colo | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2021 | O'Higgins | 94 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Audax Italiano | 52 | (26) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Universidad de Chile | 38 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Chile U20 | 16 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 July 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 January 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
Matías Ignacio Sepúlveda Méndez (born 12 March 1999) is a Chilean football player who plays as a midfielder for PeUniversidad de Chile
Club career
[edit]Sepúlveda was sold in the youth categories of Colo-Colo for the O'Higgins in 2017, Sepúlveda played for Audax Italiano in 2022–23.[1]
In 2024, he signed with Universidad de Chile on a three-year deal.[2]
In July 2025, Universidad de Chile's CEO prevented him from signing with E.C Vitória from Brazil, Sepúlveda has already openly spoken about his desire to have gone to play in Brazil. The brazilian team sent an offer of 5 millions dollars for Sepúlveda.
International career
[edit]At under-20 level, Sepúlveda represented Chile in both the 2018 South American Games, winning the gold medal,[3] and the 2019 South American Championship.
At senior level, Sepúlveda received his first call-up to the Chile national team for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Argentina and Bolivia in June 2025.[4]
Honours
[edit]Chile U20
- South American Games Gold medal: 2018
References
[edit]- ^ Suárez, Cristóbal (7 January 2024). "Sonó en la U y en la UC: destacado jugador de Primera quedó libre y busca equipo". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ Vera, Pablo (19 January 2024). "La U tiene nuevo fichaje". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ Bravo, Nicolás (28 September 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 12 October 2022.
- ^ "Matías Sepúlveda valoró su nominación a La Roja: "Es mérito al esfuerzo"". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 2 June 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
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