Matías Sepúlveda
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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 | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Universidad de Chile | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
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| O'Higgins | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2021 | O'Higgins | 94 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Audax Italiano | 52 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Universidad de Chile | 36 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Chile U20 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 January 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
Matías Ignacio Sepúlveda Méndez (born 12 March 1999) is a Chilean football player who plays as a midfielder for Universidad de Chile in the Chilean Primera División.[1]
Club career
A product of O'Higgins, Sepúlveda played for Audax Italiano in 2022–23.[2]
In 2024, he signed with Universidad de Chile on a three-year deal.[3]
International career
At under-20 level, Sepúlveda represented Chile in both the 2018 South American Games, winning the gold medal,[4] 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.[5]
Honours
Chile U20
- South American Games Gold medal: 2018
References
- ^ Matías Sepúlveda at Soccerway
- ^ 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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