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Yonathan Andía
Chilean footballer (born 1992)
Yonathan Wladimir Andía León (born August 6, 1992) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a right back for Chilean Primera División club Deportes Iquique.
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Andía with Unión La Calera in 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yonathan Wladimir Andía León | ||
| Date of birth | (1992-08-06) August 6, 1992 (age 31) | ||
| Place of birth | Santa Bárbara, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) |
Right-back Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Deportes Iquique | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Escuela Benjamín Muñoz | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2012 | Unión Santa María | – | (–) |
| 2013 | Deportes Rengo [es] | – | (–) |
| 2014 | General Velásquez | – | (–) |
| 2015 | Deportes Rengo [es] | – | (–) |
| 2016 | Chimbarongo FC | – | (–) |
| 2016 | Huertos La Perla | – | (–) |
| 2017 | Deportes Limache | – | (–) |
| 2018–2021 | Unión La Calera | 82 | (3) |
| 2021–2023 | Universidad de Chile | 74 | (2) |
| 2024– | Deportes Iquique | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2020– | Chile | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 January 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 November 2020 | |||
A product of the Escuela de Fútbol (football academy) Benjamín Muñoz, he played for several amateur clubs like Club Deportivo Huertos La Perla[1] at local championships and both the Tercera A and Tercera B, the fourth and the fifth level of the Chilean football, respectively, until he was seen by Víctor Rivero, then manager of Unión La Calera in 2018.[2]
Unión La Calera
He arrived as a central midfielder, but the coach Francisco Meneghini turned him on a right back,[2] being a recurring starting player, also appearing in Copa Sudamericana matches in 2019 and 2020.[3]
Universidad de Chile
After being the runner-up at the Campeonato Nacional AFP PlanVital 2020 with Unión La Calera, he signed with Universidad de Chile a three-year contract.[4]
Deportes Iquique
In 2024, he switched to Deportes Iquique.[5]
He received his first call up to the Chile senior team for the 2022 World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Colombia in October 2020,[6] but he made his international debut in a match against Peru on 13 November 2020.[7]
Andía is nicknamed Cachorro (Puppy)[6] since he was a child, due to he used to attend to the local amateur matches along with his uncles surnamed León (Lion).[1]
In July 2022, he was involved in legal issues due to that he was arrested after not respecting a red traffic light and drunk driving in La Florida, Santiago. His club, Universidad de Chile, applied him disciplinary bans.[8]
- Martínez, Alfredo (30 November 2020). "Yonathan Andía: "Hace cuatro años jugaba en los torneos de barrio"" (in Spanish). LUN. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- "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. Archived from the original on 28 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- "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. Archived from the original on 24 April 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- "¡Yonathan Andía es el cuarto refuerzo del "Romántico Viajero"!". UdeChile.cl (in Spanish). Universidad de Chile. 1 March 2021. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- "Refuerza la zaga defensiva: Yonathan Andía fue oficializado como nuevo refuerzo de Deportes Iquique". SoyChile (in Spanish). 13 January 2024. Archived from the original on 13 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
- "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. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- "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. Archived from the original on 15 November 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- "La U actuará contra Yonathan Andía y sancionará duramente al futbolista tras conducir en estado de ebriedad". En Cancha (in Spanish). 22 July 2022. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- Yonathan Andía at Soccerway