Felipe Loyola
.jpg) Loyola with Huachipato in 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Felipe Ignacio Loyola Olea | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 9 November 2000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team |
Pisa (on loan from Independiente) | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 35 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2019 | Colo-Colo | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Colo-Colo | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | → Fernández Vial (loan) | 20 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Fernández Vial | 31 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | → Huachipato (loan) | 16 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Huachipato | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Independiente | 49 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 2026– | → Pisa (loan) | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Chile U23 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Chile | 18 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 June 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18:10, 30 March 2026 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Felipe Ignacio Loyola Olea (born 9 November 2000) is a Chilean professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Serie B club Pisa, on loan from Argentine Primera Division club Independiente and the Chile national football team.
Club career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Loyola is a youth product of Colo-Colo, and began his senior career on loan with Fernández Vial for the 2020 season. He helped them win the 2023 Segunda División Profesional de Chile, and signed permanently with the club afterwards in 2021.[1]
Huachipato
[edit]In 2023, he was loaned to Huachipato with an option to buy,[2][3][4] then he became a member of the Huachipato squad that won the 2023 Chilean Primera Division.
For the 2024 season, he was permanently transferred to Huachipato.[5]
Independiente
[edit]In the second half of 2024, Loyola moved to Argentina and signed with Independiente with a four-year contract.[6]
Loan to Pisa
[edit]On 20 January 2026, Loyola moved on a loan to Serie A club Pisa.[7]
Style of play
[edit]During his days in Huachipato Loyola played in the positions of right-back and center back, being renowned for his stamina and capacity to play full games without getting tired.
In Independiente he was fully converted to a box-to-box midfielder under Julio Vaccari on a 4-3-3 system. as a midfielder he made use of his physicality and stamina to fulfill many roles on the pitch, taking part on ball recovery, defense, conduction and goal scoring, while also fulfilling his classical right-back duties when needed.
International career
[edit]Loyola was part of the Chile U23s at the 2023 Pan American Games that won the silver medal.[8][9] He was called up to the senior Chile national team for a set of 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches in August 2023.[10]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 22 March 2026
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Colo-Colo | 2020 | Liga de Primera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Liga de Primera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fernández Vial (loan) | 2020 | Chilean Primera B | 20 | 1 | — | — | — | 20 | 1 | |||
| Fernández Vial | 2021 | Chilean Primera B | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 1 | ||
| 2022 | Chilean Primera B | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 2 | |||
| Total | 31 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 3 | ||||
| Huachipato (loan) | 2023 | Liga de Primera | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 4 | ||
| Huachipato | 2024 | Liga de Primera | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6[a] | 1 | 1[b] | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| Independiente | 2024 | AFA Liga Profesional de Fútbol | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 2 | ||
| 2025 | AFA Liga Profesional de Fútbol | 34 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 8[c] | 2 | — | 45 | 9 | ||
| Total | 52 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 2 | — | 65 | 11 | |||
| Pisa (loan) | 2025–26 | Serie A | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | |||
| career total | 136 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 162 | 21 | ||
- ↑ Five appearances and one goal in Copa Libertadores, one appearance in Copa Sudamericana
- ↑ Appearance in Supercopa de Chile
- ↑ Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
International
[edit]- As of match played 30 March 2026
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chile | 2023 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 | |
| Total | 18 | 2 | |
- Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Loyola goal
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 November 2025 | Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi, Russia |  Peru | 1–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 2 | 27 March 2026 | Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand |  Cape Verde | 3–2 | 4–2 | 2026 FIFA Series |
Honours
[edit]Fernández Vial
Huachipato
Chile U23
- Pan American Games Silver Medal: 2023
References
[edit]- ↑ Jerez, Matías (15 April 2022). "La figura que Fernández Vial le robó a Colo Colo: "En seis años, quiero jugar fuera y ser parte de la Roja"". Diario AS.
- ↑ Christo, Benjamín (7 August 2023). "El inesperado "defensa" goleador del fútbol chileno: "Sueño con la Roja"". AS Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ↑ "Claudio Sepúlveda destaca el buen inicio de Huachipato en el Torneo Nacional". sabes.cl (in Spanish). 2 February 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ↑ Concepción, Diario. "DT de Huachipato: "Felipe Loyola debe emparejar su ritmo físico"". Diario Concepción.
- ↑ Valenzuela, Nicolás (17 October 2023). "¿Quién es Felipe Loyola? La gran sorpresa que prepara Eduardo Berizzo en la Roja". Deportes13 (in Spanish). Canal 13. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ↑ Romo, Felipe (10 August 2024). "Un chileno sonríe en Argentina: Loyola cumple su gran sueño". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ↑ "Pisa move for Felipe Loyola on loan with obligation to buy". onefootball.com. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ↑ "Medallists" (PDF). Santiago2023.org. 4 November 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ↑ Concepción, Diario. "Felipe Loyola disputará los Juegos Panamericanos". Diario Concepción.
- ↑ "Felipe Loyola se ilusiona en la Roja: "Eduardo Berizzo me dijo que puedo ayudar mucho al fútbol chileno"". Deportes13. 31 August 2023.
External links
[edit]- Felipe Loyola at Soccerway
- Felipe Loyola at PartidosdeLaRoja.com (in Spanish)
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Santiago, Chile
- Chilean men's footballers
- 21st-century Chilean sportsmen
- Chilean expatriate men's footballers
- Chile men's international footballers
- Chile men's youth international footballers
- Colo-Colo footballers
- C.D. Arturo Fernández Vial footballers
- Huachipato FC footballers
- Club Atlético Independiente footballers
- Pisa SC players
- Chilean Primera División players
- Primera B de Chile players
- Segunda División Profesional de Chile players
- Argentine Primera División players
- Serie A players
- Men's association football defenders
- Footballers at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games silver medalists in football
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Chile
- Pan American Games footballers for Chile
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy