Mauricio Pinilla

Mauricio Ricardo Pinilla Ferrera (Santiago, February 4, 1984) is a Chilean former professional soccer player and sports commentator. He was an absolute international with the Chilean national team from 2003 to 2017, with which he established champion of the Copa América in 2015 and 2016. Since March 2021, he has worked as a sports commentator on the ESPN network and television host on Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN).

Career

University of Chile and its first European experience (2002-2004)

He started in the youth team of the University of Chile, debuting in the first team in 2002, at the age of 18. That season he scored 10 goals in 25 games, becoming one of the promises of Chilean soccer at the time. After being the top scorer for his team in the 2003 Apertura Tournament with 10 goals in 14 appearances, in July 2003, he was acquired by Inter Milan for 2.8 million dollars, signing a 5-year contract.

However, he was immediately sold to Chievo Verona for the 2002-03 season, who acquired 50% of the player's transfer. In the Venetian club, he was never able to find his space nor adapt to Italian football, playing only 6 Serie A games and 2 Coppa Italia games, without being able to score, before returning to Inter after five months. His debut in Serie A took place on August 30, 2003, on the first date of the championship against Brescia, entering 13 minutes from the end in a 1-1 tie.

Celta Vigo and debut in Champions League

In January 2004, the Nerazzurri team decided to loan the Chilean again, this time to the Spanish club Celta de Vigo for the rest of the season. He managed to play 6 games in the Spanish LaLiga, spending only 147 minutes on the field, and managed to score. his first goals on the old continent in the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey against Deportivo Alavés, scoring both goals for his team in a 2-4 loss away from home. He debuted in Europe's most important international competition on 24 February entering the 75th minute for Edu against Arsenal in the round of 16 of the Champions League at the Balaídos Stadium, a match that his team lost 2-3. Then in the second leg he played the entire match in the 0-2 loss in London (2- 5 overall that ended up eliminating them from the competition).

Sporting Lisbon (2004-2005)

In July 2004, Sporting Lisbon bought 50% of his pass for €1,350,000 euros, leaving the other 50% to Inter Milan. In this club he met Rodrigo Tello, another Chilean trained at the University of Chile.

In the 2004-05 season he accumulated a total of 16 appearances and 5 goals in the league (finishing in third place), a presence in the Portuguese Cup, and 4 in the UEFA Cup (where they were finalists), he debuted In the continental tournament on September 16, 2004 against Rapid Vienna (2-0) in the group stage, he started and came out at halftime. His debut in the league was on the first date against Gil Vicente (3-2 victory) playing the last 11 minutes, while his first goal came on the tenth match against Boavista, it was in the 92nd minute.; closing the score with a final 6-1. After a fairly low season, on May 1, 2005, on Matchday 31 of the Portuguese League against Sporting Braga, he scored the three goals with which his team won 3-0, achieving the first hat-trick in clubs of his career. In the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup he scored a goal against AZ Alkmaar (the only one in the competition) scoring the winning goal in the first leg.

However, for the 2005-06 season he only played 4 league games (without scoring any goals) and the Champions League Third Qualifying Round match against Udinese, scoring 2-3 in the 90th minute, which In any case, he did not allow his team to qualify for the group stage due to having fallen 2-4 on aggregate. Then they played the UEFA Cup playoffs against Halmstads BK, playing both matches in a key that ended 4-4. 4 overall but that allowed the Swedish team to qualify due to the away goal rule.

Santander Racing (2006)

After scoring a total of 7 goals in 28 appearances for the Portuguese club, in January 2006 he went on loan again, this time to Racing de Santander, a club in which he scored one goal in 13 games played in the Spanish championship.

His debut with his new team, which finished in 17th place, avoiding relegation by just one point, came on January 22, 2006 on Matchday 20 against Sevilla (3-2 loss). His only goal in his stay was on matchday 25, scoring a penalty for the momentary 1-1 against Deportivo Alavés (2-2).

Scotland and brief return to Chile (2006-2008)

At the end of the season, after returning to Lisbon, he was sold to Scottish club Heart of Midlothian for €1,350,000 euros; At the Edinburgh club he only played 3 games in the Scottish Premier League (scoring 2 goals), in addition to the second leg of the third qualifying round for the Champions League (losing 3-0 against AEK Athens) and then the two Cup Playoff games. UEFA match against Sparta Prague. His first time at the Scottish club was plagued by injuries and he was only able to play for 6 months.

In February 2007, he was sent on loan to his parent club, the University of Chile for the Apertura 2007, a team that had sold him to Europe only 3 years before. He would have a forgotten time at his club trainer since he only played 4 games and scored 2 goals (against Deportes Antofagasta and visiting Palestino, both from penalties in a 1-1 tie) and months later he was separated from the squad due to indiscipline.

After his brief time at Universidad de Chile, he returned to Heart of Midlothian for preseason training ahead of the 2007-08 season. However, his return was dealt a major setback when it was revealed that the player had a broken bone in his wrist, a hidden injury sustained while he was still in Chile, which left him out of action for another six weeks. This is how he would only play 2 games in the season (one in October and the other in November), both as a substitute and adding just 53 minutes on the field.

On January 9, 2008, it was reported that Pinilla had suffered another injury in training that sidelined him for the rest of the season. On 6 May of the same year, his agent stated that he had signed a contract that would keep him at Hearts until 2011, after his contract with Inter expired the following month. However, on July 1, Pinilla resigned from the Scottish club, this because Hearts offered a base salary, more money per game played, in addition to the obligation to have a guard who would watch him 24 hours a day both in their diet and behavior, to avoid acts of indiscipline; conditions that were not accepted by Pinilla.

Vasco da Gama (2008)

On September 17, 2008, he surprised the South American media by arriving in the Brazilian League, signing for the Vasco da Gama club, signing a contract until the end of the season. He played his first match in a 0-1 defeat against Clube de Regatas do Flamengo in the Clássico dos Milhões for matchday 30 of the local tournament playing the last 17 minutes. Again the specter of injuries appeared, and he was only able to play 2 more games without being able to score, totaling only 64 minutes for Vasco and in November he ended up out of the team due to a muscle strain. In January 2009, after four months and having been relegated to Serie B, he terminated his contract with the Brazilians.

Apollon Limassol (2009)

On February 2, 2009 he joined Apollon Limassol of Cyprus for a period of six months as a Free Agent. Pinilla scored a goal in his debut, scoring again after 2 years and a renaissance in his career was expected. However, he lost continuity due to injuries and poor performance, reasons why the club decided not to renew his contract. Playing only 5 games, scoring 2 goals

Grossetto (2009-2010)

On July 27, 2009, he traveled to Italy to close his contract with Brescia Calcio, but after a week of tests, he convinced the technical staff of US Grosseto of the Italian Serie B, who decided to offer him a 1-year contract. 130,000 euros with an option to extend it for one more season, where he became one of the top scorers in Italian Serie B.

In the Toscano club, he managed to show again that promising career that he had in his beginnings by scoring 24 goals in 24 games for Serie B in his only season at the club, establishing a record by scoring in 12 consecutive games, which, until that moment, was held by the Argentine Gabriel Batistuta who managed to score in 11 consecutive games during 1994 playing for A. C. F. Fiorentina, and finished the 2009-10 season as the second top scorer in the Italian Serie B only behind of the Empoli player Éder, author of 27 goals and former Italian national team, despite missing more than a third of the season after having suffered 2 injuries (one at the end of September 2009 for approximately a month, and the other since April 2010 until the end of the season which forced him to have knee surgery on April 15, 2010); His performances subsequently secured the interest of several top-flight Italian clubs.

His debut with the Tuscan team took place on August 29, 2009 in the second matchday against visiting Triestina in a 1-0 defeat, while his first goal with the biancorossi team i> it was on the fourth date in the 1-1 draw against Cittadella; he also played a match for the Italian Cup on November 12 in the derby with Siena that they lost 2-0. During the season, the Italian club exercised the right of option on the Chilean contract, extending it for 1 more season until 2011, raising his salary to approximately 200,000 euros.

On March 6, 2010, before the start of the Brescia-Grosseto match, together with his compatriot Nicolás Córdova (Brescia player) he displayed a banner that said "Forza Chile" (Fuerza Chile in Spanish), in support of the nation affected by the earthquake of February 27. In terms of sports, it would be a good day for Pinilla since he scored a double in his team's 3-2 victory as a visitor. In addition, in that match he managed to score for 12 consecutive days, managing to establish a new record in Italy by breaking the record that It was held by the Argentine Gabriel Batistuta, who managed to score in 11 consecutive games during 1994 with Fiorentina.

Palermo (2010-2012)

On June 11, 2010, his transfer to US Palermo of Serie A was made official in a transaction of 3 million euros. Upon his arrival at the rosanero team he signed a four-year contract, receiving a annual salary of 800,000 euros. Thus he became the first Chilean footballer to play for Palermo.

Season 2010-11

He made his debut in the first leg of the UEFA Europa League play-off against Slovenian side NK Maribor (3-0 win), coming on in the 70th minute in place of Massimo Maccarone.

On August 29 he returned to play in the Italian first division after 7 years, after 6 appearances in Chievo in Serie A 2003-2004, replacing Abel Hernández in the 77th minute in a 0-0 draw against Cagliari for date 1 of the championship. He played his first game as a starter on matchday four against Juventus (3-1 away win). On the following day he scored his first goal as well as & # 34; rosanero & # 34; in Palermo-Lecce (2-2). On November 23, he scored his first goal in continental tournaments with the Palermo shirt in the fifth game of the Europa League group stage against Sparta Prague in a 2-2 draw. 2 local.

During the season, he suffered a stress fracture in the fifth metatarsal of his left foot in training in December 2010: after this he was operated on at Villa Stuart by doctor Pier Paolo Mariani, recovery times were estimated at sixty days. He returned to the field on February 27, 2011 in the home game against Udinese that they lost by a categorical 7-0, Pinilla entered the 74th for Abel Hernández. He closed the 2010-11 season with 31 appearances and 9 goals, divided between Serie A, the Coppa Italia and the UEFA Europa League.

Season 2011-12

On 11 September 2011, in the season opener, Pinilla came off the bench to score 4-2 for Palermo against his former club Inter Milan, in an eventual 4-3 home victory. During the 2011-12 season he started as a starter and was later relegated to the substitute bench due to his usual injuries. He left the team on January 25, 2012, going on loan to Cagliari for 6 months, after 13 games in Serie A with only 2 goals and one appearance in the Europa League.

Cagliari (2012-2014)

On January 25, 2012, he was transferred on loan for 6 months with a purchase option of 3 million euros to Cagliari. He made his debut four days later for the twentieth round of Serie A 2011-12 against against AC Milan, a match that his team lost by three goals to zero. His first goal was scored in the following match in which Cagliari beat Roma four to two. Then, on February 11 of the same year, he scored the opening goal in the match against his former club, Palermo. Finally the match ended two to one in favor of Cagliari. After his goals and good performances, he was considered the second best winter reinforcement in Italian Serie A, surpassed only by Vincenzo Iaquinta of A.C. Cesena. A month later, on March 18, he achieved the second hat-trick of his career, scoring all the goals (two from penalties) with which his team beat Cesena 3-0 on Matchday 28. He closes the season with 14 games and 8 goals. With 10 goals in general (also considering the two with Palermo), surpassing the mark of 8 goals in Serie A from the previous season.

On July 2, 2012 he was bought by Cagliari for 3.2 million euros, signing a four-year contract. During the 2012-13 season he had a difficult first round of the Italian championship, scoring only 2 goals, For the second round he managed to perform better by scoring two doubles, against Fiorentina (2-1) and Inter Milan (2-0). He concluded the season with 23 games and 7 goals for Serie A, of which 5 were penalty shot.

In the 2013-14 season his performance was affected by several injuries and some expulsions, which however did not prevent him from becoming the team's top scorer with 7 goals in 26 games, some of which were decisive in saving the team from relegation to the "rossoblu" team.

In his stay at Cagliari he remained for two and a half seasons, managing to score 25 goals in 67 games played, and then he was transferred to Genoa CFC of Serie A for the 2014-15 campaign.

Genoa CFC (2014)

On August 7, 2014 and after playing the World Cup in Brazil with Chile, he signed for Genoa in a transaction worth two million euros, signing a two-year contract with the option of a third. He played his first official match on August 24 against Virtus Lanciano as a visitor valid for the third round of the 2014-15 Italian Cup, in which he scored the only goal for the Genoese team in the 31st minute through a penalty shot. In the league he made his debut on August 31 for the matchday 1 against Napoli at the Luigi Ferraris Stadium, he scored the momentary 1-1 in a match that the team lost 2-1, so Pinilla managed to score 2 goals in his first two games. On September 21, he scored the only goal in the 87th minute in the 1-0 victory over Lazio and making Genoa reach seven consecutive victories in Serie A against the "biancocelesti". On October 26 in the Genoa's 1600th match in Serie A, he scored his third league goal of the season in the 84th minute, allowing the Rossoblù team to win 2-1 against Chievo Verona.

He remained at the club for only six months, in which he played 14 games and scored 4 goals, adding Serie A and the Italian Cup.

Atalanta (2015-2016)

On January 8, 2015, his loan for 6 months with a purchase option to Atalanta was made official, to play the second half of the 2014-15 season. He made his debut on January 11, matchday 18, playing as a starter in a 1-1 draw with Chievo Verona. On February 1, he scored his first goal with the Nerazzurri shirt in the two-one home win over his former club Cagliari. On March 22, he became the Chilean top scorer in Serie A by scoring in a 1-1 tie over Napoli, reaching 37 goals for the Italian first division, surpassing Marcelo Salas' 36. On April 4, he scored one of the best goals of the season in Italy, in the 74th minute his team fell. 2-0 and Pinilla scored a goal by doing a kind of "scissors" He put the discount for his team with a spectacular acrobatics, although later in the final minutes he was sent off with a straight red card after committing a strong infraction against a rival. He returned on April 29, achieving his first double with his new team in a 2-2 draw. 2 against Cesena. He closes the season with 6 goals in 14 games, being crucial for his team to almost avoid relegation, finishing in 17th place with only 3 points more than Cagliari (the last team to be relegated), due to this He is called up to play the Copa América with Chile.

Already in the following season, injuries overshadowed his performance, which did not prevent him from scoring 5 goals in 20 games played in Serie A, plus the same in a match valid for the 2015-16 Italian Cup. His adventure in the Bergamo team would end in the middle of the 2016-17 season, where due to differences with his coach Gian Piero Gasperini, he only played 4 games, scoring a penalty goal in Atalanta's 2-1 victory over Inter Milan. valid for the ninth date of said season.

Due to this, and with the hope of adding minutes (he had only played 156) - having played his last official match on October 23, 2016 -, in January 2017 he was presented as a brand new signing for Genoa CFC, a team of the which one he came from and where he had served during the second half of 2014.

Back to Genoa (2017)

On January 5, 2017, his return to Genoa CFC was made official, replacing Leonardo Pavoletti who was signed by S. S. C. Napoli. His redebut for the Genoa team took place on January 8, 2017, in a match in which Genoa would be defeated 0-1 against AS Roma, in a match valid for the 19th date of the Italian Calcio, in which he would enter the minute 78' by his teammate Darko Lazović, receiving a standing ovation from the local fans. He scored his first and only goal of the season on January 18 against Lazio in the round of 16 of the Italian Cup playing at the Olympic Stadium in Rome.

In his second spell with the Genoese team he again only spent 6 months in which he played 12 games in the Italian league without being able to score, and 1 goal in the Italian Cup in 1 appearance.

Third period at the U (2017-2018)

Finally, at 33 years old and after long negotiations, he terminated his contract with Genoa CFC to officially return, after 10 years, to the club that formed him, the University of Chile, where the forward was removed from the preseason of the cast < i>grifone.

2017 season

On July 25, 2017, he was finally presented at a press conference at the Centro Deportivo Azul (CDA), wearing number 9 and signing for a year and a half with a monthly contract of about $35 million pesos (CLP).

He made his redebut with the blues on August 4 for the second date of Transition 2017 against Deportes Temuco at the National Stadium, playing from minute 1, before the duel began. Pinilla was applauded by the blues, finally the blues They won 2-1 with a double from Gustavo Lorenzetti, while Pinilla had two scoring opportunities but could not score in his redebut. He scored his first goal on his return to the U in his team's 1-4 defeat against Colo-Colo in the Chilean soccer superclassic for the fifth date. Then, in the round of 16 of the 2017 Chile Cup, Pinilla scored his first double in the 3-0 victory against Audax Italiano as a visitor on August 30.

On September 9 he would score another double this time for the Transition Tournament of the same year against O'Higgins in an agonizing 2-2 draw. On September 23 he would score another double, for Date 7 against Everton of local, in a new 2-2 draw and thus he would manage to score 5 goals in the last 3 league games and 6 in the last 4 adding the Chile Cup. On October 22 he would achieve his fourth double since his return, being the hero in the 2-1 victory against Palestino on Date 10 at the National.

From that moment on he did not score more goals during the semester, on November 11 he was injured in the final of the 2017 Chile Cup, where the U lost 3-1 against Santiago Wanderers at the Alcaldesa Ester Roa Municipal Stadium Rebolledo de Concepción, having to leave at minute 27 for Isaac Díaz. He suffered a tear that left him out for 3 weeks, after that injury he missed the match against Audax Italiano, where the U lost 3-0, moving away from the title. He also missed the final match against Deportes Iquique where the U won 1-0, but it was not enough to become champion of the tournament, due to Colo-Colo's 3-0 victory over Huachipato and Unión Española. over Everton de Viña del Mar 2-0, obtaining third place in the tournament.

2018 season

Despite this, the U will play the 2018 Copa Libertadores after having emerged champion of the 2017 Clausura. In the First Division of Chile 2018, Pinilla converted on the first 3 dates, on the first date in the defeat against Unión Española by 1-2, and the victories against Deportes Iquique by 2-1 and San Luis by 3-0. On the fourth date, against Deportes Temuco, Pinilla had several scoring chances that he finally did not score, and the U finally won by 1-0 with assistance from him. For the fifth round, he scored again in the 2-0 victory over Deportes Antofagasta in the Nacional, managing to score 4 goals in the first 5 rounds.

On April 15, the 183rd superclassic between the U and Colo-Colo was played at the National Stadium on Date 9 of the 2018 National Tournament, the blues opened the score at minute 5 with a rebound goal from Pinilla, then at 33& #39; and 48' Colo-Colo turned it around with goals from Paredes, eleven minutes later Jean Beausejour was sent off in the 59th minute; in the U due to a double yellow and heading to the dressing rooms, he got into a tough discussion with Pinilla and in the 85th minute Claudio Baeza scored the final 3-1 in favor of the albos. On May 13 he scored a goal in the university classic against Universidad Católica on matchday 13, it was in the 65th minute after Beausejour's cross and the striker scored with a bicycle kick to make it 1-1, then he celebrated his goal by hugging his assistant, with whom he argued in the Superclásico.

They were placed in Group E of the 2018 Copa Libertadores with Cruzeiro, Racing Club and Vasco da Gama. They debuted against Vasco da Gama in Brazil, achieving a valuable 1-0 victory with a goal from Ángelo Araos, then they tied with Racing and Cruzeiro at home. On the fourth date they played again with Cruzeiro in Brazil and received a historic 7-0 win in which Pinilla left at halftime for Nicolás Guerra due to injury. That injury prevented him from playing the next match, which was with Racing where they lost by the minimum score and on the last date they were eliminated after losing 0-2 against Vasco da Gama in the Nacional, a match in which Pinilla played.

On June 16, he scored a goal in the blue 2-0 victory over Deportes La Serena for the second phase of the 2018 Chile Cup, and in the round of 16 he scored a goal in the 2-1 home victory over Deportes Colchagua, this being his last goal for the U and last game after his controversial dismissal.

Failed transfer to Colón de Santa Fe and dismissal (2018)

On July 27, 2018, it was announced that Pinilla had signed a two-year contract with the Argentine club Colón de Santa Fe, an offer that he approached Azul Azul, an offer accepted by the concessionaire; However, on July 29, the footballer reversed his decision (due to changes in the initial contract) and expressed his intention to remain in Santiago with his family, which earned him the disapproval of the blue fans. On July 31, the president of Azul Azul S.A. Carlos Heller and technical manager Ronald Fuentes announced at a press conference the dismissal of Pinilla as a player from Universidad de Chile.

He went through a judicial situation, which has left him in the background in professional football. Despite obtaining a favorable ruling in the first instance, said situation was reversed by the San Miguel Court of Appeals, and later confirmed his defeat by the Supreme Court, with Pinilla being sentenced to cover the judicial costs generated due to the trial.

All this “entanglement” in contractual terms has caused him to not be able to be signed by Liga MX clubs such as Pumas UNAM and Atlas Fútbol Club, due to the aforementioned judicial situation.

Coquimbo Kingdom (2019-2021)

On January 18, 2019, after announcing his setback in the Court of Appeals of San Miguel in his labor lawsuit against Azul Azul, the recently promoted Coquimbo Kingdom announced him as a reinforcement for the 2019 season.

Withdrawal

After an irregular campaign during the 2020 National Championship, Coquimbo Unidos is relegated. Pinilla, who had a contract until the end of the 2021 season, decides to terminate it early in February 2021, and permanently retire from professional football at the age of 37, suffering from a chronic injury to his right knee. He took up work on the ESPN sports channel since March.On this channel he is a sports commentator, appearing as an analyst for the multi-competition network's soccer matches. He is also a panelist on different programs on ESPN Chile and National Television of Chile.

National team

Minor selections

He was called up by Roberto Álamos to the U-17 national team that played in the 2001 South American Championship in Peru in March to try to qualify for the 2001 U-17 Soccer World Cup to be held in Trinidad and Tobago. In the first match against Bolivia, Pinilla scored 1 goal in a 5-3 defeat. In the following match against Brazil, Pinilla scored the second Chilean goal in a 3-goal draw. In the next match against Colombia, the team lost 4-3, with Pinilla scoring the 3 Chilean goals. In the Sudamericano he played 3 games and scored 5 goals, but did not qualify for the U-17 World Cup after finishing in last place in Group B with 1 point. Furthermore, Pinilla was on the verge of being the South American scorer, being surpassed by the Paraguayan Aldo Jara who scored 6 goals.

Later in January 2003 he would be nominated by coach César Vaccia to participate in the South American U-20 in Uruguay 2003 in order to qualify for the 2003 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates. In the South American he played 3 games and scored only 1 goal against Venezuela in a 2-0 victory and the team did not qualify for the World Cup after finishing second to last in Group B with 3 points.

Participations in South Americans

South American	Headquarters	Outcome	Parties	Goles
South American Sub-17 2001	Peru	First phase	3	5
South American Sub-20 2003	Uruguay	First phase	3	1

Adult selection

Pinilla made his debut in the adult team in a friendly match at home against Peru on March 30, 2003 at the Julio Martínez Pradanos National Stadium in Santiago de Chile, entering the 60th minute for Sebastián González, making his debut for his team at just 19 years old, scoring the second goal (with a header) in the 65th minute in a 2-0 victory.

After his good performance, coach Juvenal Olmos called him up to play in the 2006 World Cup Qualifiers in Germany. In the first match against Argentina in Buenos Aires, Pinilla entered 55 minutes into the match and assisted Reinaldo Navia so that The final 2-2 was scored. In the second match against Peru, on September 9, 2003, Pinilla scored the first goal of the match in a 2-1 victory. Then on the fifth match, he was key to the historic first victory over Bolivia in La Paz through Qualifiers, he entered from the bench at minute 56 for Patricio Galaz and 3 minutes later, he made a couple of hooks to remove 2 Bolivian defenses and put a cross into the area that Mark González captured to score the 2 -0 final. He was key again on the following date against Venezuela, since he entered at halftime for Galaz and then in the 84th minute after Milovan Mirosevic's shot, which hit a Venezuelan defender, the ball was left for Pinilla to shoot from approximately 18 meters to score the only goal in the Chilean victory by the minimum score in San Cristóbal, although unfortunately after his euphoric celebration, the referee gave him yellow and he was ruled out for the next duel against Brazil at home. Returning for the eighth date playing the 90 minutes in a 0-0 tie against Colombia at home.

He began 2005 by scoring the third goal in the 3-0 win over Ecuador in a friendly duel on February 9. He returned to the qualifiers, scored in the 2-1 loss against Paraguay in Asunción, then they lost by a resounding 5-0 against Brazil in Brasilia, on Matchday 17 against Colombia in Barranquilla, he played 82 minutes in a 1-1 draw, receiving yellow at minute 28, being suspended for the final duel against Ecuador, a match that ended tied 0-0 in Santiago and finally with this result they were eliminated from the 2006 World Cup in Germany by finishing in seventh place with 22 points. Pinilla in the Individually, he played 12 games, scoring 3 goals and contributing 2 assists in the 801 minutes he played, being one of the best in Chile in that qualifying round and also the team's top scorer with 3 scores.

After playing 2 matches in October 2006 against Peru for the so-called Pacific Cup (won 3-2 in the first leg and 0-1 in the second leg) and the friendly in November of the same year against Paraguay won by 3-2, Pinilla spent almost 4 years without being called up to the national team due to his continuous acts of indiscipline, injuries and his disappointing career at the club level, added to the fact that in June 2007, while he was on loan at the University of Chile, was found in his apartment with the model María José López, the wife of the captain of the national team Luis Jiménez. The two players later met at a nightclub in Santiago, which ended in a fight and with Pinilla in the hospital with head trauma and neck injuries. Pinilla later announced his decision to retire from the national team. In August 2010 and after significantly improving his performance and conduct playing for US Grosseto of the Italian Serie B, he returned to the national team after 3 years without being called up by coach Marcelo Bielsa for a friendly against Ukraine, but was called up from the squad. payroll due to a muscle injury. Later in November of that year he was called up for a friendly with Uruguay, but again a muscle injury left him out of the friendly.

In June 2011 he was in coach Claudio Borghi's plans to join the roster to compete in the Copa América to be played in Argentina, but he was finally not called up due to an injury. Finally his return took place on October 7, 2011 against Argentina in a match valid for the first date of the 2014 Brazil World Cup Qualifiers, returning to play for the national team after five years. However, Chile lost 4-1 in Buenos Aires and was replaced in the 55th minute by Eduardo Vargas. After being off the roster for a while, Pinilla returned on September 11, 2012 in a qualifying match against Colombia in Santiago., which ended with a 1-3 defeat and entered the 82nd minute to the detriment of Alexis Sánchez. 1 year later, coach Jorge Sampaoli called him up to play the last 2 matches of the qualifiers against Colombia and Ecuador, playing the last minutes of the latter on October 15, 2013 where Chile won 2-1, achieving qualification by World Cup in third place with 28 points. Pinilla would be called up again in March 2014 for a friendly match against Germany (future world champions) where he would play the last minute of the match, although the match would end 1-0 against. Mercedes-Benz Arena. In May of the same year he participated in the 3-2 victory over Egypt, but Pinilla would reconcile with the goal against the Northern Ireland team at the Elías Figueroa Brander Stadium (friendly matches prior to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil), he entered in the 77th minute by Gary Medel and just five minutes later he beat the Northern Irish goalkeeper to score the final 2-0, scoring again for the national team after 9 years.

In the 2014 World Cup in Brazil they debuted against Australia in Cuiaba at the start of Group B, in which Pinilla entered at minute 88 for Eduardo Vargas and participated in the third Chilean goal that closed the match, since at minute 90+ 3' shot at the goal, goalkeeper Mathew Ryan blocked his shot and on the rebound Jean Beausejour scored the final 3-1. Then in the next match against Spain on Matchday 2, he was a substitute in the historic 2-0 victory over the champions of the world at the Mineirao Stadium with scores from Eduardo Vargas and Charles Aránguiz, he returned to play in the last group match against Holland in a match that defined the leader of the group, entering the 81st minute for Vargas in the 2-0 defeat in Sao Paulo by which finished second in their group with 6 points behind the Dutch. In the round of 16 they faced the hosts Brazil at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte; match in which Pinilla again entered from the bench at minute 87 for Arturo Vidal, he was running at minute 119 when after a wall with Alexis Sánchez, he fired a shot from outside the area that would end up crashing into the crossbar, keeping the score 1-1 after the end of extra time, he was the first designated to start the penalty kicks in Chile, his shot being saved by Júlio César, he was one of the three Chilean players (along with Sánchez and Jara) who missed their penalties that afternoon, allowing Brazil to go through a tight 3-2. Pinilla played 3 of Chile's 4 games in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, entering all 3 as a substitute, spending 44 minutes on the field.

The following year, he was called by Jorge Sampaoli for the 2015 Copa América held in Chile, and thus he was part of the team that won the historic first Copa América and official tournament in the Chilean national team after winning the final by 4- 1 to Argentina on penalties, made brief appearances in two matches without scoring, the first in the 3-3 draw against Mexico in the group stage and the other in the 1-0 victory over Uruguay in the quarterfinals, totaling a total of 25 minutes. In 2016 he was called up for the Copa América Centenario in the United States where Chile would achieve a historic Bi-Championship by beating Messi's Argentina again, again on penalties (4-2) after drawing 0-0 in the 120 minutes. Pinilla played again two matches against Argentina (1-2) and Bolivia (2-1), both in the group stage, without scoring.

On March 29, 2016, he scored a double in the 4-1 victory over Venezuela in Barinas for the sixth round of the Russia 2018 Qualifiers, the first served to equalize the score after a header (scoring again for Chile after 2 years and 11 years later for official matches) and then the 2-1 after a cross from Jean Beausejour, leaving in the 77th minute for Nicolás Castillo. Then he was called up for the double date against visiting Paraguay and Bolivia at home, Entering both duels from the bench, in the first duel he entered the 78th minute for Eugenio Mena and could not do much in the 1-2 defeat against the Paraguayans in Asunción, and in the second they incredibly tied 0:0 with Bolivia at the Stadium Monumental, entering the 71st minute at the expense of José Pedro Fuenzalida, partially remaining in seventh place. He was called up again until the last double date in October 2017 for the duels against Ecuador and Brazil, where after beating the first 2-1 and losing to the second 3-0, Chile was eliminated from the World Cup in Russia. Pinilla He was a substitute in both games. In the individual part, Pinilla played 5 games scoring 2 goals in the 136 that he played.

Participations in World Cup Qualifiers

Elimination	Country	Outcome	Position	Parties	Goles	Ass.
Germany 2006	GermanyGermany	Eliminated	7.o place	12	3	2
Brazil 2014	BrazilBrazil	Classified	3rd place	3	0	0
Eliminating Russia 2018	Russia Russia	Eliminated	6.o place	5	2	0
Total in classification processes				20	5	2

Participations in World Cups

World	Headquarters	Outcome	PJ	Goles
World Cup 2014	Brazil	Final Octavos	3	0

Participations in Copa América

Cup	Headquarters	Outcome	Parties	Goles	Ass.
Copa America 2015	Chile	Champion	2	0	0
Copa América Centenario	United States	Champion	2	0	1
Total in Copas América			4	0	1

International matches

Updated until September 6, 2016.

International parties
N.o	Date	Stadium	Local	Outcome	Visitor	Goles	Assistance	Change	Card	Dorsal	DT	Competition
1	30 March 2003	Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Pradanos, Santiago, Chile	CHIChile	2-0	PERPeru	65'		60' by Sebastian González		15	Juvenal Olmos	Pacific Cup 2003
2	2 April 2003	National Stadium of Lima, Peru	PERPeru	3-0	CHIChile			54' by Sebastián González	50'	15	Juvenal Olmos	Pacific Cup 2003
3	30 April 2003	Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Pradanos, Santiago, Chile	CHIChile	1-0	CRCCosta Rica			52' by Joel Soto		15	Juvenal Olmos	Friendly
4	6 September 2003	Estadio Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina	ARGArgentina	2-2	CHIChile		77' to Reinaldo Navia	57' by Héctor Tapia		15	Juvenal Olmos	Classifications to Germany 2006
5	9 September 2003	Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Pradanos, Santiago, Chile	CHIChile	2-1	PERPeru	35'				15	Juvenal Olmos	Classifications to Germany 2006
6	15 November 2003	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay	UruguayUruguay	2-1	CHIChile				63'	15	Juvenal Olmos	Classifications to Germany 2006
7	18 November 2003	Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Pradanos, Santiago, Chile	CHIChile	0-1	PARParaguay					15	Juvenal Olmos	Classifications to Germany 2006
8	18 February 2004	Home Depot Center, California, United States	MEXMexico	1-1	CHIChile			46' by Jean Beausejour		15	Juvenal Olmos	Friendly
9	30 March 2004	Hernando Siles Stadium, La Paz, Bolivia	BoliviaBolivia	0-2	CHIChile		59' to Mark González	56' for Patricio Galaz		15	Juvenal Olmos	Classifications to Germany 2006
10	29 April 2004	Regional Stadium of Antofagasta, Antofagasta, Chile	CHIChile	1-1	PERPeru					15	Juvenal Olmos	Friendly
11	1 June 2004	Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal, Venezuela	VENVenezuela	0-1	CHIChile	84'		46' for Patricio Galaz	84'	15	Juvenal Olmos	Classifications to Germany 2006
12	5 September 2004	Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Pradanos, Santiago, Chile	CHIChile	0-0	COLColombia					15	Juvenal Olmos	Classifications to Germany 2006
13	17 November 2004	National Stadium of Lima, Peru	PERPeru	2-1	CHIChile					15	Juvenal Olmos	Classifications to Germany 2006
14	9 February 2005	Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar, Chile	CHIChile	3-0	EcuadorEcuador	83'		46' by Rodrigo Pérez	56'	15	Juvenal Olmos	Friendly
15	26 March 2005	Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Pradanos, Santiago, Chile	CHIChile	1-1	URUUruguay				65'	15	Juvenal Olmos	Classifications to Germany 2006
16	30 March 2005	Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Chile	ParaguayParaguay	2-1	CHIChile	73'				15	Juvenal Olmos	Classifications to Germany 2006
17	4 September 2005	Mané Garrincha Stadium, Brasilia, Brazil	BrazilBrazil	5-0	CHIChile			59' by Luis Antonio Jiménez		15	Nelson Acosta	Classifications to Germany 2006
18	8 October 2005	Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia	COLColombia	1-1	CHIChile			82' by Jorge Valdivia	28'	15	Nelson Acosta	Classifications to Germany 2006
19	7 October 2006	Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar, Chile	CHIChile	3-2	PERPeru			68' by José Luis Villanueva		15	Nelson Acosta	Pacific Cup 2006
20	11 October 2006	Stadium Jorge Basadre, Tacna, Peru	PERPeru	0-1	CHIChile			90' by Esteban Paredes		15	Nelson Acosta	Pacific Cup 2006
21	15 November 2006	Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar, Chile	CHIChile	3-2	ParaguayParaguay			44' by Manuel Neira		15	Nelson Acosta	Friendly
22	7 October 2011	Monumental stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina	ArgentinaArgentina	4-1	CHIChile			55' by Eduardo Vargas		11	Claudio Borghi	Classifications to Brazil 2014
23	11 September 2012	Monumental Stadium David Arellano, Santiago, Chile	CHIChile	1-3	ColombiaColombia			82' by Alexis Sánchez	87'	11	Claudio Borghi	Classifications to Brazil 2014
24	15 October 2013	Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago, Chile	ChileChile	2-1	ECUEcuador			89' by Jorge Valdivia		22	Jorge Sampaoli	Classifications to Brazil 2014
25	5 March 2014	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart, Germany	GermanyGermany	1-0	ChileChile			86' by Eduardo Vargas		9	Jorge Sampaoli	Friendly
26	30 May 2014	Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago, Chile	ChileChile	3-2	EgyptEgypt			56' by Jean Beausejour		9	Jorge Sampaoli	Friendly
27	4 June 2014	Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, Valparaíso, Chile	ChileChile	2-0	Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland	82'		77' by Gary Medel		9	Jorge Sampaoli	Friendly
28	13 June 2014	Sand Pantanal, Cuiabá, Brazil	CHIChile	3-1	AustraliaAustralia			88' by Eduardo Vargas		9	Jorge Sampaoli	2014 Soccer World Cup
29	23 June 2014	Arena Corinthians, São Paulo, Brazil	NetherlandsNetherlands	2-0	CHIChile			81' by Eduardo Vargas		9	Jorge Sampaoli	2014 Soccer World Cup
30	28 June 2014	Estadio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil	BrazilBrazil	1-1 (t. s.) 3-2p	ChileChile			87' by Mauricio Pinilla	102'	9	Jorge Sampaoli	2014 Soccer World Cup
31	6 September 2014	Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, United States	MEXMexico	0-0	CHIChile			71' by Charles Aránguiz		9	Jorge Sampaoli	Friendly
32	14 November 2014	Estadio CAP, Talcahuano, Chile	CHIChile	5-0	VENVenezuela			85' by Alexis Sánchez		9	Jorge Sampaoli	Friendly
33	18 November 2014	Monumental Stadium David Arellano, Santiago, Chile	CHIChile	1-2	URUUruguay			70' by Eduardo Vargas		9	Jorge Sampaoli	Friendly
34	5 June 2015	El Lt. Stadium, Rancagua, Chile	CHIChile	1-0	El SalvadorEl Salvador			65' by Jorge Valdivia		9	Jorge Sampaoli	Friendly
35	15 June 2015	Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Pradanos, Santiago, Chile	CHIChile	3-3	MexicoMexico			84' by Eduardo Vargas	90'	9	Jorge Sampaoli	Copa America 2015
36	24 June 2015	Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Pradanos, Santiago, Chile	CHIChile	1-0	URUUruguay			71' by Eduardo Vargas	84'	9	Jorge Sampaoli	Copa America 2015
37	12 November 2015	Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Pradanos, Santiago, Chile	CHIChile	1-1	ColombiaColombia			85' by Eduardo Vargas		22	Jorge Sampaoli	Classifications to Russia 2018
38	24 March 2016	Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago, Chile	CHIChile	1-2	ARGArgentina			69' by Bryan Rabello		9	Juan Antonio Pizzi	Classifications to Russia 2018
39	29 March 2016	Estadio Agustín Tovar, Barinas, Venezuela	VENVenezuela	1-4	CHIChile	33' 52'		77' by Nicolás Castillo		9	Juan Antonio Pizzi	Classifications to Russia 2018
40	27 May 2016	Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar, Chile	CHIChile	1-2	JAMJamaica			70' by Nicolás Castillo	28'	9	Juan Antonio Pizzi	Friendly
41	1 June 2016	Estadio Qualcomm, San Diego, United States	MEXMexico	1-0	CHIChile			82' by Alexis Sánchez		9	Juan Antonio Pizzi	Friendly
42	6 June 2016	Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, United States	ARGArgentina	2-1	CHIChile			67' by Eduardo Vargas		9	Juan Antonio Pizzi	Copa América Centenario
43	10 June 2016	Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, United States	CHIChile	2-1	BOLBolivia		45+1' to Arturo Vidal	58' by Eduardo Vargas		9	Juan Antonio Pizzi	Copa América Centenario
44	1 September 2016	Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay	PARParaguay	2-1	CHIChile			78' by Eugenio Mena	81'	9	Juan Antonio Pizzi	Classifications to Russia 2018
45	6 September 2016	Monumental Stadium David Arellano, Santiago, Chile	CHIChile	3-0	BOLBolivia			71' by José Pedro Fuenzalida		9	Juan Antonio Pizzi	Classifications to Russia 2018
Total			Presences	45	Goles	8	Assistance	3

Goals with the national team

Updated until 29 March 2016.

Goles for the Chilean football team
#	Date	Place	Rival	Gol	Outcome	Competition
1	30 March 2003	Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Pradanos, Santiago, Chile	PERPeru	2- 0	2- 0	Friendly
2	9 September 2003	Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Pradanos, Santiago, Chile	PERPeru	1- 0	2-1	Classifications to Germany 2006
3	1 June 2004	Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal, Venezuela	VENVenezuela	0-1	0-1	Classifications to Germany 2006
4	9 February 2005	Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar, Chile	ECUEcuador	3- 0	3- 0	Friendly
5	30 March 2005	Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay	PARParaguay	2-1	2-1	Classifications to Germany 2006
6	4 June 2014	Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, Valparaíso, Chile	Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland	2- 0	2- 0	Friendly
7	29 March 2016	Estadio Agustín Tovar, Barinas, Venezuela	VENVenezuela	1-1	1-4	Classifications to Russia 2018
8	29 March 2016	Estadio Agustín Tovar, Barinas, Venezuela	VENVenezuela	1-2	1-4	Classifications to Russia 2018

International participations

Club	Competition	Outcome
Vigo Celt SpainSpain	Champions League 2003-04	Final Octavos
Sporting de Lisboa Portugal	UEFA Cup 2004-05	Subfield
	Champions League 2005-06	Third phase
	UEFA Cup 2005-06	First round
Heart of Midlothian FC ScotlandScotland	Champions League 2006-07	Third phase
	UEFA Cup 2006-07	First round
US Palermo ItalyItaly	Europa League 2010-11	Group phase
	Europa League 2011-12	Third phase
University of Chile ChileChile	Copa Libertadores 2018	Group phase
United States ChileChile	South American Cup 2020	Semifinal

Goles in international competition
Results				Place	Stadium	Date	Season	Gol(es)
Champions League
Udinese	3	2	Sporting de Lisboa	Unique, Italy	Stadio Friuli	23 August 2005	Champions League 2005-06
Europa League/Copa de la UEFA
Sporting de Lisboa	2	1	AZ Alkmaar	Lisbon, Portugal	Estadio José Alvalade	28 April 2005	UEFA Cup 2004-05
U.S. Palermo	2	2	Sparta Prague	Palermo, Italy	Renzo Barbera Stadium	2 December 2010	Europa League 2010-11

Statistics

Clubs

Updated according to the last game played on February 4, 2021.

Club	Div.	Season	League			Cups national			Tournaments international			Total			Media Shotgun
			Part.	Goles	Assist.	Part.	Goles	Assist.	Part.	Goles	Assist.	Part.	Goles	Assist.
University of Chile ChileChile	1. a	2002	25	10	4	-			-			25	10	4	0.40
		2003	14	10	4	-			-			14	10	4	0.71
A. C. ChievoVerona ItalyItaly	1. a	2003-04	6	0	0	2	0	0	-			8	0	0	0.00
	Total club		6	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0.00
Vigo Celt SpainSpain	1. a	2003-04	6	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	10	2	0	0.20
	Total club		6	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	10	2	0	0.20
Sporting de Lisboa Portugal	1. a	2004-05	16	5	2	1	0	1	4	1	0	21	6	3	0.29
		2005-06	4	0	0	-			3	1	0	7	1	0	0.14
	Total club		20	5	2	1	0	1	7	2	0	28	7	3	0.25
Racing of Santander SpainSpain	1. a	2005-06	13	1	1	-			-			13	1	1	0.08
	Total club		13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	1	1	0.08
Heart of Midlothian F. C. ScotlandScotland	1. a	2006-07	3	2	1	-			3	0	0	6	2	1	0.33
University of Chile ChileChile	1. a	2007	4	2	0	-			-			4	2	0	0.50
Heart of Midlothian F. C. ScotlandScotland	1. a	2007-08	2	0	0	-			-			2	0	0	0.00
	Total club		5	2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	8	2	1	0.25
C. R. Vasco da Gama BrazilBrazil	1. a	2008	3	0	0	-			-			3	0	0	0.00
	Total club		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.00
Apollon Limassol CyprusCyprus	1. a	2008-09	5	2	1	-			-			5	2	1	0.40
	Total club		5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	1	0.40
U. S. Grosseto F. C. ItalyItaly	2. a	2009-10	24	24	3	1	0	0	-			25	24	3	0.96
	Total club		24	24	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	25	24	3	0.96
U. S. Palermo ItalyItaly	1. a	2010-11	22	8	5	3	0	1	6	1	1	31	9	7	0.29
		2011-12	13	2	0	-			1	0	1	14	2	1	0.14
	Total club		35	10	5	3	0	1	7	1	2	45	11	8	0.24
Cagliari Calcio ItalyItaly	1. a	2011-12	14	8	3	-			-			14	8	3	0.57
		2012-13	23	7	1	3	2	0	-			26	9	1	0.35
		2013-14	26	7	3	1	1	0	-			27	8	3	0.30
	Total club		63	22	7	4	3	0	0	0	0	67	25	7	0.37
Genoa C. F. C. ItalyItaly	1. a	2014-15	12	3	0	2	1	0	-			14	4	0	0.29
Atalanta B. C. ItalyItaly	1. a	2014-15	14	6	2	-			-			14	6	2	0.43
		2015-16	20	5	2	1	1	0	-			21	6	2	0.29
		2016-17	4	1	0	-			-			4	1	0	0.25
	Total club		38	12	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	39	13	4	0.33
Genoa C. F. C. ItalyItaly	1. a	2016-17	12	0	1	1	1	0	-			13	1	1	0.08
	Total club		24	3	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	27	5	1	0.19
University of Chile ChileChile	1. a	2017	11	7	1	4	2	0	-			15	9	1	0.60
		2018	10	7	1	2	2	0	5	0	0	17	9	1	0.53
	Total club		64	36	10	6	4	0	5	0	0	75	40	10	0.53
United States ChileChile	1. a	2019	11	5	1	-			-			11	5	1	0.45
		2020	15	2	1	-			2	0	1	17	2	2	0.12
	Total club		26	7	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	28	7	3	0.25
Total career			332	124	37	23	12	2	26	3	3	381	139	42	0.36
↑ Includes data from Copa del Rey (2004); Copa de Portugal (2005); Copa Italia (2003-17); Copa Chile (2017-18). ↑ Includes UEFA Champions League data (2004-06); UEFA/Liga Europa Cup (2004-11); Copa Libertadores (2018); Copa Sudamericana (2020). ↑ It does not include data from friendly parties.

Selections

Updated according to the last game played on September 6, 2016.

Selection	Season	Friendly			South America			World			Total			Media Shotgun
		Part.	Goles	Assist.	Part.	Goles	Assist.	Part.	Goles	Assist.	Part.	Goles	Assist.
Sub-17 ChileChile	2001	-			3	5	1	-			3	5	1	1.67
	Total	0	0	0	3	5	1	0	0	0	3	5	1	1.67
Sub-20 ChileChile	2003	-			3	1	0	-			3	1	0	0.33
	Total	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0.33
Sub-23 ChileChile	2003	1	2	0	-			-			1	2	0	2.00
	Total	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2.00
Absolute ChileChile	2003	3	1	0	4	1	1	-			7	2	1	0.29
	2004	2	0	0	4	1	1	-			6	1	1	0.17
	2005	1	1	0	4	1	1	-			5	2	1	0.40
	2006	3	0	1	-			-			3	0	1	0.00
	2007	-			-			-			0	0	0	0.00
	2008	-			-			-			0	0	0	0.00
	2009	-			-			-			0	0	0	0.00
	2010	-			-			-			0	0	0	0.00
	2011	-			1	0	0	-			1	0	0	0.00
	2012	-			1	0	0	-			1	0	0	0.00
	2013	-			1	0	0	-			1	0	0	0.00
	2014	6	1	0	-			3	0	0	9	1	0	0.11
	2015	1	0	0	3	0	0	-			4	0	0	0.00
	2016	2	0	0	6	2	1	-			8	2	1	0.25
	Total	18	3	1	24	5	4	3	0	0	45	8	5	0.18
Total career		19	5	1	30	11	5	3	0	0	52	16	6	0.31
↑ It includes data from the South American Sub-17 (2001); South American Sub-20 (2003); South American Classifications / American Cup (2003-16).

Statistical summary

Updated according to the last game played on February 4, 2021.

Goals in Italy (First division)

Goles in Italy
Date	Outcome				Place	Stadium	Season	Gol(es)
26 September 2010	U.S. Palermo	2	2	Lecce	Palermo	Renzo Barbera Stadium	2010-11
17 October 2010	U.S. Palermo	4	1	Bologna	Palermo	Renzo Barbera Stadium	2010-11
24 October 2010	Udinese	2	1	U.S. Palermo	ONE	Stadio Friuli	2010-11
7 November 2010	U.S. Palermo	1	0	Genoa CFC	Palermo	Renzo Barbera Stadium	2010-11
11 December 2010	U.S. Palermo	3	1	Parma	Palermo	Renzo Barbera Stadium	2010-11
10 April 2011	U.S. Palermo	2	2	Cesena FC	Palermo	Renzo Barbera Stadium	2010-11
16 April 2011	A.S. Rome	2	3	U.S. Palermo	Rome	Olympic Stadium in Rome	2010-11
15 May 2011	U.C. Sampdoria	1	2	U.S. Palermo	Genoa	Luigi Ferraris Stadium	2010-11
11 September 2011	U.S. Palermo	4	3	Inter de Milan	Palermo	Renzo Barbera Stadium	2011-12
27 October 2011	U.S. Palermo	2	0	Lecce	Palermo	Renzo Barbera Stadium	2011-12
1 February 2012	Cagliari	4	2	A.S. Rome	Quartu Sant'Elena	Stadio Is Arenas	2011-12
11 February 2012	Cagliari	2	1	U.S. Palermo	Quartu Sant'Elena	Stadio Is Arenas	2011-12
18 March 2012	Cagliari	3	0	Cesena F.C.	Quartu Sant'Elena	Stadio Is Arenas	2011-12
1 April 2012	Cagliari	2	0	Atalanta B.C.	Quartu Sant'Elena	Stadio Is Arenas	2011-12
7 April 2012	Cagliari	2	2	Inter de Milan	Quartu Sant'Elena	Stadio Is Arenas	2011-12
24 April 2012	Cagliari	3	0	Catania	Quartu Sant'Elena	Stadio Is Arenas	2011-12
30 September 2012	Cagliari	1	2	Pescara	Quartu Sant'Elena	Stadio Is Arenas	2012-13
21 December 2012	Cagliari	1	3	Juventus de Turin	Quartu Sant'Elena	Stadio Is Arenas	2012-13
24 February 2013	Cagliari	4	3	Torino F.C.	Quartu Sant'Elena	Stadio Is Arenas	2012-13
30 March 2013	Cagliari	2	1	Fiorentina	Quartu Sant'Elena	Stadio Is Arenas	2012-13
14 April 2013	Cagliari	2	0	Inter de Milan	Quartu Sant'Elena	Stadio Is Arenas	2012-13
15 September 2013	Fiorentina	1	1	Cagliari	Florence	Stadio Artemio Franchi	2013-14
19 October 2013	Cagliari	2	1	Catania	Trieste	Stadio Nereo Rocco	2013-14
12 January 2014	Cagliari	1	4	Juventus de Turin	Quartu Sant'Elena	Stadio Is Arenas	2013-14
1 February 2014	Cagliari	1	0	Fiorentina	Quartu Sant'Elena	Stadio Is Arenas	2013-14
23 February 2014	Inter de Milan	1	1	Cagliari	Milan	Stadio Giuseppe Meazza	2013-14
6 April 2014	Cagliari	1	3	A.S. Rome	Quartu Sant'Elena	Stadio Is Arenas	2013-14
27 April 2014	Cagliari	1	0	Parma	Quartu Sant'Elena	Stadio Is Arenas	2013-14
31 August 2014	Genoa CFC	1	2	S. S. C. Napoli	Genoa	Stadio Luigi Ferraris	2014-15
21 September 2014	Genoa CFC	1	0	S.S. Lazio	Genoa	Stadio Luigi Ferraris	2014-15
26 October 2014	Chievo Verona	1	2	Genoa CFC	Verona	Stadium Marcantonio Bentegodi	2014-15
1 February 2015	Atalanta B.C.	2	1	Cagliari	Bergamo	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia	2014-15
22 March 2015	S. S. C. Napoli	1	1	Atalanta B.C.	Naples	San Paolo	2014-15
4 April 2015	Atalanta B.C.	1	2	Torino F.C.	Bergamo	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia	2014-15
29 April 2015	Cesena F.C.	2	2	Atalanta B.C.	Dinner	Stadio Dino Manuzzi	2014-15
17 May 2015	Atalanta B.C.	1	4	Genoa C.F.C.	Bergamo	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia	2014-15
13 September 2015	U.S. Sassuolo	2	2	Atalanta B.C.	Reggio Emilia	MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore	2015-16
18 October 2015	Atalanta B.C.	3	0	Carpi F.C. 1909	Bergamo	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia	2015-16
21 February 2016	Atalanta B.C.	2	3	Fiorentina	Bergamo	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia	2015-16
3 April 2016	Atalanta B.C.	2	1	A.C. Milan	Bergamo	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia	2015-16
23 October 2016	Atalanta B.C.	2	1	Inter de Milan	Bergamo	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia	2016-17

• For a total of 47 goals.

Triplets

Parties in which he scored three or more goals: Updated according to the last match played on March 18, 2012.

Matches in which he scored three or more goals
N.o	Date	Stadium	Party	Goles	Outcome	Competition
1	7 March 2001	Mariano Melgar, Arequipa	Chile Sub-17 Paraguay Sub-17		3 - 4	South American Sub-17 2001
2	1 May 2005	Municipal de Braga, Braga	Sporting Braga - Sporting de Lisboa		0 - 3	Primeira League 2004-05
3	18 March 2012	Sant'Elia, Cagliari	Cagliari Calcio - Dinner.		3 - 0	Series A 2011-12

Palmarés

International titles

Title	Club	Country	Year
Copa America	Selection of Chile	ChileChile	2015
Copa America	Selection of Chile	United States	2016