Yonathan Andía

Yonathan Wladimir Andía León (born August 6, 1992) is a Chilean footballer who currently plays for Chilean Primera División club Universidad de Chile as a right back.

Yonathan Andía
Andía with Unión La Calera in 2020
Personal information
Full name Yonathan Wladimir Andía León
Date of birth (1992-08-06) August 6, 1992
Place of birth Santa Bárbara, Chile
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Universidad de Chile
Number 6
Youth career
Escuela Benjamín Muñoz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Unión Santa María
2013 Deportes Rengo
2014 General Velásquez
2015 Deportes Rengo
2016 Chimbarongo
2016 Huertos La Perla
2017 Deportes Limache
2018–2021 Unión La Calera 82 (3)
2021– Universidad de Chile 7 (0)
International career‡
2020– Chile 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 May 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 November 2020

Club career

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 at the Tercera A and Tercera B, the fourth and the fifth level of the Chilean football, respectively, until he was seen by Víctor Rivero, manager of Unión La Calera from 2017 to 2018.[2]

Unión La Calera

He arrived playing as central midfielder, but the coach Francisco Meneghini turned him on right back,[2] being a recurring starting player, appearing also in Copa Sudamericana matches on 2019 and 2020.[3]

Universidad de Chile

After being the runner-up at the Campeonato Nacional AFP PlanVital 2020 along with Unión La Calera, he signed with Universidad de Chile a three-year contract.[4]

International career

He received his first call up to the Chile senior team for the 2022 World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Colombia in October 2020,[5] but he made his international debut in a match against Peru on 13 November 2020.[6]

Personal life

Andía is nicknamed Cachorro (Puppy)[5] 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.[7]

References
  1. Martínez, Alfredo (30 November 2020). "Yonathan Andía: "Hace cuatro años jugaba en los torneos de barrio"" (in Spanish). LUN. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  2. "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. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  3. "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. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  4. "¡Yonathan Andía es el cuarto refuerzo del "Romántico Viajero"!". UdeChile.cl (in Spanish). Universidad de Chile. 1 March 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  5. "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. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  6. "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. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  7. "La U actuará contra Yonathan Andía y sancionará duramente al futbolista tras conducir en estado de ebriedad". En Cancha (in Spanish). 22 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.


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