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Tomás Asta-Buruaga

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Tomás Asta-Buruaga
Asta-Buruaga with Unión La Calera in 2023
Personal information
Full name Tomás Pablo Asta-Buruaga Montoya
Date of birth (1996-10-11) 11 October 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Universidad Católica
Number --
Youth career
Universidad Católica
Unión Española
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Unión Española B 23 (0)
2013–2017 Unión Española 2 (0)
2016–2017Deportes Antofagasta (loan) 3 (1)
2017–2021 Deportes Antofagasta 64 (1)
2020–2021Universidad Católica (loan) 9 (1)
2021– Universidad Católica 41 (1)
2023Unión La Calera (loan) 28 (1)
2024Everton (loan) 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 January 2024

Tomás Pablo Asta-Buruaga Montoya (born 11 October 1996) is a Chilean footballer who plays for Universidad Católica as a central defender.

Club career

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Unión Española

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Born in Santiago, Asta-Buruaga was an Unión Española youth graduate. On 29 July 2012, aged just 15, he made his senior debut for the reserve team by playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 Segunda División Profesional de Chile away loss against Deportes Iberia.[1]

Asta-Buruaga made his first team debut on 23 July 2013, starting in a 3–0 Copa Chile home win against Palestino.[2] A regular figure for the B-team in the following campaigns, he made his Primera División debut on 22 February 2014, starting in a 3–1 home defeat to Everton de Viña del Mar.[3]

Deportes Antofagasta

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For the 2016–17 season, Asta-Buruaga was loaned to fellow top tier club Deportes Antofagasta. Rarely used, he scored his first goal 20 November 2016, netting his team's only in a 5–1 loss at Universidad Católica.[4]

Bought outright in mid-2017, Asta-Buruaga subsequently became a regular starter for the side.

Everton

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In 2024, he joined Everton de Viña del Mar on loan from Universidad Católica.[5]

Career statistics

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As of 30 June 2022[6]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Unión Española B 2012 Segunda División Chile 1 0 1 0
2013 10 0 10 0
2013–14 12 0 12 0
Subtotal 23 0 23 0
Unión Española 2013–14 C. Primera División 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2014–15 C. Primera División 0 0 0 0 0 0
2015–16 C. Primera División 0 0 0 0 0 0
Subtotal 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Deportes Antofagasta (loan) 2016-17 C. Primera División 3 1 0 0 3 1
Deportes Antofagasta 2017 C. Primera División 14 1 7 0 21 1
2018 C. Primera División 28 0 1 0 29 0
2019 C. Primera División 22 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 26 0
Subtotal 64 1 10 0 2 0 76 1
Universidad Católica (loan) 2020 C. Primera División 9 1 5[a] 0 14 1
Universidad Católica 2021 C. Primera División 24 1 3 0 5[b] 0 1[c] 0 33 1
2022 C. Primera División 12 0 2 0 6[d] 0 20 0
Total club 36 1 5 0 11 0 1 0 53 1
Total 137 4 17 0 18 0 1 0 172 4
  1. ^ 2 appearances in the Copa Libertadores, 3 in the Copa Sudamericana
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores
  3. ^ Appearances in the Supercopa de Chile
  4. ^ 5 appearances in Copa Libertadores, 1 in Copa Sudamericana

Honours

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Unión Española

Universidad Católica

References

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  1. ^ "Segunda División: Iberia se hace fuerte de local y vence 1–0 a Unión Española" [Segunda División: Iberia get home strength and defeat Unión Española by 1–0] (in Spanish). Unión Española. 30 July 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Copa Chile: Unión Española cerró su participación derrotando 3–0 a Palestino en Plaza Chacabuco" [Copa Chile: Unión Española completed their participation defeating Palstino by 3–0 in Plaza Chacabuco] (in Spanish). Unión Española. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Con equipo alternativo y un jugador menos todo el segundo tiempo, Unión Española cayó 1-3 ante Everton en Independencia" [With an alternative team and one man down all the second-half, Unión Española lose by 1–3 against Everton at the Independencia] (in Spanish). Unión Española. 22 February 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  4. ^ "La UC goleó a Antofagasta y es el único escolta de Iquique" [UC thrashed Antofagasta and is the only one in Iquique's tail] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 20 November 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Everton anunció a Tomás Asta-Buruaga y Omar Fernández como nuevos refuerzos". www.AlAireLibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 8 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  6. ^ Tomás Asta-Buruaga at Soccerway. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
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