Cristián Zavala
Personal information
Full name Cristián Alexander Zavala Briones
Date of birth (1999-08-03) August 3, 1999
Place of birth Puente Alto, Chile
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Colo-Colo
Youth career
Colo-Colo
Magallanes
Coquimbo Unido
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Coquimbo Unido 14 (0)
2020Fernández Vial (loan) 8 (1)
2021 Deportes Melipilla 31 (5)
2022– Colo-Colo 19 (1)
2023Curicó Unido (loan) 26 (1)
International career
2021– Chile 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:27, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

Cristián Alexander Zavala Briones (born 3 August 1999) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Chilean Primera División club Colo-Colo.[1]

Career

At the age of 15, Zavala left the youth academy of Colo-Colo, Chile's most successful team.[2] On 2018, he made his professional debut playing for Coquimbo Unido at the Primera B in a match against Santiago Wanderers.[3]

For the 2020 season, he was sent on loan to Fernández Vial in the Chilean Segunda División from top flight side Coquimbo Unido.,[4] but he came back to Coquimbo on November of the same year.[5]

On 2021 season, he joined Deportes Melipilla.[1]

In December 2021, Zavala signed with Colo-Colo.[6] For the 2023 season, he was loaned to Curicó Unido.[7]

International career

Zavala made his debut for the Chile national team on 9 December 2021 in a 2–2 draw against Mexico.[8]

Honours

Coquimbo Unido

References

  1. 1 2 @cdmelipilla (March 17, 2021). "Bienvenido a Los Potros" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 March 2021 via Twitter.
  2. "El futbolista que se hizo barbero durante la cuarentena" (in Spanish). La Tercera. 12 June 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  3. Santiago Wanderers 2 – 0 Coquimbo Unido
  4. "CRISTIÁN ZAVALA ARRIBA A LA DEFENSA INMORTAL". FernandezVial.cl (in Spanish). Fernández Vial. 18 January 2020. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  5. "Cristian Zavala retorna a Coquimbo y se sube al barco pirata" (in Spanish). OctavaPasión. 29 November 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  6. "Colo Colo anunció a Cristian Zavala como su primer refuerzo para 2022". ESPN.cl (in Spanish). ESPN. 24 December 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  7. Suárez, Cristóbal (11 December 2023). "Los 7 "refuerzos" del Campeonato Nacional que llegarán a Colo Colo". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  8. "Mexico vs. Chile". Soccerway.com. 29 January 2022.


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