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
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Everton
(on loan from Universidad Católica)
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)
2024–Everton (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 Everton on loan from Universidad Católica as a central defender.

Club career

Unión Española

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

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

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

Career statistics

As of 30 June 2022[6]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Unión Española B 2012 Segunda División Chile 1010
2013 100100
2013–14 120120
Subtotal 230230
Unión Española 2013–14 C. Primera División 2010000030
2014–15 C. Primera División 000000
2015–16 C. Primera División 000000
Subtotal 2010000030
Deportes Antofagasta (loan) 2016-17 C. Primera División 310031
Deportes Antofagasta 2017 C. Primera División 14170211
2018 C. Primera División 28010290
2019 C. Primera División 220202000260
Subtotal 64110020761
Universidad Católica (loan) 2020 C. Primera División 915[lower-alpha 1]0141
Universidad Católica 2021 C. Primera División 241305[lower-alpha 2]01[lower-alpha 3]0331
2022 C. Primera División 120206[lower-alpha 4]0200
Total club 3615011010531
Total 1374170180101724
  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

Unión Española

Universidad Católica

References

  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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