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
 Deportes Iquique
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 FC – (–)
2016 Huertos La Perla – (–)
2017 Deportes Limache – (–)
2018–2021 Unión La Calera 82 (3)
2021–2023 Universidad de Chile 74 (2)
2024– Deportes Iquique 0 (0)
International career‡
2020– Chile 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 November 2020

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

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

Unión La Calera

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

Universidad de Chile

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

Deportes Iquique

In 2024, he switched to Deportes Iquique.[5]

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,[6] but he made his international debut in a match against Peru on 13 November 2020.[7]

Personal life

Andía is nicknamed Cachorro (Puppy)[6] 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.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 Martínez, Alfredo (30 November 2020). "Yonathan Andía: "Hace cuatro años jugaba en los torneos de barrio"" (in Spanish). LUN. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  2. 1 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. ↑ "Refuerza la zaga defensiva: Yonathan Andía fue oficializado como nuevo refuerzo de Deportes Iquique". SoyChile (in Spanish). 13 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  6. 1 2 "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.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "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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