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92 Elías Figueroa 47 caps · Club Atlético Peñarol, S.C. InternacionalOn 14 December 1975 at the Beira-Rio, sunlight broke through the cloud as he rose above Cruzeiro's defenders to head in Valdomiro's cross, the only goal of the final and the one Brazilians call the Gol Iluminado. South American Footballer of the Year in 1974, 1975 and 1976, he won Brazilian championships in 1975 and 1976, Uruguayan titles with Peñarol, the Chilean league with Palestino in 1978, and a place in the 1974 World Cup all-star team. CB1974–78

90 Alexis Sánchez 168 caps · 51 goals · Udinese Calcio, FC BarcelonaWith the 2015 Copa América final still goalless after Higuaín and Banega had missed in the shootout, he walked up in Santiago and chipped his penalty straight down the middle to give Chile their first major trophy. A second Copa América came in 2016 with the tournament's Golden Ball, and he leads Chile on 51 goals in a record 168 caps, having won La Liga with Barcelona, two FA Cups with Arsenal and two Serie A titles with Inter. RM2015–16

3 IZ 90 Iván Zamorano 69 caps · 34 goals · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol, Inter MilanWhen Ronaldo arrived at Inter in 1997 and took the number 9, Zamorano would not give it up and wore 1+8 instead, taped on at first until the kit maker began printing it. The Pichichi came in 1995 with 28 goals as Real Madrid took La Liga, he opened the scoring in Inter's 3-0 UEFA Cup final win over Lazio in 1998, and he finished the Sydney Olympics as top scorer with six goals while Chile took bronze. SS1995–98

89 Arturo Vidal 147 caps · Club Universidad de Chile, JuventusIn the Santiago shootout that settled the 2015 Copa América, he took Chile's second penalty and beat Sergio Romero, who got a hand to the ball and could not keep it out. That was the first of back-to-back Copa América titles in 2015 and 2016, and his club record runs to four Serie A titles at Juventus, three Bundesligas at Bayern, La Liga with Barcelona, another Scudetto at Inter and the 2022 Copa Libertadores with Flamengo. CDM2015–22

5 CB 89 Claudio Bravo 150 caps · Club Social y Deportivo Colo Colo, Real SociedadIt took 754 minutes for a La Liga forward to beat him in his first Barcelona season, the longest unbeaten start the Spanish league had seen. He captained Chile to the Copa América in 2015 and again in 2016, saving Lucas Biglia's penalty in the Centenario shootout and taking the Golden Glove, and he won La Liga and the Zamora Trophy at Barcelona plus two Premier League titles at Manchester City. GK2015–16

89 Leonel Sánchez 85 caps · 24 goals · Club Universidad de Chile, Club Social y Deportivo Colo ColoHis free kick from the left in the 1962 quarter-final at Arica lifted over the wall and dropped past Lev Yashin, and the Soviet Union were out of the World Cup. Four goals made him a joint top scorer of that tournament, the only Chilean to top a World Cup scoring list, and he finished third on home soil, won six Chilean titles with the Ballet Azul at Universidad de Chile and held the caps record for decades. LM1960s

7 MS 89 Marcelo Salas 70 caps · 37 goals · Club Universidad de Chile, Club Atlético River PlateSierra's long ball came down on his thigh at Wembley in February 1998, and the volley that followed beat Nigel Martyn before he added a penalty in a 2-0 win over England. In France that summer he scored four times, and the honours run to Serie A and the Coppa Italia with Lazio in 2000, two Scudetti at Juventus, four Argentine titles at River Plate and 37 goals for Chile, a record until Alexis Sánchez broke it. ST1998–2000

88 Carlos Caszely 49 caps · 29 goals · Club Social y Deportivo Colo Colo, Levante UDBefore the squad flew to West Germany in 1974, Pinochet came down the line at the send-off and Caszely kept his hand behind his back, one of the first public refusals the dictator faced. He was top scorer of the 1973 Copa Libertadores as Colo-Colo reached their first final, won five Chilean league titles and three domestic cups, and at that World Cup became the first player shown a red card in the tournament's history. SS1973–74

87 Charles Aránguiz 103 caps · 7 goals · Cobreloa, Club Universidad de ChileCasillas punched Alexis Sánchez's free kick straight out at the Maracanã on 18 June 2014, and Aránguiz drove the rebound in for 2-0, the goal that sent the holders Spain home. Two Copa América titles followed with Chile in 2015 and 2016, and before them came the 2011 Copa Sudamericana with Universidad de Chile, the club's first international trophy, alongside two Chilean championships in the same year and eight seasons at Bayer Leverkusen. CM2011–16

10 FV 87 Francisco Valdés 52 caps · 9 goals · Club Social y Deportivo Colo Colo, Unión EspañolaOn 21 November 1973 he kicked off against nobody at the Estadio Nacional, walked the ball upfield with his team-mates and rolled it into an empty net, the Soviet Union having refused to play there. Colo-Colo reached the 1973 Copa Libertadores final with him running the midfield, the first final for a Chilean club, and he left the game with two Chilean championships, a Copa Chile and 215 league goals, the most in Chilean history until 2020. CM1973–2020

87 Gary Medel 161 caps · Sevilla, Inter MilanHe went out against Brazil in Belo Horizonte on 28 June 2014 with an eight-millimetre tear in his left thigh, held together by painkillers and strapping, and went off in tears in extra time. Chile won back-to-back Copa América titles in 2015 and 2016, and Medel made the Team of the Tournament in both, adding a 2017 Confederations Cup final, 161 caps and the Chilean Footballer of the Year award in 2008. CB2008–17

87 Jorge Valdivia Barcelona, Sociedade Esportiva PalmeirasPalmeiras had gone twelve years without a Paulista title when Valdivia scored in the 5-0 final win over Ponte Preta on 4 May 2008, a season that ended with him voted the competition's outstanding player. He won the 2015 Copa América with Chile as the tournament's leading assist maker, two Copa do Brasil titles in 2012 and 2015, two Chilean championships with Colo-Colo, and the Bola de Prata in 2007. CAM2007–15

13 CR 86 Carlos Reinoso His goal at the Azteca on 1 August 1971 was half of the 2-0 that beat Toluca in the second leg of the final and gave América the title in his first season out of Audax Italiano. He won two Mexican championships with América in 1970-71 and 1975-76, the CONCACAF Champions' Cup and Interamerican Cup in 1977, the Copa México in 1974, and went to the 1974 World Cup with Chile after 364 games for the club. CAM1970–77

14 DP 86 David Pizarro 46 caps · 2 goals · Udinese Calcio, AS RomaTwenty-four minutes into Roma's last-16 tie with Real Madrid in February 2008, his shot deflected past Iker Casillas for the equaliser in a 2-1 win, and Roma went on to take both legs and put Madrid out. He won the 2015 Copa América with Chile, their first, took Serie A with Inter in 2006 and three Coppa Italia titles between 2006 and 2008, and collected Olympic bronze in Sydney in 2000 across 46 caps. CM2000–15

86 Roberto Rojas 49 caps · Deportes Aviación, Club Social y Deportivo Colo ColoChile were losing 1-0 at the Maracanã on 3 September 1989 when a flare fell near Rojas's goal and he went down holding his face, and FIFA later found the wound came from a razor blade in his glove. Before that night he had won the Chilean league in 1983 and 1986 with Colo-Colo, two Campeonato Paulista titles at São Paulo, and a place in the 1987 Copa América team of the tournament as Chile reached the final. GK1983–89

86 Sergio Livingstone 52 caps · Club Deportivo Universidad Católica, Racing ClubChile's terraces named him El Sapo for the low crouch he settled into on his line, and he played 34 Copa América matches between 1941 and 1953, a record no one touched until Messi passed it in 2024. He was voted the best player of the 1941 tournament as a debutant, won 52 caps across seven Copa Américas and the 1950 World Cup, and took two Chilean titles with Universidad Católica in 1949 and 1954. GK1941–2024

85 Alberto Quintano 49 caps · Club Universidad de Chile, Club Deportivo Universidad CatólicaCruz Azul had never signed a foreign player until 1971, when they took a centre half out of Universidad de Chile; Quintano stayed six years and left as a club immortal. He partnered Elías Figueroa at the 1974 World Cup and reached the 1979 Copa América final, took three Chilean championships in the Ballet Azul years, three Mexican titles and the CONCACAF Champions Cup, and won the Cóndor de Bronce as Chile's best footballer in 1967. CB1967–79

85 Eduardo Vargas 120 caps · 45 goals · Club Universidad de Chile, Tigres UANLHe scored four against Mexico at Levi's Stadium on 18 June 2016, the night Chile won a Copa América quarter-final 7-0, and a year earlier he had scored both goals in the 2-1 semi-final against Peru. Chile won both those tournaments, 2015 and 2016, and he shared the first Golden Boot with four before taking the second outright with six; he was also player of the 2011 Copa Sudamericana and sits second on Chile's all-time list with 45 goals. ST2011–16

19 GJ 85 Gonzalo Jara The fifth Chilean penalty at the Mineirão on 28 June 2014 came off Jara's boot and off the post, and Brazil went through to the quarter-finals. Jara collected the Copa América in 2015 and the Centenario a year later, won three Chilean league titles with Colo-Colo and the 2017 Clausura with Universidad de Chile, and played over 100 times for his country. CB2003–2023

20 MF 85 Matías Fernández Six goals in the 2006 Copa Sudamericana carried Colo-Colo to a final against Pachuca, and he was twenty years old for the whole of that run, taking the free kicks himself. Voted South American Footballer of the Year for that season, he won the 2015 Copa América and took one of the penalties in the shootout against Argentina, played the 2010 World Cup and finished on 74 caps. CAM2006–15

85 Mauricio Isla 145 caps · Udinese Calcio, Fenerbahçe IstanbulChile called him El Huaso, and in the 81st minute of the 2015 Copa América quarter-final in Santiago he finished off the move that put Uruguay out. Isla won that Copa América and the Centenario a year later, beating Argentina in both finals, took two Serie A titles at Juventus, the Brazilian championship with Flamengo in 2020, and passed 140 caps for Chile. RB2015–20

22 AA 84 Antonio Arias Five of his brothers played for Magallanes, and he started there himself before moving to Unión Española in 1969 for the decade that defined him; Chile picked him at left-back for all three group matches at the 1974 World Cup. Unión Española took the Chilean title three times with him at left-back, in 1973, 1975 and 1977, and reached the 1975 Copa Libertadores final, where Independiente beat them in a playoff after Unión had won the first leg 1-0. LB1969–77

23 EH 84 Enrique Hormazábal 47 caps · 17 goals · Santiago Morning, Club Social y Deportivo Colo ColoThe thousandth goal in Copa América history belongs to him, one of six he scored at the 1955 tournament in Santiago, where they called him Cua Cua and voted him the best player of the competition. Top scorer of the 1956 edition with four more, he finished runner-up with Chile in both years, scored 20 goals in 43 caps and won three league titles with Colo-Colo in 1956, 1960 and 1963. ST1955–63

24 FE 84 Fabián Estay 69 caps · 5 goals · Toluca, Club AméricaThree tournaments running, the Mexican league's Balón de Oro went to the Chilean running Toluca's midfield: Invierno 1997, Verano 1998, Verano 1999. Estay won the Mexican championship with Toluca in Verano 1998 and Verano 1999, played four matches at the 1998 World Cup as Chile reached the last sixteen, and finished with 69 caps and five goals between 1990 and 2001. RM1990–2001

25 JP 84 Jaime Pizarro 53 caps · Club Social y Deportivo Colo Colo, C.D. PalestinoEl Kaiser, as Chilean football knew him, wore the armband on 5 June 1991 when the Copa Libertadores was placed in his hands at the Monumental in Santiago, Colo-Colo having beaten Olimpia for the first continental title won by any Chilean club. That trophy sits with six Chilean championships and five Copa Chile wins for Colo-Colo, 53 caps for Chile, and a third place at the 1991 Copa América on home ground. CDM1983–1996

26 EP 83 Esteban Paredes 789 caps · 1540 goals · Santiago WanderersOn 5 October 2019 at the Monumental, in the 65th minute of a Superclásico against Universidad de Chile, he pushed a left-foot shot past Fernando De Paul for his 216th league goal and passed Chamaco Valdés; Colo-Colo won 3-2. He retired on 221 Primera División goals, the most anyone has scored in Chile, having led the division's scoring five times and won four league titles, two Copa Chile and two Supercopa with Colo-Colo, plus 42 caps. ST2010s

83 Jean Beausejour 109 caps · Grêmio FBPA, Wigan AthleticOn 16 June 2010 he scored the only goal against Honduras, Chile's first World Cup win since 1962, and four years later added an injury-time third against Australia, which makes him the only Chilean to score at two World Cups. He won the Copa América in 2015 and 2016, playing all 120 minutes of both finals against Argentina, took the 2011 League Cup with Birmingham and the 2013 FA Cup with Wigan, and retired on 109 caps. LB1962–2016

82 José Pedro Fuenzalida Club Deportivo Universidad Católica, Club Social y Deportivo Colo ColoIn 2007, aged 22, he left football to sit Chile's university entrance exam, scored 704 points and enrolled in civil engineering, then came back six months later and played on until 2022. Chapa won the Copa América with Chile in 2015 and 2016, the Argentine league with Boca Juniors in 2015, and eleven trophies at Universidad Católica, seven of them league titles, the biggest haul in the club's history. CM2007–22

29 LG 82 Lizardo Garrido 44 caps · Club Social y Deportivo Colo Colo, Colchagua Club de DeportesOn 5 June 1991, with 66,517 inside the Monumental, the 33-year-old Chano Garrido played right back as Colo-Colo beat Olimpia 3-0 and Chile finally had a Copa Libertadores. Nobody has represented the club in that competition more often than his 67 matches, and he added six Chilean championships, six Copa Chile, the 1982 World Cup in Spain and 44 caps. RB1982–91

82 Mark González Club Deportivo Universidad Católica, Real Betis BalompiéOn 21 June 2010 in Port Elizabeth he rose to meet Esteban Paredes' cross and headed Chile past Switzerland, a goal that ended a Swiss World Cup run of 558 minutes without conceding. He was part of the Chile squad that won the 2016 Copa América Centenario, took two Russian league titles and two Russian Cups with CSKA Moscow, and reached the 2007 Champions League final with Liverpool after lifting the Community Shield. LM2007–16

31 RG 82 Rafael González Colo-Colo fans of the early seventies remember him beside Leonel Herrera at centre-back, the pair who took the club to the 1973 Copa Libertadores final and lost it to Independiente in extra time of a Montevideo playoff. Chile took him to the 1974 World Cup, one stop among his twenty caps, and his medals include three league titles, two with Colo-Colo in 1970 and 1972 and one with Unión Española in 1977, plus the 1974 Copa Chile. CB1970–77

82 Waldo Ponce 42 caps · Club Universidad de Chile, Club Atlético Vélez SarsfieldChile had not won a World Cup match since 1962 until Ponce lined up beside Gary Medel in Nelspruit on 16 June 2010 and helped shut out Honduras, though two bookings inside 37 minutes against Spain nine days later left him suspended for the Brazil tie. His league titles came with Universidad Católica in 2010, Universidad de Chile in the 2014 Apertura and Vélez Sarsfield in the 2009 Clausura, alongside the 2013 Copa Chile and 42 caps. CB1962–2014

33 CA 81 Clarence Acuña 60 caps · O'Higgins, Club Universidad de ChileBobby Robson beat Manchester United and Parma to his signature in October 2000, and that December his strike against Leeds United was voted BBC Goal of the Week. He played in the Chile side that reached the last 16 at France 98, finished fourth at the 1999 Copa América, won back-to-back Chilean league titles with Universidad de Chile in 1999 and 2000 and the Copa Chile twice, across 60 caps. CDM1999–2000

About this XI

Chile's pool is led by Elías Figueroa, Alexis Sánchez and Iván Zamorano. The 33 covers 3 goalkeepers, 10 defenders, 14 midfielders and 6 forwards. Elías Figueroa leads the pool at 92 overall. Pick a formation, drag your eleven onto the pitch, then settle the duels below. Your votes reorder the people's ranking of these 33 in real time.

Left out, and why

A 33 is a set of decisions, and these are the players who lost their place in the last revision of Chile's list. Every one of them has a case.

Rodrigo TelloRated 80 in the almanac. The place went to Jaime Pizarro.
Guillermo MaripánRated 80 in the almanac. The place went to Gonzalo Jara.

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Who is the greatest Chile footballer of all time?

In the 33 Legends editorial ranking, Elías Figueroa leads Chile with an overall rating of 92. The editorial top five: Elías Figueroa, Alexis Sánchez, Iván Zamorano, Arturo Vidal, Claudio Bravo. The people's ranking on this page moves with every duel vote and can disagree.

How were these 33 Chile players chosen?

The pool covers every position across Chile's football history. Ratings weigh peak level, longevity, honours and historical standing, then the full methodology page explains the tiers. Fan votes in the duels build a second, independent ranking.

Which Chile players reach the Immortal tier or higher?

None yet. Elías Figueroa leads the Chile pool at 92, in the Mythic tier.

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