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The 33 of Chile.
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01
Elías Figueroa 47 caps (Chile) · 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.
CB1966–1982
Elías Figueroa 47 caps (Chile) · 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.
CB1966–1982
02
Alexis Sánchez 168 (as of 4 October 2026) caps (Chile) · 51 (as of 4 October 2026) goals · Udinese Calcio, FC Barcelona
RM2006–
Alexis Sánchez 168 (as of 4 October 2026) caps (Chile) · 51 (as of 4 October 2026) goals · Udinese Calcio, FC Barcelona
RM2006–
03
IZ
Iván Zamorano 69 caps (Chile) · 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.
SS1987–2001
04
Arturo Vidal 147 (as of 4 October 2026) caps (Chile) · Club Universidad de Chile, Juventus
CDM2007–
Arturo Vidal 147 (as of 4 October 2026) caps (Chile) · Club Universidad de Chile, Juventus
CDM2007–
06
Leonel Sánchez 85 caps (Chile) · 24 goals · Club Universidad de Chile, Club Social y Deportivo Colo Colo
LM1955–1968
Leonel Sánchez 85 caps (Chile) · 24 goals · Club Universidad de Chile, Club Social y Deportivo Colo Colo
LM1955–1968
07
MS
Marcelo Salas 70 caps (Chile) · 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.
ST1994–2007
08
Carlos Caszely 49 caps (Chile) · 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.
SS1969–1985
Carlos Caszely 49 caps (Chile) · 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.
SS1969–1985
09
Charles Aránguiz 103 (as of 4 October 2026) caps (Chile) · 7 (as of 4 October 2026) 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.
CM2009–
Charles Aránguiz 103 (as of 4 October 2026) caps (Chile) · 7 (as of 4 October 2026) 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.
CM2009–
10
FV
Francisco Valdés 52 caps (Chile) · 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.
CM1962–1975
11
Gary Medel 161 (as of 4 October 2026) caps (Chile) · 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.
CB2007–
Gary Medel 161 (as of 4 October 2026) caps (Chile) · 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.
CB2007–
12
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.
CAM2004–
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.
CAM2004–
13
CR
Carlos Reinoso 34 caps (Chile) · 7 goals · Audax Italiano, AméricaHis 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.
CAM1966–1977
14
DP
David Pizarro 46 caps (Chile) · 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.
CM1999–2015
15
Roberto Rojas 49 caps (Chile) · 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.
GK1983–1989
Roberto Rojas 49 caps (Chile) · 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.
GK1983–1989
16
Sergio Livingstone 52 caps (Chile) · 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.
GK1941–1954
Sergio Livingstone 52 caps (Chile) · 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.
GK1941–1954
17
Alberto Quintano 49 caps (Chile) · 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.
CB1967–1979
Alberto Quintano 49 caps (Chile) · 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.
CB1967–1979
18
Eduardo Vargas 120 (as of 4 October 2026) caps (Chile) · 45 (as of 4 October 2026) goals · Club Universidad de Chile, Tigres UANL
ST2009–
Eduardo Vargas 120 (as of 4 October 2026) caps (Chile) · 45 (as of 4 October 2026) goals · Club Universidad de Chile, Tigres UANL
ST2009–
19
GJ
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.About the editorial selection
CB
20
MF
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.About the editorial selection
CAM
21
Mauricio Isla 145 caps (Chile) · 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.
RB2007–2025
Mauricio Isla 145 caps (Chile) · 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.
RB2007–2025
22
AA
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.About the editorial selection
LB
23
EH
Enrique Hormazábal 47 caps (Chile) · 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.
ST1950–1959
24
FE
Fabián Estay 69 caps (Chile) · 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.
RM1990–2001
25
JP
Jaime Pizarro 53 caps (Chile) · Club Social y Deportivo Colo Colo, C.D. Palestino
CDM1987–1993
26
EP
Esteban Paredes 42 caps (Chile) · 12 goals · Santiago Morning, Deportes Puerto MonttOn 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.
ST2006–2018
28
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.
CM2008–
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.
CM2008–
29
LG
Lizardo Garrido 44 caps (Chile) · 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.
RB1981–1991
30
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.
LM2003–
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.
LM2003–
32
Waldo Ponce 42 caps (Chile) · Club Universidad de Chile, Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield
CB2005–2011
Waldo Ponce 42 caps (Chile) · Club Universidad de Chile, Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield
CB2005–2011
33
CA
Clarence Acuña 60 caps (Chile) · 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.
CDM1995–2004
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, with sourced senior international careers spanning the 1940s to the 2020s. Pick a formation, drag your eleven onto the pitch, then explore the careers and 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 TelloThe place went to Jaime Pizarro.
- Guillermo MaripánThe place went to Gonzalo Jara.
Disagree? That is the point. Settle it in the duels above.
Who is the greatest Chile footballer of all time?
The editorial collection starts with Elías Figueroa. Its first five careers: 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 collection covers every position across Chile's football history. Honours, international records and career achievements inform the editorial order. Each entry opens a career note and its sources. Fan votes in the duels build a separate ranking.
Where can I read about the careers?
Open a player page from the collection to read the career scene, club record and recorded honours. The source links show where the available records come from.
Can I build and share my own Chile all-time XI?
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