Matthías Villanueva

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Villanueva and the second or maternal family name is Gutiérrez.
Mathías Villanueva
Personal information
Full name Claudio Mathías Villanueva Gutiérrez
Date of birth (1993-02-16) 16 February 1993
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
Colo-Colo
Number 17
Youth career
2005–2011 Colo-Colo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011– Colo-Colo 1 (0)
2012– Colo-Colo B 3 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 April 2012.


Claudio Mathías Villanueva Gutiérrez (born 16 February 1993) is a Chilean footballer who currently plays for Segunda División Profesional side Colo-Colo B as attacking midfielder.

He began his football career at Colo-Colo youth ranks during a young age, being promoted to the first adult team by the coach Américo Gallego for a 2011 Copa Chile match against Universidad Católica. Villanueva made his first Primera División appearance the same season for the Clausura Tournament in a 2–0 away defeat against O'Higgins, that occasion, with Ivo Basay as coach. The next season, Villanueva was relegated to the reserve team Colo-Colo B that play at the Segunda División Profesional.

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