Matías Cristóbal Navarrete Fuentes (born 20 January 1992) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a centre-back for Deportes Rengo.

Matías Navarrete
Navarrete with Unión La Calera in 2018.
Personal information
Full name Matías Cristóbal Navarrete Fuentes
Date of birth (1992-01-20) 20 January 1992 (age 34)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Deportes Rengo
Number 3
Youth career
1999–2011 Unión Española
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2015 Unión Española 65 (0)
2012 Unión Española B 6 (2)
2015San Luis (loan) 15 (0)
2016–2017 Deportes Temuco 13 (1)
2017–2021 Unión La Calera 66 (1)
2022 Santiago Morning 21 (0)
2023 Deportes La Serena 4 (0)
2024 Deportes Rengo 26 (0)
2025 Concón National 4 (0)
2026– Deportes Rengo 0 (0)
International career
2009 Chile U17 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 31 December 2025

Career

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Navarrete joined the Unión Española youth ranks at the age of 9 and made his professional debut in 2011.[2] During 2012, he also made appearances for the B-team in the Segunda División Profesional.[3] With them, he won the 2013 Torneo Transición and the 2013 Supercopa de Chile and left them at the end of 2015.[4] In the first half of 2015, he played on loan for San Luis de Quillota and won the 2014–15 Primera B.[5][6]

After a stint as a free agent, Navarrete signed with Deportes Temuco in June 2016.[4] A year later, he switched to Unión La Calera, winning the 2017 Primera B.[7][8]

After leaving Unión La Calera in 2021,[9] Navarrete played for Santiago Morning (2022),[8] Deportes La Serena (2023),[10] Deportes Rengo (2024)[11] and Concón National (2025), suffering an Achilles tendon rupture.[12]

In 2026, Navarrete rejoined Deportes Rengo.[13]

International career

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Navarrete represented Chile at under-17 level in the 2009 South American Championship.[2][14]

References

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  1. "Matías Navarrete » Perfil". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  2. 1 2 "MATÍAS NAVARRETE". basedefutbol (in Spanish). 4 February 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  3. "Union Española 2012 - Campeonato de 2° Division". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  4. 1 2 "El zaguero campeón con Unión Española que regresa al fútbol". Diario AS (in Spanish). 6 June 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  5. "Marco Estrada se transformó en refuerzo de San Luis de Quillota". Cooperativa (in Spanish). 3 January 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2026. llegó a préstamo por un año a San Luis fue el defensa Matías Navarrete, quien pertenece a Unión Española.
  6. "¡San Luis de Quillota es de Primera!". San Luis de Quillota (in Spanish). 3 May 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  7. "¿Qué fue de los jugadores de Unión La Calera que lograron la hazaña del 2017?". www.observador.cl (in Spanish). 14 April 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  8. 1 2 "Campeón de la Primera B con La Calera y San Luis refuerza al Morning". PrimeraBChile.cl (in Spanish). 26 February 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  9. Vega, Diego (15 February 2021). "Los jugadores que terminan vínculo en La Calera tras histórica campaña". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  10. Sepúlveda, Cristian (5 March 2023). "El defensa Matías Navarrete llega a Deportes La Serena". PrimeraBChile.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  11. "Movidas Segunda Profesional 2024". En El Camarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  12. "Ex Rangers de Talca se suma de emergencia a equipo de Segunda División". Pasión Por Los Deportes (in Spanish). 23 April 2025. Retrieved 20 April 2026. grave lesión de Matías Navarrete, quien sufrió el corte del tendón de Aquiles del pie izquierdo
  13. @sextafutbol; (18 April 2026). "#Fichajes ✅️⚽️ El experimentado "Caté" vuelve a Rengo" (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 April 2026 via Instagram.
  14. "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Sub-17". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
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