Cristián Alexander Zavala Briones (born 3 August 1999) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a winger for Chilean Primera División club Coquimbo Unido on loan from Colo-Colo.[1]
 Zavala with Curicó Unido in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cristián Alexander Zavala Briones | ||
| Date of birth | August 3, 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Puente Alto, Santiago, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Coquimbo Unido (on loan from Colo-Colo) | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Colo-Colo | |||
| Magallanes | |||
| Coquimbo Unido | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2020 | Coquimbo Unido | 14 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Fernández Vial (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| 2021 | Deportes Melipilla | 31 | (5) |
| 2022– | Colo-Colo | 46 | (4) |
| 2023 | → Curicó Unido (loan) | 26 | (1) |
| 2025– | → Coquimbo Unido (loan) | 13 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021– | Chile | 3 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 January 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22 March 2024 | |||
Career
editAt the age of 15, Zavala left the youth academy of Colo-Colo, Chile's most successful team.[2] On 2018, he made his professional debut playing for Coquimbo Unido at the Primera B in a match against Santiago Wanderers.[3]
For the 2020 season, he was sent on loan to Fernández Vial in the Chilean Segunda División from top flight side Coquimbo Unido.,[4] but he came back to Coquimbo on November of the same year.[5]
On 2021 season, he joined Deportes Melipilla.[1]
In December 2021, Zavala signed with Colo-Colo.[6] For the 2023 season, he was loaned to Curicó Unido.[7] In the second half of 2025, he was loaned to Coquimbo Unido[8] and won the 2025 league title, the first one for the club.[9] In February 2026, he renewed with Colo-Colo until December 2027 and returned on loan to Coquimbo Unido.[10]
International career
editZavala made his debut for the Chile national team on 9 December 2021 in a 2–2 draw against Mexico.[11]
Career statistics
editHonours
editCoquimbo Unido
- Primera B (1): 2018
- Chilean Primera División (1): 2025
Colo-Colo
- Chilean Primera División (2): 2022, 2024
References
edit- 1 2 @cdmelipilla (March 17, 2021). "Bienvenido a Los Potros" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 March 2021 – via Twitter.
- ↑ "El futbolista que se hizo barbero durante la cuarentena" (in Spanish). La Tercera. 12 June 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ↑ Santiago Wanderers 2 – 0 Coquimbo Unido
- ↑ "CRISTIÁN ZAVALA ARRIBA A LA DEFENSA INMORTAL". FernandezVial.cl (in Spanish). Fernández Vial. 18 January 2020. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ↑ "Cristian Zavala retorna a Coquimbo y se sube al barco pirata" (in Spanish). OctavaPasión. 29 November 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ↑ "Colo Colo anunció a Cristian Zavala como su primer refuerzo para 2022". ESPN.cl (in Spanish). ESPN. 24 December 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ↑ Suárez, Cristóbal (11 December 2023). "Los 7 "refuerzos" del Campeonato Nacional que llegarán a Colo Colo". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ↑ Retamal, Pablo (23 July 2025). "Colo Colo refuerza a un rival directo: Coquimbo Unido anuncia la llegada de Cristián Zavala". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- ↑ Reyes, Leonardo (2 November 2025). "¿Volver a Colo Colo? Qué pasará con Cristián Zavala tras ser campeón en Coquimbo Unido". Dale Albo (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 November 2025.
- ↑ Suárez, Cristóbal (14 February 2026). "La jugada de Colo Colo con Cristián Zavala antes de su préstamo a Coquimbo Unido". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 February 2026.
- ↑ "Mexico vs. Chile". Soccerway.com. 29 January 2022.
External links
edit- Cristián Zavala at Soccerway
- Cristián Zavala on Instagram