Cristian Riquelme

Cristian Alonso Riquelme Piña (born 14 October 2003) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Liga de Primera club Deportes Concepción on loan from Colo-Colo.

Club career As a child, Riquelme represented his hometown team, Casablanca, and faced Everton de Viña del Mar. After this match, he joined Everton youth system at the age of 13. He made his professional debut in the 2021 Chilean Primera División match against Unión La Calera on 14 November 2021, and signed his first professional contract in February 2022.

In the second half of 2024, Riquelme switched to Colo-Colo. He was loaned out to Deportes Concepción for the second half of 2026.

International career Riquelme represented Chile at under-17 level in both the 2019 South American Championship, playing all the matches, and the 2019 FIFA World Cup, playing four matches. Since 2021, he has been frequently called up to training microcycles of Chile U20. At under-20 level, he made his debut in the friendly match versus Peru U20 on 14 July 2022.

Personal life He has stated that his football idol is Andrew Robertson.

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