Felipe Loyola

Felipe Ignacio Loyola Olea (born 9 November 2000) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Pisa and the Chile national football team.

Club career

Early career Loyola is a youth product of Colo-Colo, and began his senior career on loan with Fernández Vial for the 2020 season. He helped them win the 2023 Segunda División Profesional de Chile, and signed permanently with the club afterwards in 2021.

Huachipato In 2023, he was loaned to Huachipato with an option to buy, then he became a member of the Huachipato squad that won the 2023 Chilean Primera Division.

For the 2024 season, he was permanently transferred to Huachipato.

Independiente In the second half of 2024, Loyola moved to Argentina and signed with Independiente with a four-year contract.

Pisa On 22 January 2026, Loyola moved to Serie A club Pisa.

Style of play

During his days in Huachipato Loyola played in the positions of right-back and center back, being renowned for his stamina and capacity to play full games without getting tired.

In Independiente he was fully converted to a box-to-box midfielder under Julio Vaccari on a 4-3-3 system. as a midfielder he made use of his physicality and stamina to fulfill many roles on the pitch, taking part on ball recovery, defense, conduction and goal scoring, while also fulfilling his classical right-back duties when needed.

International career Loyola was part of the Chile U23s at the 2023 Pan American Games that won the silver medal. He was called up to the senior Chile national team for a set of 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches in August 2023.

Career statistics Club

International

Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Loyola goal

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition 1 18 November 2025 Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi, Russia 1–1 2–1 Friendly 2 27 March 2026 Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand 3–2 4–2 2026 FIFA Series

Honours Fernández Vial Segunda División Profesional de Chile: 2023 Huachipato Chilean Primera División: 2023

Chile U23 Pan American Games Silver Medal: 2023