Patricio Briones

Patricio Antonio Briones Moller (born 10 March 1972) is a Chilean former professional basketball player and politician. He serves as a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile, representing the 20th District.

Biography Briones began his basketball career during his youth in the Biobío Region and later joined the youth teams of Universidad Católica. He studied advertising at the University of Santiago and continued playing at the university level. He went on to develop an extensive professional basketball career in Chile and abroad, including Argentina, Mexico and Uruguay. His international trajectory and early training were profiled in multiple sports publications.

Throughout the 1990s and 2000s he was also part of the Chile national basketball team, consolidating a long athletic career.

Political career After retiring from professional sports in 2018, Briones engaged in community-level training and youth development projects in basketball. He later entered electoral politics and ran as an independent candidate for deputy in the 20th District. He was elected in the 2025 parliamentary elections, securing 18,160 votes.