Felipe Loyola

Felipe Loyola
Loyola with Huachipato in 2023
Personal information
Full name Felipe Ignacio Loyola Olea
Date of birth (2000-11-09) 9 November 2000
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Positions
Team information
Current team
 Pisa
Number 35
Youth career
2008–2019 Colo-Colo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2021 Colo-Colo 0 (0)
2020–2021 → Fernández Vial (loan) 20 (1)
2021–2023 Fernández Vial 31 (3)
2023 → Huachipato (loan) 16 (4)
2024 Huachipato 11 (0)
2024–2026 Independiente 49 (9)
2026– Pisa 11 (1)
International career‡
2023 Chile U23 4 (0)
2023– Chile 18 (2)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Chile
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place2023 SantiagoTeam
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 June 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 18:10, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

Felipe Ignacio Loyola Olea (born 9 November 2000) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie B 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.[1]

Huachipato

In 2023, he was loaned to Huachipato with an option to buy,[2][3][4] 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.[5]

Independiente

In the second half of 2024, Loyola moved to Argentina and signed with Independiente with a four-year contract.[6]

Pisa

On 22 January 2026, Loyola moved to Serie A club Pisa.[7]

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.[8][9] He was called up to the senior Chile national team for a set of 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches in August 2023.[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 March 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Colo-Colo 2020 Liga de Primera 0000000000
2021 Liga de Primera 0000000000
Total 0000000000
Fernández Vial (loan) 2020 Chilean Primera B 201———201
Fernández Vial 2021 Chilean Primera B 6130——91
2022 Chilean Primera B 25210——262
Total 31340——353
Huachipato (loan) 2023 Liga de Primera 16420——184
Huachipato 2024 Liga de Primera 110006[a]11[b]0181
Independiente 2024 AFA Liga Profesional de Fútbol 18220——202
2025 AFA Liga Profesional de Fútbol 347308[c]2—459
Total 5295082—6511
Pisa (loan) 2025–26 Serie A 61———61
career total 136181101431016221
  1. ↑ Five appearances and one goal in Copa Libertadores, one appearance in Copa Sudamericana
  2. ↑ Appearance in Supercopa de Chile
  3. ↑ Appearances in Copa Sudamericana

International

As of match played 30 March 2026
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Chile 202330
202450
202581
202621
Total182
Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Loyola goal
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
118 November 2025Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi, Russia Peru1–12–1Friendly
227 March 2026Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand Cape Verde3–24–22026 FIFA Series

Honours

Fernández Vial

Huachipato

Chile U23

References

  1. ↑ Jerez, Matías (15 April 2022). "La figura que Fernández Vial le robó a Colo Colo: "En seis años, quiero jugar fuera y ser parte de la Roja"". Diario AS.
  2. ↑ Christo, Benjamín (7 August 2023). "El inesperado "defensa" goleador del fútbol chileno: "Sueño con la Roja"". AS Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "Claudio Sepúlveda destaca el buen inicio de Huachipato en el Torneo Nacional". sabes.cl (in Spanish). 2 February 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  4. ↑ Concepción, Diario. "DT de Huachipato: "Felipe Loyola debe emparejar su ritmo físico"". Diario Concepción.
  5. ↑ Valenzuela, Nicolás (17 October 2023). "¿Quién es Felipe Loyola? La gran sorpresa que prepara Eduardo Berizzo en la Roja". Deportes13 (in Spanish). Canal 13. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  6. ↑ Romo, Felipe (10 August 2024). "Un chileno sonríe en Argentina: Loyola cumple su gran sueño". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  7. ↑ "Felipe Loyola is a new player for Pisa!". Pisa SC. 22 January 2026. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
  8. ↑ "Medallists" (PDF). Santiago2023.org. 4 November 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  9. ↑ Concepción, Diario. "Felipe Loyola disputará los Juegos Panamericanos". Diario Concepción.
  10. ↑ "Felipe Loyola se ilusiona en la Roja: "Eduardo Berizzo me dijo que puedo ayudar mucho al fútbol chileno"". Deportes13. 31 August 2023.
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