Guillermo Maripán

Guillermo Maripán
Personal information
Full name Guillermo Alfonso Maripán Loayza
Date of birth (1994-05-06) 6 May 1994
Place of birth Vitacura, Chile
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Internacional
Youth career
2002–2014 Universidad Católica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2017 Universidad Católica 55 (3)
2017–2019 Alavés 43 (2)
2019–2024 Monaco 123 (11)
2024–2026 Torino 55 (3)
2026– Internacional 0 (0)
International career‡
2017– Chile 60 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 May 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 30 March 2026

Guillermo Alfonso Maripán Loaysa (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡiˈʝeɾmo maɾiˈpan]; born 6 May 1994) is a Chilean footballer who plays as centre-back for Brazilian club Internacional and the Chile national team.

Early life

Maripán was born on 6 May 1994 in the commune of Vitacura, Chile.[2]

Club career

Alavés

On 7 July 2017, Maripán moved abroad for the first time in his career after agreeing to a four-year deal with La Liga side Deportivo Alavés.[3]

Monaco

On 24 August 2019, Maripán joined Ligue 1 club Monaco on a five-year deal.[4] His second season in the Monegasque team consolidated him as one of the best defenders in Ligue 1: he was designated by the CIES Football Observatory as the best Chilean of the season, and he was also the central defender who scored the most goals.[5] Guillermo Maripán signed his best scoring season in the 2020–21 academic year,[6] and also improved five key aspects in his game that evidenced his sporting growth.[7]

Torino

On 29 August 2024, Maripán signed for Serie A club Torino on a two-year deal.[8]

Internacional

Ended his contract with Torino, Maripán returned to South America and signed with Brazilian club Internacional on 1 July 2026.[9]

International career

In 2017, Maripán debuted for the Chilean senior squad in a friendly match against Burkina Faso.[10] On 31 May 2018, he scored his first goal for another friendly match against Romania in Austria.[11] At the 2021 Copa América, he starred in one of the tournament's matches after making a feint to Lionel Messi.[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 February 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Universidad Católica 2012 Chilean Primera División 10————10
2013 Chilean Primera División 0000———00
2014–15 Chilean Primera División 5000———50
2015–16 Chilean Primera División 23200—4[a]04[b]0312
2016–17 Chilean Primera División 26130—1[a]01[c]0311
2017 Chilean Primera División ———5[d]0—50
Total 55330—10050733
Alavés 2017–18 La Liga 19030———220
2018–19 La Liga 23220———252
2019–20 La Liga 1000———10
Total 43250———482
Monaco 2019–20 Ligue 1 2022020——242
2020–21 Ligue 1 28530———315
2021–22 Ligue 1 26031—8[e]0—371
2022–23 Ligue 1 26300—7[f]1—334
2023–24 Ligue 1 23120———251
Total 1231110120151—15013
Torino 2024–25 Serie A 28110———291
2025–26 Serie A 24220———262
Total 52330———553
Career total 27319211202515032921
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
  2. ↑ Appearances in Pre-Libertadores tournament
  3. ↑ Appearance in Supercopa de Chile
  4. ↑ Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  5. ↑ Six appearances in UEFA Europa League, one appearance in UEFA Champions League
  6. ↑ Two appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 30 March 2026[13]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Chile 201730
2018102
2019110
202020
2021110
202230
202370
202450
202570
202610
Total602
As of match played 5 June 2025. Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first.[13]
List of international goals scored by Guillermo Maripán
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.31 May 2018Sportzentrum Graz-Weinzödl, Graz, Austria Romania1–12–3Friendly
2.4 June 2018Sportzentrum Graz-Weinzödl, Graz, Austria Serbia1–01–0Friendly

Honours

Universidad Católica

Monaco

References

  1. ↑ "Guillermo Maripán". AS Monaco FC. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "Chile se agarra al liderazgo de Maripán". www.fifa.com (in Spanish). 19 March 2025. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
  3. ↑ "El Deportivo Alavés refuerza la defensa con Guillermo Maripán" [Deportivo Alavés bolster their defence with Guillermo Maripán] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "Guillermo Maripán à l'AS Monaco" [Guillermo Maripán at AS Monaco]. AS Monaco FC (in French). 24 August 2019. Archived from the original on 25 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  5. ↑ "Maripán sigue sumando y es el mejor chileno de la temporada". Diario AS (in Spanish). 5 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "Maripán aterriza en Chile como el central más goleador de Europa". BeSoccer (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  7. ↑ "La evolución de Maripán que lo llevó a su primera final europea". Diario AS (in Spanish). 15 May 2021.
  8. ↑ "Maripán al Toro" (in Italian). Torino FC. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  9. ↑ "Guillermo Maripán cierra ciclo de 9 años en Europa y es anunciado como fichaje del Inter de Brasil". Emol (in Spanish). 1 July 2026. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  10. ↑ "De agredir a Julián Álvarez en la Selección Argentina a ser el defensor más caro de Chile: quién es Guillermo Maripán" [From attacking Julián Álvarez in the Argentine National Team to being the most expensive defender in Chile: who is Guillermo Maripán]. TyC Sports (in Spanish). 28 January 2022.
  11. ↑ "Video: El primer gol de Maripán con la Selección" [Video: Maripán's first goal with the Chile national football team]. Goal (in Spanish). 31 May 2018.
  12. ↑ "Guarden este vídeo porque puede ser la primera vez que lo vean: Maripan pone a Messi a 'bailar'". Diario AS (in Spanish). 15 June 2021.
  13. 1 2 "Maripán, Guillermo". National Football Teams. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  14. ↑ "PSG beat Monaco to win French Cup". BBC Sport. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
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