Matías Donoso

Matías Donoso
Donoso with Deportes Temuco in 2020
Personal information
Full name Jorge Matías Donoso Gárate
Date of birth (1986-07-08) 8 July 1986
Place of birth Temuco, Chile
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Striker
Team information
Current team
 Colchagua
Youth career
Unión Victoria
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Luis Matte Larraín – (–)
2007 Instituto Nacional – (–)
2008–2012 Unión Temuco 90 (28)
2013 Santiago Wanderers 28 (11)
2014 Everton 15 (6)
2014–2015 Cobresal 30 (13)
2015 Al-Shaab 10 (0)
2016 Patronato 8 (1)
2016–2022 Deportes Temuco 61 (17)
2019 → Deportes Iquique (loan) 17 (10)
2020–2021 → Deportes Iquique (loan) 26 (6)
2021 → Cobresal (loan) 20 (6)
2022–2023 O'Higgins 23 (3)
2023–2024 Universidad de Concepción 26 (7)
2025 San Luis 6 (0)
2025 Deportes Temuco 14 (2)
2026 City Soccer (football 7) 3 (0)
2026– Colchagua 0 (0)
International career
2026 Chile (football 7) 6 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 July 2026

Jorge Matías Donoso Gárate (born July 8, 1986), known as Matías Donoso, is a Chilean footballer who plays as a striker for Colchagua.

Career

Donoso was with Unión Victoria from San José de Maipo before starting his career at the Chilean Tercera División playing for Luis Matte Larraín, Instituto Nacional and Unión Temuco.[1] In 2007, he was awarded as the best player of the division by Círculo de Periodistas Deportivos de Chile (Trade of Sports Journalists of Chile).[2]

On second half 2015, Donoso played for Emirati club Al-Shaab in the UAE Pro League.[3] Next he took his second challenge outside Chile after joining Patronato in the Argentine Primera División.[4]

In 2022–23, Donoso played for O'Higgins in the Chilean top division, and switched to Universidad de Concepción in the Chilean second level for the second half of 2023.[5]

In March 2025, Donoso signed with San Luis de Quillota.[6] He switched to Deportes Temuco on 15 July of the same year.[7][8]

In July 2026, Donoso joined Colchagua.[9]

At international level, he was part of a Chile under-25 squad in a training session led by Claudio Borghi in May 2011, alongside his teammates in Unión Temuco, Leonardo Ruiz and Sebastián Domínguez.[10][11]

Football 7

He was selected for the Chile squad for the 2026 Kings World Cup Nations under Arturo Vidal as captain.[12][13] They were the runners-up.[14]

Donoso joined the City Soccer FC football 7 team with views to the 2026 TST Tournament, alongside his countrymen Nicolás Castillo, Mathías Vidangossy, Felipe Seymour and Juan Araya.[15][16]

Personal life

Donoso is a supporter of Deportes Iquique since his training club, Unión Victoria, are nicknamed Dragones Celestes (Sky Blue Dragons) and part of his family lived in Iquique.[1]

Honours

Unión Temuco

Cobresal

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 Suárez, Cristóbal (7 November 2025). ""Todos quieren jugar en Colo Colo, la U o UC, pero yo soñaba de niño estar en Deportes Iquique"". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 November 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Matías DONOSO". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  3. ↑ "Terminó la aventura: Matías Donoso fue desvinculado del Al Shaab tras seis meses". www.24horas.cl (in Spanish). 24 Horas. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "Matías Donoso deja el fútbol árabe y ficha en Patronato" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "Matías Donoso y su nuevo desafío en UdeC: "Mantenerte en una zona de confort te estanca"". Diario Concepción (in Spanish). 1 July 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  6. ↑ Ortiz, Matías (6 March 2025). "Matías Donoso tiene nuevo club en el fútbol chileno: "Te deseamos el mejor de los éxitos"". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  7. ↑ "Deportes Temuco refuerza su ofensiva con el regreso de Matías Donoso y busca un central para seguir soñando con el ascenso". Araucanía Noticias Temuco (in Spanish). 15 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  8. ↑ "Matías Donoso no piensa en el retiro: "Quiero seguir jugando"". PrimeraBChile.cl (in Spanish). 5 November 2025. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
  9. ↑ Francke, Lucas (23 July 2026). "El incombustible Matías Donoso encuentra club en el fútbol chileno: apuntará a la Primera B". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 July 2026.
  10. ↑ "Claudio Borghi nomina a 28 jugadores para selección de Primera B". BioBioChile (in Spanish). Radio Bío-Bío. 2 May 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  11. ↑ "Selección sub 25 cumplió su primera práctica bajo el mando de Claudio Borghi". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 16 May 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  12. ↑ "Mundial de la Kings League: Esta es la nómina de Chile con Arturo Vidal como capitán". T13 (in Spanish). 23 December 2025. Retrieved 25 December 2025.
  13. ↑ "Los ex futbolistas que representarán a Chile en el Mundial de la Kings League y el rol clave de Arturo Vidal". Emol (in Spanish). 24 December 2025. Retrieved 25 December 2025.
  14. ↑ Donoso, Diego (18 January 2026). "Chile es subcampeón del Mundial de la Kings League tras ser goleado por Brasil". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 February 2026.
  15. ↑ Petersen, Andrea (5 May 2026). "Juan Araya tiene nuevo equipo tras gran presente en Kings League: "Gran fortaleza"". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 May 2026.
  16. ↑ "City Soccer FC". TST: The Soccer Tournament. Retrieved 2 April 2026.
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