Thomas Gillier
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Clemente Philippe Gillier Correa | ||
| Date of birth | 28 May 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Las Condes, Santiago, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
CF Montréal (on loan from Bologna) | ||
| Number | 31 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2015–2023 | Universidad Católica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2024–2025 | Universidad Católica | 20 | (0) |
| 2025– | Bologna | 0 | (0) |
| 2025– | → CF Montréal (loan) | 20 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022–2023 | Chile U20 | 0 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 28 February 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 11 October 2022 | |||
Thomas Clemente Philippe Gillier Correa (born 28 May 2004) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for MLS club CF Montréal, on loan from Serie A club Bologna.
Club career
Giller came to the Universidad Católica youth system at the age of 11. Gillier made his debut with the first team in a friendly match against the Argentine club River Plate on 9 September 2023.[1][2] At league level, Gillier made his professional debut in a match against Ñublense on 23 February 2024.[3]
On 2 July 2025, Gillier moved to Italy and signed with Bologna for five seasons.[4][5] On 8 July, he joined on loan to Major League Soccer club CF Montréal until the end of the 2025 season with an option to extend for the next season.[6] On 5 August, Gillier made his debut with Montreal, where he stopped an early penalty kick before giving up two goals in a 2-1 loss to Club Puebla of Liga MX.[7]
International career
Gillier received his first call up to the Chile senior team for the friendly match against Panama on 8 February 2025.[8][9] Later, he was called up to the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches in September of the same year.[10]
Personal life
Giller was born in Las Condes, Santiago city, Chile, to a French father and a Chilean mother, both died in 2024. His mother, Claudia Correa Bilbao, was a noted plastic artist and his father was a political scientist.[1]
Career statistics
- As of match played 10 February 2025
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Universidad Católica | 2022 | Chilean Primera División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 | Chilean Primera División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2024 | Chilean Primera División | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | — | 24 | 0 | ||
| 2025 | Chilean Primera División | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 26 | 0 | |||
| Bologna | 2025–26 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Montréal (loan) | 2025 | MLS | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 28 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
- ↑ Includes Copa Chile, Coppa Italia, Canadian Championship
- ↑ Appearance in Copa Sudamericana
References
- 1 2 3 González Lucay, Carlos (19 April 2024). "A cargo de sus hermanos tras la muerte de sus padres: la historia de lucha de Thomas Gillier, el arquero juvenil de la UC que debutará en clásicos". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 December 2024.
- ↑ "Con un golazo de Barco, River venció a Universidad Católica en un amistoso". ESPN (in Spanish). 9 September 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
alguna intervención de Thomas Gillier, arquero debutante del elenco cruzado.
- ↑ "UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA VS. ÑUBLENSE 0 - 1". soccerway (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ↑ "Gillier al Bologna". Bolognafc (in Italian). 2 July 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ↑ Huerta, Rodrigo (2 July 2025). "Oficial: un chileno llega a la Serie A con un contrato hasta 2030". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ↑ "CF Montréal acquires goalkeeper Thomas Gillier on loan from Bologna FC". CF Montréal. 8 July 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
- ↑ Grigoriadis, Elias (5 August 2025). "Puebla's Marin scores late winner to eliminate CF Montreal from Leagues Cup". The Canadian Press.
- ↑ Arredondo, Damián (31 January 2025). "Cruzados de Selección: Gillier, Ampuero, González y Canales convocados para el amistoso ante Panamá". Frecuencia Cruzada (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 September 2025.
- ↑ "Los que sumarán su primer partido con la Roja". La Roja (in Spanish). Football Federation of Chile. 1 February 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
- ↑ "La Nómina de La Roja para los duelos de Eliminatorias ante Brasil y Uruguay". La Roja (in Spanish). Football Federation of Chile. 22 August 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
- ↑ Barrera, Cristian (10 March 2026). "¿Se despide de la Roja? Selección de Argelia sondea a Thomas Gillier para Mundial de Estados Unidos, México y Canadá 2026". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 March 2026.
- ↑ "Raíces inesperadas: Thomas Gillier podría dejar de ser opción para La Roja y vestir la camiseta de Argelia". puranoticia.pnt.cl (in Spanish). 10 March 2026. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
External links
- Thomas Gillier at Soccerway
- 2004 births
- Footballers from Santiago, Chile
- Living people
- 21st-century Chilean sportsmen
- Chilean people of French descent
- Sportspeople of French descent
- Sportspeople of Algerian descent
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Chilean men's footballers
- Chile men's under-20 international footballers
- Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers
- Bologna FC 1909 players
- CF Montréal players
- Chilean Primera División players
- Major League Soccer players
- Chilean expatriate men's footballers
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Canada
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada