2021 Club Deportivo Universidad Católica season explained

Club:	Universidad Católica
Season:	2021
Chrtitle:	President
Chairman:	Juan Tagle
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Manager:	Gustavo Poyet (until 30 August) Cristian Paulucci (interim, from 31 August, until 15 September) Cristian Paulucci (from 15 September)
League:	League
League Result:	1st
Cup1:	Copa Chile
Cup1 Result:	Round of 16
Cup2:	Supercopa
Cup2 Result:	Winners
Cup3:	Libertadores
Cup3 Result:	Round of 16
League Topscorer:	Fernando Zampedri (23)
Season Topscorer:	Fernando Zampedri (27)
Largest Win:
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Prevseason:	2020
Nextseason:	2022

The 2021 Club Deportivo Universidad Católica season is the 81st season and the club's 47th consecutive season in the top flight of Chilean football. In addition to the domestic league, Universidad Católica are participating in this season's editions of the Copa Chile, the Supercopa de Chile, and the Copa Libertadores.

Squad

^[1]

No.	Player	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (age)	Year signed	Signed from
Goalkeepers
25	Sebastián Pérez		GK	2 December 1990	2021	Deportes Iquique
28	Vicente Bernedo		GK	22 January 2001	2020	Academy
Defenders
2	Germán Lanaro		CB	21 March 1986	2015	Palestino
3	Cristóbal Finch		CB	1 June 2002	2020	Academy
4	Carlos Salomón		CB	28 March 2000	2020	Academy
5	Valber Huerta		CB	August 26, 1993	2019	Huachipato
7	Tomás Asta-Buruaga		RB / CB	11 October 1996	2020	Deportes Antofagasta
14	Juan Fuentes		CB / DM	21 March 1995	2020	Estudiantes
17	Branco Ampuero		CB	19 July 1993	2021	Deportes Antofagasta
19	José Pedro Fuenzalida (captain)^[2]		RB / RWB / RW	22 February 1985	2016	Boca Juniors
21	Raimundo Rebolledo		RB / RWB	14 May 1997	2015	Academy
23	Juan Cornejo		LB / RB	27 February 1990	2019	León
24	Alfonso Parot		LB / RB	15 October 1989	2019	Rosario Central
32	Benjamín Gómez		CB	4 January 2001	2021	Academy
Midfielders
8	Ignacio Saavedra		CM / DM	12 January 1999	2018	Academy
11	Luciano Aued		CM / DM	1 March 1987	2017	Racing
13	Felipe Gutiérrez		AM / CM	8 October 1990	2021	Kansas City
18	Diego Buonanotte		AM	19 April 1988	2016	AEK
22	Juan Leiva		AM / CM	11 November 1993	2021	Unión La Calera
26	Marcelino Núñez		AM / CM	1 March 2000	2020	Academy
Forwards
9	Fernando Zampedri		ST	14 February 1988	2020	Rosario Central
10	Edson Puch		LW	9 April 1986	2019	Querétaro
15	Gastón Lezcano		RW	21 November 1986	2020	Morelia
16	Clemente Montes		LW	25 April 2001	2020	Academy
20	Gonzalo Tapia		RW	18 February 2002	2020	Academy
27	Alexander Aravena		ST	6 September 2002	2020	Academy
30	Diego Valencia		ST / RW	14 January 2000	2018	Academy
32	Fabián Orellana		RW / LW	27 January 1986	2021	Real Valladolid
35	Nicolás Sepúlveda		RW	22 August 2002	2021	Academy
Player(s) on transfers during this season
1	Matías Dituro		GK	8 May 1987	2018	Bolívar
Player(s) on retirated during this season
6	Francisco Silva		CM / DM	11 February 1986	2019	Independiente

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Type
19 December 2020	FW	Fernando Zampedri	Rosario Central	€1,590,000	^[3]
1 January 2021	DF	Juan Cornejo	León	Free transfer	^[4]
28 February 2021	Coach	Gustavo Poyet	-	Free transfer	^[5]
2 March 2021	DF	Tomás Asta-Buruaga	Deportes Antofagasta	€409.000	^[6]
4 March 2021	MF	Juan Leiva	Unión La Calera	€455.000	^[7]
5 March 2021	GK	Sebastián Pérez	Deportes Iquique	€318.000	^[8]
18 March 2021	DF	Branco Ampuero	Deportes Antofagasta	€273.000	^[9]
19 March 2021	MF	Felipe Gutiérrez	Kansas City	Free transfer	^[10]
31 August 2021	Coach	Cristian Paulucci	-	Free transfer	^[11]
6 September 2021	FW	Fabián Orellana	Real Valladolid	Free transfer	^[12]

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Type
22 December 2020	MF	Andrés Souper	Deportes Antofagasta	€250.000	^[13]
31 December 2020	DF	Benjamín Vidal	Coquimbo Unido	Contract terminated	^[14]
31 December 2020	FW	Diego Vallejos	Coquimbo Unido	Contract terminated	^[15]
1 January 2021	FW	Brian Leiva	Deportes Melipilla	Contract terminated	^[16]
18 February 2021	Coach	Ariel Holan	Santos	Contract terminated	^[17]
28 February 2021	DF	Vicente Fernández	Palestino	€250.000	^[18]
9 March 2021	MF	Jaime Carreño	Deportes La Serena	Contract terminated	^[19]
11 March 2021	MF	Kevin Medel	Universidad de Concepción	Contract terminated	^[20]
30 August 2021	Coach	Gustavo Poyet	-	Contract terminated	^[21]
3 September 2021	MF	Francisco Silva	-	Retired	^[22]

Loans out

Date	Position	Name	From	End date	Ref.
18 February 2021	GK	Cristopher Toselli	Palestino	End of season	^[23]
21 February 2021	DF	Enzo Ferrario	Deportes La Serena	End of season	^[24]
	DF	Yerco Oyanedel	Unión La Calera	End of season
4 March 2021	FW	César Munder	Deportes La Serena	End of season	^[25]
5 March 2021	DF	Aaron Astudillo	Deportes Melipilla	End of season	^[26]
11 March 2021	FW	Bruno Barticciotto	Palestino	End of season	^[27]
8 July 2021	GK	Matías Dituro	Celta de Vigo	30 June 2022	^[28]
1 May 2021	MF	Ian Toro	Deportes Copiapó	30 December 2022	^[29]

New contracts

Date	Pos.	Name	Contract length	Contract ends
19 December 2020	FW	Fernando Zampedri	3-year	2023
26 December 2020	MF	Luciano Aued	1-year	2021	^[30]
	MF	Diego Buonanotte	1-year	2021	^[31]
	DF	Juan Cornejo	1-year	2021	^[32]
	FW	Gastón Lezcano	1-year	2021
2 March 2021	DF	Tomás Asta-Buruaga	4-year	2024
17 Juny 2021	DF	Juan Fuentes	1-year	2022	^[33]

Competitions

Primera Division

See main article: 2021 Chilean Primera División.

Matches

Supercopa de Chile

See main article: 2021 Supercopa de Chile.

Copa Chile

See main article: 2021 Copa Chile.

Round of 16

Copa Libertadores

See main article: 2021 Copa Libertadores.

Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 15 April 2021.^[34]

Knockout phase

See main article: 2021 Copa Libertadores final stages.

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 1 June 2021.^[35]

Statistics

Squad statistics

^† Player left Universidad Católica during the season

Goals

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1	9	FW		Fernando Zampedri	23	1	1	2	27
2	30	FW		Diego Valencia	14	1	0	2	17
3	26	MF		Marcelino Núñez	6	0	0	0	6
4	24	DF		Alfonso Parot	3	1	0	0	4
5	19	DF		José Pedro Fuenzalida	3	0	0	0	3
=	13	MF		Felipe Gutiérrez	3	0	0	0	3
=	18	MF		Diego Buonanotte	2	1	0	0	3
=	5	DF		Valber Huerta	3	0	0	0	3
6	16	FW		Clemente Montes	1	0	0	1	2
7	10	FW		Edson Puch	1	0	0	0	1
=	11	MF		Luciano Aued	0	0	0	1	1
=	7	DF		Tomás Asta-Buruaga	1	0	0	0	1
=	2	DF		Germán Lanaro	1	0	0	0	1
=	23	DF		Juan Cornejo	1	0	0	0	1
=	4	DF		Carlos Salomón	0	1	0	0	1
=	22	MF		Juan Leiva	1	0	0	0	1
=				Own goal	2	0	0	0	2
Total					65	5	1	6	77

• Last updated: December 2021
• Source: Soccerway

Assists

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1	19	DF		José Pedro Fuenzalida	9	1	0	0	10
2	26	MF		Marcelino Núñez	7	0	0	2	9
3	13	MF		Felipe Gutiérrez	5	1	0	0	6
4	30	FW		Diego Valencia	3	1	0	1	5
5	9	FW		Fernando Zampedri	4	0	0	0	4
	18	MF		Diego Buonanotte	4	0	0	0	4
	10	FW		Edson Puch	4	0	0	0	4
	11	MF		Luciano Aued	3	1	0	0	4
9	24	DF		Alfonso Parot	2	0	0	0	2
	7	DF		Tomás Asta-Buruaga	1	1	0	0	2
11	16	DF		Clemente Montes	0	0	0	1	1
	13	DF		Germán Lanaro	1	0	0	0	1
	32	FW		Fabián Orellana	1	0	0	0	1
Total					44	5	0	4	53

• Last updated: December 2021
• Source: Soccerway

Clean sheets

Rank				Name	League	C. Chile	Supercopa	Copa Libertadores	Total
1	25	GK		Sebastián Pérez	10	1	0	1	12
2	1	GK		Matías Dituro	3	0	0	1	4
Total					13	1	0	2	16

• Last updated: December 2021
• Source: Soccerway

Disciplinary record

			Name	League			Copa Chile			Supercopa			Copa Libertadores			Total
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14	MF		Juan Fuentes	1					1				1			2		1
16	FW		Clemente Montes			1							1			1		1
2	DF		Germán Lanaro			1							1			1		1
9	FW		Fernando Zampedri	1	1		1			1			5			17	1
3	FW		Diego Valencia	4	1		1			1			1			7	1
22	MF		Juan Leiva	4			1			1	1		1			7	1
1	FW		Edson Puch	4									1	1		5	1
8	MF		Ignacio Saavedra	8			1						2			11
26	MF		Marcelino Núñez	7									3			10
6	DF		Valber Huerta	6									1			7
24	DF		Alfonso Parot	4			1						1			6
21	DF		Raimundo Rebolledo	3									2			5
7	DF		Tomás Asta-Buruaga	3									2			5
13	MF		Felipe Gutiérrez	3												4
25	GK		Sebastián Pérez	3									1			4
19	DF		José Pedro Fuenzalida	2												2
6	MF		Francisco Silva	1									1			2
11	MF		Luciano Aued													1
18	MF		Diego Buonanotte	1			1									1
19	DF		Gonzalo Tapia	1												1
23	DF		Juan Cornejo	1												1
Total				54	2	2	7		1	3	1		22	1		86	4	3

• Last updated: December 2021
• Source: Soccerway

Notes and References

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2. Web site: 2021-12-29. El capitán no abandona: 'Chapa' Fuenzalida se queda en Católica. 2021-12-31. Prensafútbol. es. 2021-12-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20211231155301/https://www.prensafutbol.cl/450249-el-capitan-permanece-en-san-carlos-fuenzalida-se-queda-en-la-uc/. live.
3. Web site: Le echaron bencina a la Zampedrineta: Universidad Católica aseguró a su goleador por tres años más . 2022-02-27 . Publimetro Chile . es . 2021-12-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211201202841/https://www.publimetro.cl/cl/grafico-chile/2020/12/19/universidad-catolica-fernando-zampedri.html . live .
4. Web site: Universidad Católica oficializó la llegada de Juan Cornejo . 2022-03-08 . alairelibre.cl . Spanish.
5. Web site: February 27, 2022 . Gustavo Poyet nuevo entrenador de la UC . Cruzados . February 27, 2022 . November 8, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211108145743/https://www.cruzados.cl/news/detail/gustavo-poyet-es-el-nuevo-director-tcnico-de-universidad-catlica . live .
6. Web site: Comunicaciones . Compañia Chilena de . Universidad Católica hizo uso de la opción de compra de Tomás Asta-Buruaga . 2022-02-27 . alairelibre.cl . Spanish . 2021-12-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211212050257/https://www.alairelibre.cl/noticias/deportes/futbol/universidad-catolica/universidad-catolica-hizo-uso-de-la-opcion-de-compra-de-tomas/2021-03-02/213440.html . live .
7. Web site: 2021-03-04 . Universidad Católica anuncia principio de acuerdo por Juan Leiva . 2022-02-27 . BioBioChile - La Red de Prensa Más Grande de Chile . es . 2021-04-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210425112442/https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/deportes/futbol/universidad-catolica/2021/03/04/universidad-catolica-anuncia-principio-de-acuerdo-por-juan-leiva.shtml . live .
8. Web site: Comunicaciones . Compañia Chilena de . Universidad Católica oficializó al portero Sebastián Pérez como nueva incorporación . 2022-02-27 . alairelibre.cl . Spanish . 2021-04-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210428081703/https://www.alairelibre.cl/noticias/deportes/futbol/universidad-catolica/universidad-catolica-oficializo-al-portero-sebastian-perez-como-nueva/2021-03-05/195650.html . live .
9. Web site: Digitalproserver . Agricultura . Radio . Branco Ampuero y su vuelta a la UC: "Vengo más maduro, en mi paso anterior no me cuidé mucho" . 2022-02-27 . Radio Agricultura . es . 2021-04-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210428085017/https://www.radioagricultura.cl/deportes/2021/03/18/branco-ampuero-y-su-vuelta-a-la-uc-vengo-mas-maduro-en-mi-paso-anterior-no-me-cuide-mucho.html . live .
10. Web site: Comunicaciones . Compañia Chilena de . Universidad Católica oficializó el regreso de Felipe Gutiérrez . 2022-02-27 . alairelibre.cl . Spanish . 2021-10-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211027174932/https://www.alairelibre.cl/noticias/deportes/futbol/universidad-catolica/universidad-catolica-oficializo-el-regreso-de-felipe-gutierrez/2021-03-19/120403.html . live .
11. Web site: 2021-09-01 . Cristian Paulucci fue nombrado entrenador interino de la UC . 2022-02-27 . ESPN.cl . es . 2021-12-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211212054521/https://www.espn.cl/futbol/chile/nota/_/id/9138661/universidad-catolica-gustavo-poyet-director-tecnico-entrenador-interino-cristian-paulucci . live .
12. Web site: Barrera . Cristian . 2021-09-06 . El tricampeón se potencia: Fabián Orellana es el nuevo refuerzo de la UC . 2022-02-27 . La Tercera . 2021-09-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210908102859/https://www.latercera.com/el-deportivo/noticia/el-tricampeon-se-potencia-fabian-orellana-es-el-nuevo-refuerzo-de-la-uc/EJRNXVUOYNAXPEG4VOO5IYS4XM/ . live .
13. Web site: Comunicaciones . Compañia Chilena de . Antofagasta hizo efectiva la opción de compra por el volante Andrés Souper . 2022-02-27 . alairelibre.cl . Spanish . 2021-04-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210430153530/https://www.alairelibre.cl/noticias/deportes/futbol/antofagasta/antofagasta-hizo-efectiva-la-opcion-de-compra-por-el-volante-andres/2020-12-22/133716.html . live .
14. Web site: Coquimbo Unido, una visita con pasado cruzado . 2022-03-10 . www.encancha.cl . spanish.
15. Web site: Coquimbo Unido confirmó tres incorporaciones más . 2022-03-10 . TNT Sports . es-CL.
16. Web site: MOVIDAS SEGUNDA DIVISIÓN 2021 – En El Camarín . 2022-03-10 . es-CL.
17. Web site: 2021-02-18 . Universidad Católica oficializa la salida de Ariel Holan . 2022-02-27 . AS Chile . es-cl . 2021-12-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211212054526/https://chile.as.com/chile/2021/02/18/futbol/1613685543_601431.html . live .
18. Web site: February 27, 2022 . Palestino hizo la compra de juvenil de la UC . ADN . February 27, 2022 . April 30, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210430202128/https://www.adnradio.cl/nacional-futbol/2021/02/28/se-queda-palestino-hizo-oficial-la-compra-de-juvenil-de-la-uc-que-estaba-a-prestamo.html . live .
19. Web site: Jaime Carreño rescindirá contrato con Universidad Católica y fichará en otro club de Primera División . 2022-02-27 . Bolavip Chile . es . 2021-05-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210501054240/https://bolavip.com/cl/ucatolica/Jaime-Carreno-rescindira-contrato-con-Universidad-Catolica-y-fichara-en-otro-club-de-Primera-Division-20210309-0013.html . live .
20. Web site: Universidad de Concepción confirmó el fichaje de Kevin Medel . 2022-03-10 . TNT Sports . es-CL.
21. Web site: Comunicaciones . Compañia Chilena de . Gustavo Poyet dejó de ser entrenador de Universidad Católica . 2022-02-27 . alairelibre.cl . Spanish . 2021-11-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211120182143/https://www.alairelibre.cl/noticias/deportes/futbol/universidad-catolica/gustavo-poyet-dejo-de-ser-entrenador-de-universidad-catolica/2021-08-30/132333.html . live .
22. Web site: No va más: Francisco Silva confirmó que se retira del fútbol profesional . 2022-02-27 . TNT Sports . es-CL . 2021-09-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210905075446/https://tntsports.cl/nacional/No-va-mas-el-Gato-Silva-tomo-una-decision-muy-importante-20210903-0052.html . live .
23. Web site: Préstamo de Toselli a Palestino no está sellado pero sí cerca: la UC quiere que el portero siga ligado al club . 2022-02-27 . RedGol . es-ES . 2021-04-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210430094622/https://redgol.cl/ucatolica/Prestamo-de-Toselli-a-Palestino-aun-no-esta-sellado-la-UC-quiere-que-el-portero-siga-ligado-al-club-20210218-0062.html . live .
24. Web site: February 27, 2022 . Los cuatro jugadores que seguirán lejos de la UC . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210430141545/https://www.encancha.cl/futbol-chileno/u-catolica/2021/2/21/no-volveran-los-cuatro-jugadores-que-estaban-prestamo-seguiran-lejos-de-la-uc-80205.html . April 30, 2021 . February 27, 2022 . Encancha.
25. Web site: César Munder deja la UC y parte a préstamo a Deportes La Serena . 2022-02-27 . Puranoticia.cl . es . 2021-04-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210430104017/https://www.puranoticiachile.cl/noticias/deportes/cesar-munder-deja-la-uc-y-parte-a-prestamo-a-deportes-la-serena/2021-03-04/202034.html . live .
26. Web site: Deportes Melipilla anunció el fichaje de Aarón Astudillo . 2022-02-27 . TNT Sports . es-CL . 2021-04-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210430183837/https://tntsports.cl/nacional/Melipilla-ficho-a-uno-de-los-jovenes-que-debuto-con-Holan-20210305-0003.html . live .
27. Web site: Palestino confirma la incorporación de Bruno Barticciotto para la temporada 2021 . 2022-02-27 . RedGol . es-ES . 2021-04-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210430103007/https://redgol.cl/chile/Universidad-Catolica--Bruno-Barticciotto-llega-a-prestamo-por-un-ano-a-Palestino-20210311-0081.html . live .
28. Web site: 2021-07-08 . El Celta logra la cesión del portero argentino Matías Dituro . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211210191652/https://www.europapress.es/deportes/futbol-00162/noticia-celta-logra-cesion-portero-argentino-matias-dituro-20210708191034.html . 2021-12-10 . 2022-02-26 . Europa Press.
29. Web site: 1 March 2022 . Ian Toro se une al León de Atacama . Pasiondehincha.
30. Web site: Figueroa . Jaime . 2020-12-27 . Aued extiende su vínculo con la UC por un año . 2022-02-27 . La Tercera . 2021-12-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211212054952/https://www.latercera.com/el-deportivo/noticia/aued-extiende-su-vinculo-con-la-uc-por-un-ano/6PLPIQONLBCLZF4A7D7CBFGPT4/ . live .
31. Web site: Los deseos y promesas de Aued y Buonanotte tras renovar con la UC . 2022-02-27 . TNT Sports . es-CL . 2021-12-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211215022839/https://tntsports.cl/nacional/Los-deseos-y-promesas-de-Aued-y-Buonanotte-tras-renovar-con-la-UC-20201226-0011.html . live .
32. Web site: 2020-12-26 . Los dos nuevos jugadores que renovó la UC tras Buonanotte y Aued . 2022-02-27 . AS Chile . es-cl . 2021-12-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211215022844/https://chile.as.com/chile/2020/12/26/futbol/1609012448_685690.html . live .
33. Web site: 2021-06-17 . La UC logró acuerdo con Estudiantes para renovar préstamo de Juan Fuentes . 2022-03-08 . La Nación . es-CL.
34. Web site: Se sorteó la Copa Libertadores 2021: así quedaron los grupos. Tycsports. 15 April 2021. 27 February 2022.
35. News: 1 June 2021. Sorteo Octavos de Final de la Copa Libertadores 2021: fecha, hora y todos los clasificados. Ar.marca. 27 February 2022.