Cristian Riquelme

Cristian Alonso Riquelme Piña is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Chilean Primera División side Colo-Colo.

Club career

As a child, Riquelme represented his hometown team, Casablanca, and faced Everton de Viña del Mar. After this match, he joined Everton youth system at the age of 13. He made his professional debut in the 2021 Chilean Primera División match against Unión La Calera on 14 November 2021, and signed his first professional contract in February 2022.
In the second half of 2024, Riquelme switched to Colo-Colo.

International career

Riquelme represented Chile at under-17 level in both the 2019 South American Championship, playing all the matches, and the 2019 FIFA World Cup, playing four matches. Since 2021, he has been frequently called up to training microcycles of Chile U20. At under-20 level, he made his debut in the friendly match versus Peru U20 on 14 July 2022.

Personal life

He has stated that his football idol is Andrew Robertson.