Ignacio Avilés

Ignacio Lautaro Avilés Rodríguez, is an Uruguayan–Chilean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ecuadorian club Africando SC.

Club career

After playing for clubs in his native country, on 2018 he joined Ecuadorian Serie B side Fuerza Amarilla, getting promotion to 2019 Serie A and being immediately relegated to 2020 Serie B. So, on 2020 he moved to Chile using his dual nationality and joined Primera B side San Marcos de Arica.
In 2021 he returned to his native country and joined Cerrito, which was recently promoted to Uruguayan Primera División.
In 2022–23, he played for Chilean club Unión San Felipe.
In 2024, he returned to Uruguay and signed with Colón FC in the second level.

International career

He represented Uruguay U17 at the 2009 South American U-17 Championship – where Uruguay reached the third place – and at the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Personal life

Due to his father is Chilean, he holds dual nationality – Uruguayan and Chilean – along with his younger brother Joaquín, who is a professional footballer that has taken part in a training microcycle of Chile U20.