Yonathan Andía


Yonathan Wladimir Andía León is a Chilean footballer who plays as a right back.

Club career

A product of the Escuela de Fútbol Benjamín Muñoz, Andía played for several amateur clubs like Club Deportivo Huertos La Perla at local championships and both the Tercera A and Tercera B, the fourth and the fifth level of the Chilean football, respectively, until he was seen by Víctor Rivero, then manager of Unión La Calera in 2018.
In 2018, Andía signed with Unión La Calera. He arrived as a central midfielder, but the coach Francisco Meneghini turned him on a right back, being a recurring starting player, also appearing in Copa Sudamericana matches in 2019 and 2020.
After being the runner-up at the Campeonato Nacional AFP PlanVital 2020 with Unión La Calera, Andía signed with Universidad de Chile a three-year contract.
In 2024, Andía switched to Deportes Iquique. He left them in August of the same year. In the second half of 2024, he signed with Deportes Copiapó.
In 2025, Andía signed with Deportes Limache.

International career

He received his first call up to the Chile senior team for the 2022 World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Colombia in October 2020, but he made his international debut in a match against Peru on 13 November 2020.

Personal life

Andía is nicknamed Cachorro since he was a child, due to he used to attend to the local amateur matches along with his uncles surnamed León.
In July 2022, he was involved in legal issues due to that he was arrested after not respecting a red traffic light and drunk driving in La Florida, Santiago. His club, Universidad de Chile, applied him disciplinary bans.