Felipe Loyola

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Loyolaand the second or maternal family name is Olea.

Felipe Loyola

Loyola with Huachipato in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Felipe Ignacio Loyola Olea
Date of birth	(2000-11-09) 9 November 2000 (age 25)
Place of birth	Santiago, Chile
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Positions	Defender midfielder
Team information
Current team	Pisa
Number	14
Youth career
2008–2019	Colo-Colo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2020–2021	Colo-Colo	0	(0)
2020–2021	→ Fernández Vial (loan)	20	(1)
2021–2023	Fernández Vial	31	(3)
2023	→ Huachipato (loan)	16	(4)
2024	Huachipato	11	(0)
2024–2026	Independiente	49	(9)
2026	→ Pisa (loan)	11	(1)
2026–	Pisa	1	(0)
International career‡
2023	Chile U23	4	(0)
2023–	Chile	23	(2)
Medal record Men's football Representing   Chile Pan American Games 2023 Santiago Team
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 August 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 21:30, 6 October 2026 (UTC)

Felipe Ignacio Loyola Olea (born 9 November 2000) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie B club Pisa and the Chile national team.

Club career

Early career

Loyola is a youth product of Colo-Colo, and began his senior career on loan with Fernández Vial for the 2020 season. He helped them win the 2023 Segunda División Profesional de Chile, and signed permanently with the club afterwards in 2021. ^[1]

Huachipato

In 2023, he was loaned to Huachipato with an option to buy, ^{[2] [3] [4]} then he became a member of the Huachipato squad that won the 2023 Chilean Primera Division.

For the 2024 season, he was permanently transferred to Huachipato. ^[5]

Independiente

In the second half of 2024, Loyola moved to Argentina and signed with Independiente with a four-year contract. ^[6]

Pisa

On 22 January 2026, Loyola moved to Serie A club Pisa. ^[7]

Style of play

During his days in Huachipato Loyola played in the positions of right-back and center back, being renowned for his stamina and capacity to play full games without getting tired.

In Independiente he was fully converted to a box-to-box midfielder under Julio Vaccari on a 4-3-3 system. as a midfielder he made use of his physicality and stamina to fulfill many roles on the pitch, taking part on ball recovery, defense, conduction and goal scoring, while also fulfilling his classical right-back duties when needed.

International career

Loyola was part of the Chile U23s at the 2023 Pan American Games that won the silver medal. ^{[8] [9]} He was called up to the senior Chile national team for a set of 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches in August 2023. ^[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 16 September 2026

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Colo-Colo	2020	Liga de Primera	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2021	Liga de Primera	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fernández Vial (loan)	2020	Chilean Primera B	20	1	—		—		—		20	1
Fernández Vial	2021	Chilean Primera B	6	1	3	0	—		—		9	1
	2022	Chilean Primera B	25	2	1	0	—		—		26	2
	Total		31	3	4	0	—		—		35	3
Huachipato (loan)	2023	Liga de Primera	16	4	2	0	—		—		18	4
Huachipato	2024	Liga de Primera	11	0	0	0	6 [a]	1	1 [b]	0	18	1
Independiente	2024	AFA Liga Profesional de Fútbol	18	2	2	0	—		—		20	2
	2025	AFA Liga Profesional de Fútbol	34	7	3	0	8 [c]	2	—		45	9
	Total		52	9	5	0	8	2	—		65	11
Pisa (loan)	2025–26	Serie A	11	1	—		—		—		11	1
Pisa	2026–26	Serie B	1	0	2	0	—		—		3	0
career total			142	18	13	0	14	3	1	0	170	21

1. Five appearances and one goal in Copa Libertadores, one appearance in Copa Sudamericana
2. Appearance in Supercopa de Chile
3. Appearances in Copa Sudamericana

International

As of match played 6 October 2026

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Chile	2023	3	0
	2024	5	0
	2025	8	1
	2026	7	1
Total		23	2

Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Loyola goal

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	18 November 2025	Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi, Russia	Peru	1–1	2–1	Friendly
2	27 March 2026	Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand	Cape Verde	3–2	4–2	2026 FIFA Series

Honours

Fernández Vial

• Segunda División Profesional de Chile: 2023

Huachipato

• Chilean Primera División: 2023

Chile U23

• Pan American Games Silver Medal: 2023

References

1. Jerez, Matías (15 April 2022). "La figura que Fernández Vial le robó a Colo Colo: "En seis años, quiero jugar fuera y ser parte de la Roja"". Diario AS.
2. Christo, Benjamín (7 August 2023). "El inesperado "defensa" goleador del fútbol chileno: "Sueño con la Roja"". AS Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 November 2023.
3. "Claudio Sepúlveda destaca el buen inicio de Huachipato en el Torneo Nacional". sabes.cl (in Spanish). 2 February 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
4. Concepción, Diario. "DT de Huachipato: "Felipe Loyola debe emparejar su ritmo físico"". Diario Concepción.
5. Valenzuela, Nicolás (17 October 2023). "¿Quién es Felipe Loyola? La gran sorpresa que prepara Eduardo Berizzo en la Roja". Deportes13 (in Spanish). Canal 13 . Retrieved 17 November 2023.
6. Romo, Felipe (10 August 2024). "Un chileno sonríe en Argentina: Loyola cumple su gran sueño". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 August 2024.
7. "Felipe Loyola is a new player for Pisa!". Pisa SC. 22 January 2026. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
8. "Medallists" (PDF). Santiago2023.org. 4 November 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
9. Concepción, Diario. "Felipe Loyola disputará los Juegos Panamericanos". Diario Concepción.
10. "Felipe Loyola se ilusiona en la Roja: "Eduardo Berizzo me dijo que puedo ayudar mucho al fútbol chileno"". Deportes13. 31 August 2023.

External links

• Felipe Loyola at Soccerway
• Felipe Loyola at PartidosdeLaRoja.com (in Spanish)