Cristopher Benjamín Toselli Ríos (, born 15 June 1988) is a
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
an
footballer
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who plays as a
goalkeeper
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for
Universidad de Chile
The University of Chile ( es, Universidad de Chile) is a public research university in Santiago, Chile. It was founded on November 19, 1842, and inaugurated on September 17, 1843. .
Toselli is best known for beating
Cláudio Taffarel
Cláudio André Mergen Taffarel (; born 8 May 1966) is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and is the goalkeeping coach of English Premier League club Liverpool and the Brazil national team. During an 18-year career he p ...
's clean sheet record of 484 minutes during 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup of
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
, surpassing him by eight minutes and completing 492 minutes in total, helping
Chilean youth squad to a third-place finish. In 2009, he was a member of
Ivo Basay
Ivo Alexie Basay Hatibović (born 13 April 1966) is a Chilean football manager and former player who played as a striker. Apart from being a regular choice for the Chile national football team in the late 1980s and early 1990s (24 caps, six g ...
's 23-man squad who won the
Toulon Tournament
The Toulon Tournament (officially the Festival International "Espoirs" – Tournoi Maurice Revello) is a football (training match) tournament, which traditionally features invited national teams composed of youth players from U-17 to U-23 level. ...
, a tournament that Cristopher lost in 2008 against
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
under
Marcelo Bielsa
Marcelo Alberto Bielsa Caldera (, nicknamed ''El Loco Bielsa'' , meaning "The Crazy Bielsa"; born 21 July 1955) is an Argentine professional football manager who was most recently the head coach of Premier League club Leeds United. He is a forme ...
as coach.
Club career
Universidad Católica
Early career
Born in
Antofagasta
Antofagasta () is a port city in northern Chile, about north of Santiago. It is the capital of Antofagasta Province and Antofagasta Region. According to the 2015 census, the city has a population of 402,669.
After the Spanish American wars ...
, Toselli joined
Universidad Católica youth ranks in 2001, being promoted to first-team by the coach
Jorge Pellicer in 2006 for the Torneo Apertura, due to the departure of second-choice keeper
Rainer Wirth to
Deportes Temuco. The following year, after a notable performance in the
FIFA U-20 World Cup
The FIFA U-20 World Cup is the biennial football world championship tournament for FIFA members’ men's national teams with players under the age of 20. The competition has been staged every two years since the inaugural tournament in 1977 whe ...
, he made his club debut on 25 November, during a 3–0 home win to
Coquimbo Unido
Coquimbo Unido is a Chilean football club based in the city of Coquimbo. The club was founded August 30, 1958 and will play in the Chilean Primera División on 2022. Their home games are played at the Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso ...
played at
San Carlos. The next season, he was challenging the goal with record-man
José María Buljubasich, becoming the first-choice keeper, after their mistakes and its departure to
Olimpia.
When he played the
2009 Toulon Tournament
The 2009 Toulon Tournament was the 37th edition of the Toulon Tournament, and was held from 3 June to 12 June 2009. The tournament concluded with the final between France and Chile at Stade Mayol in Toulon as Chile won their first title after the ...
final against
France
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, that Chile won 1–0 to ''Les Blues'', Toselli suffered a strong injury of six months, that caused indignation Católica's coach
Marco Antonio Figueroa
Marco Antonio Figueroa Montero (; born 21 February 1962) is a Chilean former footballer, currently manager for Nicaragua. He is commonly known as "El Fantasma" ( Spanish word: "The phantom"). Figueroa played as a striker and spent the major ...
for provide him to a tournament and take risk, because he was Figueroa's starter keeper. During his recovery time, second-choice keeper
Paulo Garcés
Paulo Andrés Garcés Contreras (born 2 August 1984) is a Chilean footballer who plays for Chilean Segunda División club Deportes Valdivia as a goalkeeper.
Career
Garcés made his debut in 2003 against Santiago Wanderers in the closing cham ...
broke into first team, therefore relegated him to the bench.
2010 season
On 5 December 2010, Toselli played in the
Primera División final match against
Everton, where his club was consecrated champion after defeat 5–0 to
Viña del Mar based–team at home.
2011 season
On 11 May 2011, he recovered his titularity under orders of
Juan Antonio Pizzi after a terrible mistake of Garcés in a
Copa Libertadores quarterfinals match against
Peñarol
Club Atlético Peñarol (; English: ''Peñarol Athletic Club'') —also known as ''Carboneros'', ''Aurinegros,'' and (familiarly) ''Manyas''— is a Uruguayan sports club from Montevideo. The name "Peñarol" comes from the Peñarol neigh ...
at
Montevideo, where inexplicably dropped the ball, which
Alejandro Martinuccio
Alejandro "El Negro" Martinuccio (born 16 December 1987 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a striker. He currently plays for Boston River.
Career Nueva Chicago
Martinuccio made his debut at Club Atlético Nueva Chicago in ...
take the opportunity for score the definitive 2–0 in the 90th minute. After losing against
Universidad de Chile
The University of Chile ( es, Universidad de Chile) is a public research university in Santiago, Chile. It was founded on November 19, 1842, and inaugurated on September 17, 1843. the playoffs finals of the
Torneo Apertura, was installed again as starter keeper with the new coach
Mario Lepe, after the departures of Pizzi and Garcés. On 16 November, Toselli won the
Copa Chile
The Copa Chile (''Chile Cup'') is an annual cup competition for Chilean football teams. Due to time constraints and club pressure, the trophy was cancelled in 2000, but returned in 2008. Its precursor was the Campeonato de Apertura (''Opening Ch ...
final to
Magallanes, being that his second title at Católica, that qualified his team
2012 Copa Sudamericana, which ''Los Cruzados'' were eliminated on semifinals against Brazilian side
São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for ' Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the Ga ...
after two draws, where Toselli had very well performances.
International career
During his early career, Toselli represented
Chile U17 at the
2005 South American U-17 Championship
The 2005 South American Under-17 Football Championship was a football competition for U-17 national teams affiliated with CONMEBOL. It was the 11th time the tournament was held. It was played in Venezuela from 1 to 17 April 2005.
The host city ...
, playing in four matches. Later, Toselli was called up to the
Chile U20 national team for the
2007 South American Youth Championship
The 2007 South American Youth Championship (Sudamericano Sub-20) was the 23rd edition of the competition. It was played in Paraguay between 7 and 28 January 2007, and was contested by all ten U-20 national football teams of CONMEBOL. This was t ...
in
Paraguay
Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...
. He started in the national team as second goalkeeper until the third game of tournament, in where he relegates to the
Colo-Colo
Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo () is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano they play in the Chilean Primera División, from which they have never been relegated. The team has pla ...
player
Richard Leyton to his place. Finally, Chile finished in the fourth place of the final stage of the tournament with six points alongside
Paraguay
Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...
, however the guaranies had a lower goal difference of Chile, giving the pass to Chile to the
2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup celebrated in
Canada
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.
In the U-20 World Cup, Toselli was Chile's outstanding goalkeeper with a notable performance by him and his team in the cup, finishing in the third place of the tournament, after beating 1–0
Austria
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. However, he broke Brazilian goalkeeper
Cláudio Taffarel
Cláudio André Mergen Taffarel (; born 8 May 1966) is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and is the goalkeeping coach of English Premier League club Liverpool and the Brazil national team. During an 18-year career he p ...
's record of 484 minutes without conceding goals in a Youth World Cup, achieving 492 minutes in total, eight more than the Brazilian.
After of his U-20 World Cup performances, he was nominated to the
Toulon Tournament
The Toulon Tournament (officially the Festival International "Espoirs" – Tournoi Maurice Revello) is a football (training match) tournament, which traditionally features invited national teams composed of youth players from U-17 to U-23 level. ...
in
France
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three years consecutively (2008–2010). In 2008 (U23 squad), Toselli was nominated by the coach
Marcelo Bielsa
Marcelo Alberto Bielsa Caldera (, nicknamed ''El Loco Bielsa'' , meaning "The Crazy Bielsa"; born 21 July 1955) is an Argentine professional football manager who was most recently the head coach of Premier League club Leeds United. He is a forme ...
and once was Chile's outstanding goalkeeper, being runner-up of the tournament with Chile, after of be defeated 1–0 by
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
. In 2009 (U21 squad), he was once again nominated to play the Toulon Tournament, which Chile would win, suffering a six-month injury in the final against the
France
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, which Chile won 1–0 with a goal from
Gerson Martínez at 86th minute. In 2010 (U22 squad), Chile reached the fourth place.
In addition, Toselli played in a
friendly match
An exhibition game (also known as a friendly, a scrimmage, a demonstration, a preseason game, a warmup match, or a preparation match, depending at least in part on the sport) is a sporting event whose prize money and impact on the player's or ...
against
Mexico U22 in
San Luis Potosí,
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
on September 3, 2011. The squad only included under-25 players and was a win by 1–3.
Toselli was called up by Bielsa to play his first senior international game for his country against
Panama
Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Co ...
, match that ended in a 2–1 victory of Chile. During the
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification process, he was nominated by Bielsa as third goalkeeper with frequency. For the
2010 FIFA World Cup
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, it was supposed that Toselli would be the third goalkeeper of Chile, but finally
Luis Marín was who achieved this place. Toselli would be called up by Bielsa's successors
Claudio Borghi and
Jorge Sampaoli
Jorge Luis Sampaoli Moya (; born 13 March 1960) is an Argentine football coach who is currently manager for Sevilla of La Liga. Sampaoli started out as a youth player and eventually switched to management after a severe injury.
Sampaoli starte ...
during the
2014 World Cup qualifiers and was eventually included in the 23-man squad that played the
World Cup
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.
Career statistics
Club
International
Honours
Club
;Universidad Católica
*
Primera División (5):
2010,
2016–C,
2016–A,
2019
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,
2020
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Copa Chile
The Copa Chile (''Chile Cup'') is an annual cup competition for Chilean football teams. Due to time constraints and club pressure, the trophy was cancelled in 2000, but returned in 2008. Its precursor was the Campeonato de Apertura (''Opening Ch ...
(1):
2011
*
Supercopa de Chile (2):
2016
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,
2019
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*
Friendlies (1):
Torneo de Verano Fox Sports 2019
International
;Chile U20
*
FIFA U-20 World Cup
The FIFA U-20 World Cup is the biennial football world championship tournament for FIFA members’ men's national teams with players under the age of 20. The competition has been staged every two years since the inaugural tournament in 1977 whe ...
: Third Place
2007
;Chile U21
*
Toulon Tournament
The Toulon Tournament (officially the Festival International "Espoirs" – Tournoi Maurice Revello) is a football (training match) tournament, which traditionally features invited national teams composed of youth players from U-17 to U-23 level. ...
(1):
2009
;Chile
*
Copa del Pacífico (1):
2012
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*
Copa América (1):
2016
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*
Confederations Cup
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: Runner-up
2017
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China Cup
The China Cup International Football Championship () is an annual association football tournament organized in China by Wanda Sports Holdings. The Championship was inaugurated in 2017 as a single-elimination tournament
A single-elimination ...
(1):
2017
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Individual
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Best goalkeeper of Toulon Tournament (1):
2009
*
Chilean Footballer of the Year Chilean Footballer of the Year is an award that the Circulo de Periodistas de Chile annually grants, to those Chilean soccer players who during the season of Primera División de Chile have obtained the greater number of points, in agreement with th ...
(1):
2013
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References
External links
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1988 births
Living people
Chilean men's footballers
Chilean expatriate men's footballers
Sportspeople from Antofagasta
Chilean people of Italian descent
Men's association football goalkeepers
Chile men's under-20 international footballers
Chile men's youth international footballers
Chile men's international footballers
2014 FIFA World Cup players
Copa América Centenario players
2017 FIFA Confederations Cup players
Copa América-winning players
Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers
Atlas F.C. footballers
Everton de Viña del Mar footballers
Club Deportivo Palestino footballers
Central Córdoba de Santiago del Estero footballers
Chilean Primera División players
Liga MX players
Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina