Tomás Pablo Asta-Buruaga Montoya (born 11 October 1996) is a Chilean

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who plays for Universidad Católica as a

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Club career

Unión Española

Born in

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, Asta-Buruaga was an

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youth graduate. On 29 July 2012, aged just 15, he made his senior debut for the reserve team by playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0

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away loss against

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. Asta-Buruaga made his first team debut on 23 July 2013, starting in a 3–0

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home win against

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. A regular figure for the B-team in the following campaigns, he made his Primera División debut on 22 February 2014, starting in a 3–1 home defeat to

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Deportes Antofagasta

For the 2016–17 season, Asta-Buruaga was loaned to fellow top tier club

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. Rarely used, he scored his first goal 20 November 2016, netting his team's only in a 5–1 loss at Universidad Católica. Bought outright in mid-2017, Asta-Buruaga subsequently became a regular starter for the side.

Everton

In 2024, he joined

on loan from Universidad Católica.

Career statistics

Honours

Unión Española *

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;Universidad Católica *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Astaburuaga, Tomas Living people 1996 births Chilean people of Basque descent Footballers from Santiago, Chile Chilean men's footballers 21st-century Chilean sportsmen Unión Española footballers C.D. Antofagasta footballers Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers Unión La Calera footballers Everton de Viña del Mar footballers Segunda División Profesional de Chile players Chilean Primera División players Men's association football defenders