Nicolás Maturana

Nicolás Alexander Maturana Caneo (born 8 July 1993) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for San Antonio Unido in the Segunda División Profesional de Chile.

Club career
He debuted on 23 April 2011, in a 0-0 draw of Universidad de Chile against Palestino for the 2011 Torneo Apertura. He was replaced by Diego Rivarola at the minute 53. He scored his first goal on 10 July 2011, in a match against Magallanes, for the 2011 Copa Chile. in 2015, he was loaned to La Liga side Elche CF, but the team couldn't register him, so after Maturana was loaned to Alcoyano.

In 2024, he moved abroad again and signed with Nicaraguan club Real Estelí. After a month with them, he returned to Chile and joined San Antonio Unido.

International career
He was named in Chile's senior squad for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Paraguay and Bolivia in September 2016.

Personal life
As a child, Maturana lived in a residence from Servicio Nacional de Menores (National Services for Minors), a questioned Chilean institution due to multiple complaints about all kinds of child abuse there.

Honours

 * Universidad de Chile
 * Primera División de Chile (1): 2011 Apertura, 2011–C
 * Copa Sudamericana (1): 2011


 * Deportes Iquique
 * Copa Chile (1): 2013–14


 * Colo-Colo
 * Primera División de Chile (1): 2017 Transición
 * Supercopa de Chile (2): 2017, 2018
 * Copa Chile (1): 2019


 * Real Estelí
 * Copa Primera (1): 2023