Claudio Matthías Villanueva Gutiérrez (born 16 February 1993), known as Matthías Villanueva, is a Chilean former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Matthías Villanueva
Personal information
Full name Claudio Matthías Villanueva Gutiérrez
Date of birth (1993-02-16) 16 February 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
2005–2011 Colo-Colo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Colo-Colo 1 (0)
2012–2014 Colo-Colo B 37 (15)
2015–2016 Deportes Linares 13 (3)
2016 Municipal Santiago (–)
2018 Municipal Santiago (–)
Total 51 (18)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He began his football career at Colo-Colo youth ranks during a young age, being promoted to the first adult team by the coach Américo Gallego for a 2011 Copa Chile match against Universidad Católica. Villanueva made his first Primera División appearance the same season for the Clausura Tournament in a 2–0 away defeat against O'Higgins, that occasion, with Ivo Basay as coach. The next season, Villanueva was relegated to the reserve team Colo-Colo B that play at the Segunda División Profesional.

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