Mauricio Pinilla

Mauricio Pinilla
Pinilla with Universidad de Chile in 2018
Personal information
Full name Mauricio Ricardo Pinilla Ferrera
Date of birth (1984-02-04) 4 February 1984 (age 40)[1]
Place of birth Santiago, Chile[1]
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Universidad de Chile
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2003 Universidad de Chile 39 (20)
2003–2004 Inter Milan 0 (0)
2003–2004Chievo (loan) 6 (0)
2004Celta (loan) 6 (0)
2004–2007 Sporting CP 20 (5)
2006Racing Santander (loan) 13 (1)
2006–2007Hearts (loan) 3 (2)
2007Universidad de Chile (loan) 4 (2)
2007–2008 Hearts 2 (0)
2008 Vasco da Gama 3 (0)
2009 Apollon Limassol 5 (2)
2009–2010 Grosseto 24 (24)
2010–2012 Palermo 35 (10)
2012Cagliari (loan) 14 (8)
2012–2014 Cagliari 49 (14)
2014–2015 Genoa 12 (3)
2015Atalanta (loan) 14 (6)
2015–2016 Atalanta 24 (6)
2017 Genoa 12 (0)
2017–2018 Universidad de Chile 21 (14)
2019–2021 Coquimbo Unido 26 (8)
Total 332 (135)
International career
2001 Chile U17 3 (5)
2003 Chile U20 3 (1)
2003–2016 Chile 45 (8)
Medal record
Representing  Chile
Winner Copa América 2015
Winner Copa América Centenario 2016
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mauricio Ricardo Pinilla Ferrera (born 4 February 1984) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a striker.

After beginning his career at Universidad de Chile, he signed for Inter Milan at the age of 19, but never appeared for the club in four years. He went on to play in five countries, mainly Italy.

A Chile international since 2003, Pinilla represented the country at the 2014 World Cup and two Copa América, winning the 2015 and 2016 editions of the latter tournament.

  1. ^ a b "Mauricio Pinilla". Eurosport. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Squadra – Mauricio Pinilla" [Squad – Mauricio Pinilla] (in Italian). Atalanta B.C. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2015.