Claudio Matthías Villanueva Gutiérrez (born 16 February 1993), known as Matthías Villanueva, is a Chilean former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Claudio Matthías Villanueva Gutiérrez | ||
| Date of birth | 16 February 1993 | ||
| 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.