Vicente Tomás Pizarro Durcudoy (born 5 November 2002) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chilean Primera División club Colo-Colo and the Chile national team.

Vicente Pizarro
Pizarro with Colo-Colo in 2023.
Personal information
Full name Vicente Tomás Pizarro Durcudoy
Date of birth (2002-11-05) 5 November 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Vitacura, Chile
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Colo-Colo
Number 34
Youth career
Colo-Colo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Colo-Colo 91 (2)
International career
2017 Chile U15
2018–2019 Chile U17 14 (0)
2020 Chile U20 3 (0)
2022–2024 Chile U23 10 (0)
2023– Chile 4 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Chile
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2023 Santiago Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024

Club career

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Pizarro has become team captain at all levels of the Colo-Colo youth team,[1] also playing at the 2020 U-20 Copa Libertadores. He made his professional debut in a 2021 Chilean Primera División match against Ñublense on 2 May 2021.[2]

International career

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He represented Chile U15 at the 2017 South American U-15 Championship and Chile U17 at the 2019 South American U-17 Championship – Chile was the runner-up – and at the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup. Also, he represented Chile U20 in a friendly tournament played in Teresópolis, Brazil, called Granja Comary International Tournament, playing all the matches against Peru U20,[3] Bolivia U20,[4] and Brazil U20.[5]

He represented Chile at under-23 level in a 1–0 win against Peru U23 on 31 August 2022, in the context of preparations for the 2023 Pan American Games.[6] He was included in the final squad for the games,[7] where Chile won the silver medal.[8]

In 2024, he took part in the Pre-Olympic Tournament.[9]

At senior level, he received his first call up for the friendlies against Mexico and El Salvador in December 2021[10] and made his debut in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Ecuador on 21 November 2023 by replacing Rodrigo Echeverría at the minute 79.[11]

Personal life

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He is the youngest child of the Chilean former international footballer Jaime Pizarro.[12]

Career statistics

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International

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As of match played 19 November 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Chile 2023 1 0
2024 3 0
Total 4 0

Honours

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Colo-Colo

Chile U23

References

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  1. ^ Arellano, Francisco (1 August 2021). "Vicente Pizarro maravilla a Colo Colo y enamora a su jefe: "Juega como si tuviera 10 años en Primera"". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  2. ^ Arellano, Francisco (11 July 2021). "El "secreto" que retrasó el debut de Vicente Pizarro en Colo Colo antes de irrumpir con todo en la Copa Chile". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  3. ^ "La Roja Sub 20 se estrenó en Teresópolis con un trabajado triunfo sobre Perú" (in Spanish). ANFP. 12 December 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  4. ^ "La Roja Sub 20 se impuso a Bolivia y se mantiene invicta en Brasil" (in Spanish). ANFP. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  5. ^ "La Roja Sub 20 empató con Brasil y es subcampeón del Torneo Granja Comary" (in Spanish). ANFP. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  6. ^ Quijada, Vicente (31 August 2022). "En un intenso encuentro, La Roja Sub 23 se impuso por 1-0 ante Perú en Iquique". laroja.cl (in Spanish). FFCh. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Team roster CHI - Chile" (PDF). Santiago2023.org. 29 October 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Medallists" (PDF). Santiago2023.org. 4 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  9. ^ "La Roja Sub 23 presentó la nómina definitiva para el Preolímpico". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  10. ^ Velozo, Pablo (4 December 2021). "Martín Lasarte confirmó nómina de La Roja para gira a EEUU: El Salvador y México en la mira chilena". BioBioChile (in Spanish). Radio Bío-Bío. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  11. ^ "Brayan Cortés alucinó con el debut de Vicente Pizarro con la Roja". TNT Sports Chile (in Spanish). 22 November 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  12. ^ Munizaga, Sebastián (12 August 2021). "Jaime Pizarro saca pecho por su hijo Vicente en Colo Colo y toca el tema de las comparaciones". Dale Albo (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 August 2021.
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