Alfred Canales
Chilean footballer (born 2000)
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Alfred Jeafran Canales Céspedes (born 27 April 2000) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chilean Primera División side Universidad Católica.
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| Full name | Alfred Jeafran Canales Céspedes | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 27 April 2000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | San Ramón, Santiago, Chile | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Universidad Católica | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 22 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Audax Italiano | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2023 | Audax Italiano | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | → Lautaro de Buin (loan) | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | → Universidad de Concepción (loan) | 13 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | → Magallanes (loan) | 28 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Universidad Católica | 33 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Chile U23 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 July 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 November 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
Born in San Ramón, Santiago de Chile, Canales is a product of the Audax Italiano youth system and made his professional debut against Cobresal on 25 January 2020.[2] He spent two seasons on loan to Lautaro de Buin[3] and Universidad de Concepción in 2021 and 2022,[4] respectively.
In 2023, he joined on loan to Magallanes, then the champions of the Primera B and recent promoted club to the top division.[5][6] He has taken part of a successful stint of them, winning the 2023 Supercopa de Chile versus Colo-Colo,[7] the third consecutive title of the club, and playing at the Copa Libertadores[8] and the Copa Sudamericana.[9]
Universidad Católica
On 25 December 2023, Canales signed a contract with Universidad Católica until 2026.[10]
International career
Canales has taken part of training microcycles of the Chile under-23 team with the coach Eduardo Berizzo.[11][12] He was included in the final squad for the 2023 Pan American Games,[13] where Chile won the silver medal.[14]
At senior level, he received his first call up for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Colombia in September 2023, alongside his teammate Julián Alfaro.[15][16] He was called up by second time for the friendly against Panama on 8 February 2025.[17]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 25 March 2026[18]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Audax Italiano | 2020 | Liga de Primera | 9 | 0 | — | — | 1[c] | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | Liga de Primera | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 2022 | Liga de Primera | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Lautaro de Buin (loan) | 2021 | Segunda División | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Universidad de Concepción (loan) | 2022 | Liga de Ascenso | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 15 | 3 | |||
| Magallanes (loan) | 2023 | Liga de Primera | 28 | 3 | 6 | 1 | — | 8[d] | 1 | 1[e] | 0 | 43 | 5 | |
| Universidad Católica | 2024 | Liga de Primera | 21 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 1[c] | 0 | — | 25 | 2 | ||
| 2025 | Liga de Primera | 26 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | 1[c] | 0 | — | 33 | 1 | |||
| 2026 | Liga de Primera | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 49 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 109 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 141 | 11 | ||
- Includes Copa Chile
- Includes Copa de la Liga
- Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
- 4 appearances in Copa Libertadores, 4 in Copa Sudamericana
- Appearance(s) in the Supercopa de Chile