Tomás Asta-Buruaga

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Asta-Buruaga and the second or maternal family name is Montoya.

Tomás Pablo Asta-Buruaga Montoya (born 11 October 1996) is a Chilean footballer who plays for Universidad Católica as a central defender.

Tomás Asta-Buruaga

Asta-Buruaga with Unión La Calera in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Tomás Pablo Asta-Buruaga Montoya
Date of birth	(1996-10-11) 11 October 1996 (age 29)
Place of birth	Santiago, Chile
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Universidad Católica
Number	23
Youth career
	Universidad Católica
	Unión Española
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2014	Unión Española B	23	(0)
2013–2017	Unión Española	2	(0)
2016–2017	→ Deportes Antofagasta (loan)	3	(1)
2017–2021	Deportes Antofagasta	64	(1)
2020–2021	→ Universidad Católica (loan)	9	(1)
2021–	Universidad Católica	41	(1)
2023	→ Unión La Calera (loan)	28	(1)
2024	→ Everton (loan)	0	(0)
International career
2014	Chile U20
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 January 2024

Club career

Unión Española

Born in Santiago, Asta-Buruaga was an Unión Española youth graduate. On 29 July 2012, aged just 15, he made his senior debut for the reserve team by playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 Segunda División Profesional de Chile away loss against Deportes Iberia.^[1]

Asta-Buruaga made his first team debut on 23 July 2013, starting in a 3–0 Copa Chile home win against Palestino.^[2] A regular figure for the B-team in the following campaigns, he made his Primera División debut on 22 February 2014, starting in a 3–1 home defeat to Everton de Viña del Mar.^[3]

Deportes Antofagasta

For the 2016–17 season, Asta-Buruaga was loaned to fellow top tier club Deportes Antofagasta. Rarely used, he scored his first goal 20 November 2016, netting his team's only in a 5–1 loss at Universidad Católica.^[4]

Bought outright in mid-2017, Asta-Buruaga subsequently became a regular starter for the side.

Everton

In 2024, he joined Everton de Viña del Mar on loan from Universidad Católica.^[5]

International career

In 2014, Asta-Buruaga represented Chile U20 at the Four Nations International Tournament in Chile.^[6]

Career statistics

As of 30 June 2022^[7]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Unión Española B	2012	Segunda División Chile	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
	2013		10	0	—		—		—		10	0
	2013–14		12	0	—		—		—		12	0
	Subtotal		23	0	—		—		—		23	0
Unión Española	2013–14	C. Primera División	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	2014–15	C. Primera División	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	2015–16	C. Primera División	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	Subtotal		2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Deportes Antofagasta (loan)	2016-17	C. Primera División	3	1	0	0	—		—		3	1
Deportes Antofagasta	2017	C. Primera División	14	1	7	0	—		—		21	1
	2018	C. Primera División	28	0	1	0	—		—		29	0
	2019	C. Primera División	22	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	26	0
	Subtotal		64	1	10	0	2	0	—		76	1
Universidad Católica (loan)	2020	C. Primera División	9	1	—		5[a]	0	—		14	1
Universidad Católica	2021	C. Primera División	24	1	3	0	5[b]	0	1[c]	0	33	1
	2022	C. Primera División	12	0	2	0	6[d]	0	—		20	0
	Total club		36	1	5	0	11	0	1	0	53	1
Total			137	4	17	0	18	0	1	0	172	4

1. 2 appearances in the Copa Libertadores, 3 in the Copa Sudamericana
2. Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores
3. Appearances in the Supercopa de Chile
4. 5 appearances in Copa Libertadores, 1 in Copa Sudamericana

Honours

Unión Española

• Supercopa de Chile: 2013

Universidad Católica

• Primera División de Chile: 2020, 2021
• Supercopa de Chile: 2020, 2021