Cristopher Toselli

Universidad Católica

Early career

Born in Antofagasta, Toselli joined the Universidad Católica youth ranks in 2001. He was promoted to the first team by coach Jorge Pellicer in 2006 for the Torneo Apertura, following the departure of second-choice keeper Rainer Wirth to Deportes Temuco. The following year, after a notable performance in the FIFA U-20 World Cup, he made his club debut on 25 November, in a 3–0 home win over Coquimbo Unido at San Carlos. The next season, he competed for the starting goalkeeper position with veteran José María Buljubasich, becoming the first-choice keeper after Buljubasich's mistakes and his subsequent departure for Olimpia. In 2009, he participated in the Toulon Tournament final against France, which Chile won 1–0. Toselli suffered a bad injury that side-lined him for six months. This angered Universidad Católica's coach, Marco Antonio Figueroa, who had risked playing him and lost his first-choice keeper as a result. During his recovery time, second-choice keeper Paulo Garcés broke into the first team, relegating Toselli to the bench.

2010 season

On 5 December 2010, Toselli played in the Primera División final match against Everton, where his club was crowned champion after defeating the Viña del Mar-based team 5–0 at home.

2011 season

On 11 May 2011, he regained the starting position under orders of Juan Antonio Pizzi, after a terrible mistake of Garcés in a Copa Libertadores quarterfinals match…

During his early career, Toselli represented Chile U17 at the 2005 South American U–17 Championship, playing in four matches. Later, Toselli was called up to the Chile U20 national team for the 2007 South American U-20 Championship in Paraguay. He started in the national team as second goalkeeper until the third game of tournament, in where he relegated Colo-Colo's player Richard Leyton, to the bench. Chile finished in fourth place of the final stages of the tournament tied at six points with Paraguay. However the Guaraníes had a lower goal difference than Chile, thus Chile qualified to the 2007 FIFA U–20 World Cup celebrated in Canada. In the U–20 World Cup, Toselli's performance with Chile was outstanding, with the team finishing in third–place of the tournament, after beating Austria 1–0. In addition, he broke Brazilian goalkeeper Cláudio Taffarel's record of 484 minutes without conceding goals in a Youth World Cup, achieving 495 minutes in total. After his U–20 World Cup performances, he was called up to the Toulon Tournament in France, for three years consecutively (2008–2010). In 2008 (U23 squad), Toselli was called up by coach Marcelo Bielsa and after another great performance, Chile finished as runner-up of the tournament, after a 1–0 defeat against Italy. In 2009 (U21 squad), he was once again called up to play the Toulon Tournament, which Chile would win beating France 1–0 with a Gerson Martínez goal at the 86th minute. In the final, he suffered a cruciate ligament…

Club

As of 2 October 2023

International

As of 15 January 2017.

Universidad Católica

Primera División: 2010, 2016–C, 2016–A, 2019, 2020 Copa Chile: 2011 Supercopa de Chile: 2016, 2019 Friendlies: Torneo de Verano Fox Sports 2019 Chile U20

FIFA U-20 World Cup: Third Place 2007 Chile U21

Toulon Tournament: 2009 Chile

Copa del Pacífico: 2012 Copa América: 2016 Confederations Cup: Runner-up 2017 China Cup: 2017 Individual

Best goalkeeper of Toulon Tournament: 2009 Chilean Footballer of the Year: 2013