Esteban Calderón
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Calderón with O'Higgins in 2025. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Esteban Alex Calderón González | ||
| Date of birth | 13 February 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Placilla, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | O'Higgins | ||
| Number | 28 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Arrima de Manantiales | |||
| Escuela Los Pingüinitos | |||
| O'Higgins | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2024– | O'Higgins | 38 | (7) |
| International career | |||
| 2022 | Chile U20 | 8 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 September 2025 | |||
Esteban Alex Calderón González (born 13 February 2004) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a striker for Chilean Primera División side O'Higgins.
Club career
Born in Rinconada de Manantiales, Placilla commune, Chile, Calderón was with club Arrima from his hometown and Escuela de Fútbol (Football Academy) Los Pingüinitos from Nancagua before joining the O'Higgins youth ranks.[2] With the under-20's, he took part in the 2023 U20 Copa Libertadores.[3] He made his senior debut in the 1–3 away win against Deportes Copiapó for the Chilean Primera División on 17 February 2024[4][5] and scored his first goal two weeks later against Everton de Viña del Mar on 2 March.[6] He signed his first professional contract on 28 February of the same year.[7] In September 2024, he was selected by the CIES Football Observatory as the fifth best South American U21 striker.[8]
A regular player during 2024 and 2025,[8][9] Calderón suffered a serious meniscus tear on 27 August 2025.[10][11]
International career
In September 2022, Calderón represented the Chile under-20 national team at the Costa Cálida Supercup in San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain.[12] The next month, he represented them at the 2022 South American Games.[13][14]
References
- ^ "Esteban Calderón". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 September 2025.
- ^ "Joven de Placilla viajó a Irlanda del Norte con la sub 15 de O´Higgins". Diario VI Región (in Spanish). 31 July 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
- ^ "Esteban Calderón - Partidos de competición oficial » Copa Libertadores". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 September 2025.
- ^ "O'Higgins debuta con triunfo en el norte". O'Higgins FC (in Spanish). 17 February 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
- ^ @ohiggins_oficial; (24 February 2024). "🔰 ¡Pasito a pasito, Esteban! 👏🏻" (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 September 2025 – via Instagram.
- ^ @0201oficial; (3 March 2024). "Esteban Calderón (20) vivió su debut como titular con la camiseta de O'Higgins este 2024" (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 October 2025 – via Instagram.
- ^ @ohiggins_oficial; (28 February 2024). "✍🏻 ¡Felicidades Esteban! 🇧🇼" (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 September 2025 – via Instagram.
- ^ a b "Estudio sitúa a futbolista de O'Higgins entre los cinco mejores delanteros Sub-21 de Sudamérica". El Tipógrafo (in Spanish). 4 September 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
- ^ Ortega, Pablo (9 August 2025). "En La Serena 'revive' una figura para el fútbol chileno: dos golazos y ovación". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 September 2025.
- ^ "O'Higgins perdió a Esteban Calderón por rotura de menisco". Cooperativa (in Spanish). 28 August 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
- ^ Vega, Diego (29 August 2025). "Se confirmó rotura de menisco: "Días tristes... El mundo entero se viene encima"". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 September 2025.
- ^ "La Roja Sub-20 tiene nómina para la Costa Cálida Supercup en España". TNT Sports Chile (in Spanish). 15 September 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ Rozas, Juan Pablo (30 September 2022). "La Roja Sub 20 ya tiene sus nóminas para los Odesur". TNT Sports Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 September 2025.
- ^ "La Roja Sub 20 finalizó su participación en los Juegos Odesur". La Roja (in Spanish). FFCh. 8 October 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
External links
- Esteban Calderón at Soccerway
- Esteban Calderón at BDFA (in Spanish)