Martín Villarroel
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Martín Ignacio Villarroel Robles | ||
| Date of birth | 23 September 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Viña del Mar, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Santiago Wanderers | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Santiago Wanderers | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2024 | Santiago Wanderers | 37 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Unión La Calera (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Cobreloa (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2024 | → Deportes La Serena (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2025 | Deportes La Serena | 6 | (0) |
| 2026– | Santiago Wanderers | 0 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 December 2025 | |||
Martín Ignacio Villarroel Robles (born 23 September 2001) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Santiago Wanderers.
Club career
Born in Viña del Mar, Chile, Villarroel is a product of Santiago Wanderers[2] and made his senior debut in the 2–1 away loss against Deportes Puerto Montt for the Primera B de Chile on 1 June 2019 under his father, Moisés.[3][4] In the same season, Santiago Wanderers won the 2019 Primera B de Chile and got promotion to the Chilean Primera División.[5]
The next seasons, Villarroel was loaned out to Unión La Calera (2022) in the Chilean top division,[6] Cobreloa (2023)[7] and Deportes La Serena (2024).[8][9] As a player of Deportes La Serena, he suffered an ACL injury in March 2024.[10] He won two consecutive Primera B de Chile league titles with Cobreloa and Deportes La Serena.[2]
After ending his contract with Santiago Wanderers, Villarroel continued with Deportes La Serena for the 2025 Chilean Primera División.[2][11]
In December 2025, Villarroel returned to Santiago Wanderers to play alongside his younger brother, Cristóbal.[12]
Personal life
Martín is the son of the former Chile international footballer Moisés Villarroel and the older brother of the footballer Cristóbal Villarroel.[3][12][13]
References
- ^ "Martín Villarroel". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ^ a b c Ortiz, Matías (6 February 2025). ""Uno siempre quiere estar en el club que le gusta y que está en mi vida desde que jugaba mi papá"". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ^ a b Munizaga, Sebastián (2 June 2019). "Moises Villarroel hace debutar profesionalmente a su hijo Martín Villarroel en Santiago Wanderers". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ^ "Wanderers - Campeonato Nacional 1° "B" 2019". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ^ "Wanderers en Campeonato de Primera B 2019". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ^ Fajardo, Cristián (22 July 2022). "Al límite del cierre: Unión La Calera inscribe a Martín Villarroel en el mercado de pases". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ^ "Cobreloa sumó a Martín Villarroel como su octavo refuerzo para el 2023". AlAireLibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 27 December 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ^ Loma-Osorio, Antonio (12 January 2024). "Hijo de Moisés Villarroel está a un paso de encontrar nuevo equipo en Primera B tras dejar Cobreloa". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ^ "Los dos nuevos refuerzos anunciados por Deportes La Serena para la Temporada 2024". Diario El Día (in Spanish). 8 February 2024. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ^ Suárez, Cristóbal (28 March 2024). "El drama que atraviesa el hijo de Moisés Villarroel en Primera B". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ^ "Wanderers irá por los derechos de Martín Villarroel". SoyChile (in Spanish). 3 July 2025. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ^ a b Romero, Jorge (18 December 2025). "La Dinastía Villarroel no para en Wanderers: Moisés se arregla con los directivos y firman contrato sus dos hijos". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 December 2025.
- ^ Ortiz, Matías (6 February 2025). ""No ha sido fácil que siempre me comparen por ser 'el hijo de'"". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 September 2025.
External links
- Martín Villarroel at Soccerway
- Martín Villarroel at BDFA (in Spanish)