.jpg) Pinilla withUniversidad de Chile in 2018 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Mauricio Ricardo Pinilla Ferrera | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1984-02-04)4 February 1984 (age 41)[1] | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Santiago,Chile[1] | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | |||||||||||||
| Position | Striker | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| Universidad de Chile | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Universidad de Chile | 39 | (20) | |||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Inter Milan | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | →Chievo (loan) | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2004 | →Celta (loan) | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2004–2007 | Sporting CP | 20 | (5) | |||||||||||
| 2006 | →Racing Santander (loan) | 13 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | →Hearts (loan) | 3 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2007 | →Universidad de Chile (loan) | 4 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Hearts | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2008 | Vasco da Gama | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2009 | Apollon Limassol | 5 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Grosseto | 24 | (24) | |||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Palermo | 35 | (10) | |||||||||||
| 2012 | →Cagliari (loan) | 14 | (8) | |||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Cagliari | 49 | (14) | |||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Genoa | 12 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 2015 | →Atalanta (loan) | 14 | (6) | |||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Atalanta | 24 | (6) | |||||||||||
| 2017 | Genoa | 12 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Universidad de Chile | 21 | (14) | |||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Coquimbo Unido | 26 | (8) | |||||||||||
| Total | 332 | (135) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Chile U17 | 3 | (5) | |||||||||||
| 2003 | Chile U20 | 3 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2003–2016 | Chile | 45 | (8) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Mauricio Ricardo Pinilla Ferrera (born 4 February 1984) is a Chilean former professionalfootballer who played as astriker.
After beginning his career atUniversidad de Chile, he signed forInter Milan at the age of 19, but never appeared for the club in four years. He went on to play in five countries, mainly Italy.
AChile international since 2003, Pinilla represented the country at the2014 World Cup and twoCopa América, winning the2015 and2016 editions of the latter tournament.
Born inSantiago, Pinilla started his career withClub Universidad de Chile, leaving for European football and Italian giantsInter Milan in 2003 after signing a five-year contract.[3]
However, he was immediately sold to fellowSerie A clubAC ChievoVerona (which acquired 50% of the player's rights),[4] and finished the 2003–04 season on loan again, toLa Liga sideRC Celta de Vigo,[5] not managing to score in a total of 12 league appearances.
In July 2004,Sporting CP bought 50% of his playing rights[6] and Pinilla, having spent much ofthe season on a low note, finished it with five goals, notably ahat-trick in a 3–0 away win againstS.C. Braga on 1 May 2005.[7]
However, he was also unable to settle at Sporting[8] and, in January 2006, would move on loan, finishingthe campaign atRacing de Santander.[9] On 26 February 2006 he netted his only goal for theCantabria team, apenalty kick in a 2–2 draw atDeportivo Alavés.[10]
In2006–07, Pinilla was once again loaned, now toHeart of Midlothian.[11] His time inEdinburgh was beset by injuries, resulting in him only playing a handful of times for the first team; in February 2007, he returned to Universidad de Chile.[12]
Pinilla returned to Hearts for pre-season training ahead of the2007–08 season, with the club buying out Sporting's half of his rights.[13] However, his return suffered a major setback when it was revealed the player had a fracturedscaphoid wrist bone, a hidden injury sustained while still in Chile;[14] this put him out of action for a six further weeks.
On 9 January 2008, Pinilla sustained another injury in training that sidelined him for the rest of the campaign.[15] On 6 May, his agent stated that he had signed a deal which would keep him atTynecastle Park until 2011,[16] after his contract with Inter expired the following month. However, on 1 July, Hearts announced that they had released the forward.[17][18]
Pinilla joined Brazil'sCR Vasco da Gama in early September 2008, signing a contract until the end ofthe season.[19] He played his first match with his new club in a 1–0 home defeat toCR Flamengo, in aderby.[20]
After Vasco was relegated to theSérie B, Pinilla left and moved toCyprus'Apollon Limassol FC as afree agent.[21]
Pinilla returned to Italy in August 2009, joiningSerie B'sUS Grosseto 1912 on afree transfer. At theTuscan club, his once promising career got back on track, as he scored 24 goals in 24 games – including a series of 12 consecutive matches netting, a competition record[22]– and finishedthe campaign as the second best scorer despite missing more than a third of the fixtures through different injuries.
In June 2010,US Città di Palermo announced the signing of Pinilla.[23] He scored five league goals in his first 12 appearances, being an important attacking unit in a side that also includedAbel Hernández,Massimo Maccarone andFabrizio Miccoli.[24]
On 11 September 2011, inthe season's opener, Pinilla was broughtfrom the bench to score the 4–2 for Palermo against his former team Inter, in an eventual 4–3 home win.[25] On 25 January of the following year he was loaned toCagliari Calcio in the same league, with theSardinians having the option of making the move permanent in June.[26]
Pinilla joined Cagliari on a permanent basis on 2 July 2012.[27] Two years later, after an average of seven league goals per season, he moved toGenoa CFC on a 2+1 years deal.[28]
Whilst at the service ofAtalanta BC, on loan, Pinilla scored arguably one of the best goals ofthe season in Italy on 4 April 2015, after netting through abicycle kick in a 1–2 home loss toTorino FC.[29] He added a further five during his five-month tenure, being crucial as his team narrowly avoided relegation as 17th.
On 5 January 2017, Pinilla returned to Genoa on a loan with an obligation to buy, replacingLeonardo Pavoletti who left forSSC Napoli.[30]
On 21 July 2017, aged 33 and ten years after last leaving the club, Pinilla terminated his contract with Genoa and returned to Universidad de Chile.[31] He retired in February 2021, following a two-year spell atCoquimbo Unido who were relegated from theChilean Primera División at the end of the2020 season.[32]
Pinilla earned the first of his 45caps forChile on 30 March 2003 in afriendly againstPeru, closing a 2–0 win through aheader,[33] and later led his country's scoring in the2006 FIFA World Cupqualifiers with three goals.[34] However, on 27 February 2007, whilst on loan to Universidad de Chile, he was caught in a hotel with María José López, themodel wife of national teamcaptainLuis Antonio Jiménez.[35]
Subsequently, Pinilla announced his decision to retire from the international scene.[36] In August 2010 he returned to the team, being recalled by managerMarcelo Bielsa for an exhibition game withUkraine.[37] He was also picked for a match againstUruguay later in November of the following year, only to be called off due to injury.[38]
Pinilla was selected for the2014 World Cup in Brazil.[39] He made his debut inthe tournament on 14 June, playing two minutes in a 3–1 group stage victory overAustralia and being involved inJean Beausejour's goal.[40] Again fromthe bench, he appeared in theround-of-16 againstthe hosts: his 119th minute shot hit the bar with the score at 1–1, and he later missed hispenalty shootout attempt in an eventual elimination.[41]
Pinilla was a member of the squad which won the2015 Copa América on home soil for their first continental honour, contributing two late substitute appearances.[42][43] On 29 March 2016, he andArturo Vidal scored twice each in a 4–1 away defeat ofVenezuela inqualification for the 2018 World Cup.[44]
In March 2021, Pinilla joinedESPN Chile as acommentator and analyst along with fellow former footballerMarcelo Espina.[45] That same year, he moved toTelevisión Nacional de Chile as host of non-football shows.[46]
Pinilla's nephew, Felipe Miranda, played youth football withColo-Colo, being at that point followed by Palermo.[47]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Universidad de Chile | 2002[a] | 25 | 10 | — | — | — | 25 | 10 | |||
| 2003[b] | 14 | 10 | — | — | — | 14 | 10 | ||||
| Total | 39 | 20 | — | — | — | 39 | 20 | ||||
| Inter Milan | 2003–04 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chievo (loan) | 2003–04 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| Celta (loan) | 2003–04 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | |
| Sporting CP | 2004–05 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 1 | 21 | 6 | |
| 2005–06 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Total | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | 7 | 2 | 28 | 7 | ||
| Racing Santander (loan) | 2005–06 | 13 | 1 | — | — | — | 13 | 1 | |||
| Hearts (loan) | 2006–07 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Universidad de Chile (loan) | 2007 Apertura | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | |||
| Hearts | 2007–08 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Vasco da Gama | 2008 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Apollon Limassol | 2008–09 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | 5 | 2 | |||
| Grosseto | 2009–10 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 24 | ||
| Palermo | 2010–11 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | 31 | 9 | |
| 2011–12 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | ||
| Total | 35 | 10 | 3 | 0 | — | 7 | 1 | 45 | 11 | ||
| Cagliari (loan) | 2011–12 | 14 | 8 | — | — | — | 14 | 8 | |||
| Cagliari | 2012–13 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 26 | 9 | ||
| 2013–14 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 27 | 8 | |||
| Total | 49 | 14 | 4 | 3 | — | — | 54 | 17 | |||
| Genoa | 2014–15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 14 | 4 | ||
| Atalanta (loan) | 2014–15 | 14 | 6 | — | — | — | 14 | 6 | |||
| Atalanta | 2015–16 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 21 | 6 | ||
| 2016–17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 1 | |||
| Total | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 25 | 6 | |||
| Genoa | 2016–17 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 13 | 1 | ||
| Universidad de Chile | 2017 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 15 | 9 | ||
| Career total | 296 | 110 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 337 | 123 | |
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chile | 2003 | 7 | 2 |
| 2004 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 5 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 9 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 8 | 2 | |
| Total | 45 | 8 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 March 2003 | Estadio Nacional,Santiago, Chile |  Peru | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 2 | 9 September 2003 | Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile | Peru | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 3 | 1 June 2004 | Polideportivo Pueblo Nuevo,San Cristóbal, Venezuela |  Venezuela | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 4 | 9 February 2005 | Sausalito,Viña del Mar, Chile |  Ecuador | 3–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 5 | 30 March 2005 | Defensores del Chaco,Asunción, Paraguay |  Paraguay | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 6 | 4 June 2014 | Elías Figueroa Brander,Valparaíso, Chile |  Northern Ireland | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 7 | 29 March 2016 | Agustín Tovar,Barinas, Venezuela | Venezuela | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 8 | 2–1 |
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