Cristopher Benjamín Toselli Ríos (, born 15 June 1988) is a

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who plays as a

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for

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. Toselli is best known for beating

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's clean sheet record of 484 minutes during 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup of

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, surpassing him by eight minutes and completing 492 minutes in total, helping Chilean youth squad to a third-place finish. In 2009, he was a member of

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's 23-man squad who won the

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, a tournament that Cristopher lost in 2008 against

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under

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as coach.

Club career

Universidad Católica

Early career

Born in

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, Toselli joined Universidad Católica youth ranks in 2001. He was promoted to first-team by coach

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in 2006 for the Torneo Apertura, due to the departure of second-choice keeper

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. The following year, after a notable performance in the

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, he made his club debut on 25 November, during a 3–0 home win to

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played at San Carlos. The next season, he was challenging the goal with record-man

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, becoming the first-choice keeper, after their mistakes and its departure to Olimpia. In 2009, he participated in the

final against

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, which Chile won 1–0. Toselli suffered a bad injury that side-lined him for six months. This angered Univeridad Católica's coach, Marco Antonio Figueroa, after risking and losing his first-choice keeper. During his recovery time, second-choice keeper

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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

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based–team, 5–0 at home.

2011 season

On 11 May 2011, he regained the starting position under orders of

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, after a terrible mistake of Garcés in a

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quarterfinals match against

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. In this match, Garcés inexplicably dropped the ball and Peñarol's

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took the opportunity to score, sealing the victory with a score of 2–0, in the 90th minute. After losing the playoffs finals of the Torneo Apertura against

, was reinstated as the starting keeper by new coach Mario Lepe, after the departures of Pizzi and Garcés. On 16 November, Toselli won the

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final against

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. This was his second title at Católica, and it qualified his team to the

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, in which ''Los Cruzados'' were eliminated at the semifinal stage, against Brazilian side

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after two draws, where Toselli had incredible performances.

Loans

On 15 December 2017, Toselli joined

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side

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on loan for the remainder of the 2017–18 season. On 30 April 2018, the club announced that Toselli's loan would not be extended due to his poor performances. On 13 July 2018, Toselli returned to Chile, joining Everton on loan, as an emergency replacement for recently departed

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, and injured Franco Torgnascioli. On 18 February 2021, Toselli joined fellow Primera División club

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, on a one-year loan. He also extended his contract with '' La Católica'' until the end of the 2022 season. On 6 January 2022, Toselli joined

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side Central Córdoba SdE on loan, after the club lost their two keepers Andrés Mehring (ACL rupture) and César Rigamonti (three broken ribs) to injuries.

Universidad de Chile

On 9 January 2023, Toselli returned to Chile, joining

on a free transfer.

International career

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

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. He started in the national team as second goalkeeper until the third game of tournament, in where he relegated

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's player Richard Leyton, to the bench. Chile finished in fourth place of the final stages of the tournament tied at six points with

. However the ''Guaraníes'' had a lower goal difference than Chile, thus Chile qualified to the 2007 FIFA U–20 World Cup celebrated in

. 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

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1–0. In addition, he broke Brazilian goalkeeper

'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

, for three years consecutively (2008–2010). In 2008 (U23 squad), Toselli was called up by coach

and after another great performance, Chile finished as runner-up of the tournament, after a 1–0 defeat against

. 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

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goal at the 86th minute. In the final, he suffered a cruciate ligament rupture that sidelined him for six-months. In 2010 (U22 squad), Chile finished fourth place in the Toulon Tournament, after losing the third-place match against France. In addition, Toselli played in a

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against Mexico U22 in

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on 3 September 2011. The squad only included under-25 players and resulted in 3–1 win. Toselli was called up by Bielsa to play his first senior international game for his country against

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, match that ended in a 2–1 win. During the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification process, he was frequently called up by Bielsa as third goalkeeper. But for the

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, it was Luis Marín was who called-up, with Nery Veloso as a stand in. Toselli would be called up by Bielsa's successors, Claudio Borghi and

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, during the

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. He was eventually included in the 23-man squad that played the

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Universidad Católica * Primera División:

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

, 2016–C, 2016–A,

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

Supercopa de Chile The Supercopa de Chile (''Supercup of Chile'') is an annual one-match football official competition in Chile organised by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (ANFP). This competition serves as the season opener and is played between t ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

Friendlies An exhibition game (also known as a friendly, scrimmage, demonstration, training match, pre-season game, warmup match, or preparation match, depending at least in part on the sport) is a sporting event whose prize money and impact on the playe ...

: Torneo de Verano Fox Sports 2019 Chile U20 *

: Third Place

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

Chile U21 *

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

Chile * Copa del Pacífico:

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

Copa América The CONMEBOL Copa América (; known until 1975 as the South American Football Championship), often simply called the Copa America, is the top men's quadrennial association football, football tournament contested among list of men's national ass ...

Confederations Cup The FIFA Confederations Cup was an international association football tournament for men's national teams, held every four years by FIFA. It was contested by the holders of each of the six Continental football championships, continental champions ...

: Runner-up

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

China Cup The China Cup International Football Championship () is an annual association football tournament organized in China by Wanda Sports Holdings. The Championship was inaugurated in 2017 as a single-elimination tournament A single-elimination kn ...

Individual * Best goalkeeper of Toulon Tournament:

Chilean Footballer of the Year Chilean Footballer of the Year is an award that the Circulo de Periodistas de Chile annually grants, to those Chilean soccer players who during the season of Primera División de Chile have obtained the greater number of points, in agreement with th ...

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

References

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