Marcelo Iván Allende Bravo (born April 7, 1999) is a Chilean footballer who plays as an

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for

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side

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and the

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. Allende captained Chile at the

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and was the team's top goalscorer and is considered one of the top youth prospects in Chilean football.

Club career

Allende started his youth career at

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. After Chile's participation in the U-17 World Cup, he caught the interest of

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and

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for his signature, although neither move materialized. In 2016, the player transferred to

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of the Segunda División de Chile in order to gain more playing time, making his debut against Naval. In his second season at the team, he scored his first senior goal against

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, and became a regular starter, finishing the campaign with four goals. Allende had a two-month trial with English club

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, featuring for their under-19 team at the Durban International Cup. The team won the competition, and the player was invited to further trials with the club. In April 2017, following a third trial, the English tabloid press reported that Arsenal had offered Allende a professional contract.

Necaxa

With this being so on September 7, 2017 Allende signed up with Mexican side

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, with the intention of rejoining the club in 2018 while remaining on loan with Santa Cruz.

Mamelodi Sundowns

On 24 August 2022, Allende was announced as new player of South African club

and made his debut in the same day scoring a goal versus Stellebosch.

International career

On June 15, 2015, Allende made his debut for Chile U-17 in a friendly defeat against Paraguay. He was later selected on the list of players that would take part in the tournament, held on home soil. He was a starter on Chile's four matches at the U-17 World Cup, netting against Nigeria and the United States. On October 16, 2016, Allende made his debut for the

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in a friendly win against Paraguay U-20 adding another cap against Ecuador U-20, but was ultimately left out of the final squad for the

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. He scored his first goal for the U20's on August 10, 2017, in a friendly win against Japan. At under-20 level, Allende represented Chile in both the

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, winning the gold medal, and the 2019 South American Championship. Allende made his debut for

on 11 December 2021 in a 1–0 win over

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National team

Under 17

Participation in World Cups

Statistics

* Updated to last played match: May 19, 2017.

Honours

;Arsenal *Durban International Cup: Winner – 2016. ;Necaxa *

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: Clausura 2018 *

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;Chile U20 *

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Gold medal:

References

External links

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Marcelo Allende
at playmakerstats.com (English version of ceroacero.es) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Allende, Marcelo 1999 births Living people Footballers from Santiago Chilean footballers Chilean expatriate footballers Chile youth international footballers Chile under-20 international footballers Chile international footballers Deportes Santa Cruz footballers Club Necaxa footballers Deportes Magallanes footballers Magallanes footballers Montevideo City Torque players Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. players Segunda División Profesional de Chile players Liga MX players Primera B de Chile players Uruguayan Primera División players South African Premier Division players Chilean expatriate sportspeople in England Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Uruguay Chilean expatriate sportspeople in South Africa Expatriate footballers in England Expatriate footballers in Mexico Expatriate footballers in Uruguay Expatriate soccer players in South Africa Association football midfielders South American Games gold medalists for Chile South American Games medalists in football Competitors at the 2018 South American Games