Diego Monreal

Diego Monreal
Monreal with Audax Italiano in 2023.
Personal information
Full name Diego Andrés Monreal Villablanca
Date of birth (2002-09-05) 5 September 2002 (age 24)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Audax Italiano
Number 14
Youth career
Audax Italiano
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023– Audax Italiano 14 (1)
2025 → Unión La Calera (loan) 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 February 2026

Diego Andrés Monreal Villablanca (born 5 September 2002) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a centre-back for Chilean Primera División side Audax Italiano.

Club career

A product of the Audax Italiano youth system, Monreal made his senior debut in the 3–1 away loss against Everton for the Chilean Primera División on 28 February 2023 and scored his first goal in the 2–1 win against Deportes Rengo on 22 June of the same year for the Copa Chile. In the same year, he also took part in the Copa Sudamericana. During the 2025 Liga de Primera, he played on loan for Unión La Calera.

International career

In August 2023, Monreal took part in a training microcyle of Chile U23 under Eduardo Berizzo with views to the 2023 Pan American Games.

Personal life

Diego is the brother of the footballers Sebastián and Josepablo Monreal.

References

  1. ↑ "Diego Monreal » Perfil". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  2. ↑ "Everton ratifica buen momento y le gana a Audax en el Sausalito". Todofutbol.cl (in Spanish). 28 February 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  3. ↑ "Audax Italiano venció 2-1 a Dep. Rengo y clasificó a Octavos de Final". TNT Sports Chile (in Spanish). 22 June 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2026. para el local los anotaron Diego Monreal (26' 1T) y Michael Fuentes (1' 2T).
  4. ↑ "Audax Italiano derrotó como visitante a Blooming de Bolivia y avanzó en Copa Sudamericana". G5noticias (in Spanish). 8 June 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  5. ↑ "Unión La Calera informó fichaje de Diego Monreal". Cooperativa (in Spanish). 31 January 2025. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  6. ↑ Díaz Iturrieta, Sebastián (29 January 2025). "Refuerzos Unión La Calera: Walter Lemma suma a un proyecto de Audax Italiano para su defensa". TOP Mercato (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  7. ↑ "La Roja Sub 23 continúa con su preparación rumbo a los Panamericanos". La Roja (in Spanish). Football Federation of Chile. 12 August 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  8. ↑ "En la parte media de la tabla: así llega Audax Italiano para visitar a la UC". OneFootball (in Spanish). Frecuencia Cruzada. 14 February 2026. Retrieved 14 February 2026. Diego Monreal, hermano de un formado en la UC, José Pablo Monreal.
  9. ↑ "EL INAUDITO CASO DE LOS HERMANOS MONREAL EN EL FÚTBOL" (in Spanish). Hinchas del SAU. 15 February 2025. Retrieved 11 December 2025.