Dylan Escobar

Dylan Escobar
Escobar with Coquimbo Unido in 2023
Personal information
Full name Dylan Alejandro Escobar Álvarez
Date of birth (2000-12-02) 2 December 2000 (age 25)
Place of birth Huasco, Chile
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Positions
Team information
Current team
 Deportes Limache
(on loan from Coquimbo Unido)
Youth career
2019–2021 Coquimbo Unido
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– Coquimbo Unido 84 (0)
2025 → Universidad Católica (loan) 7 (0)
2026– → Deportes Limache (loan) 0 (0)
International career‡
2025– Chile 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 June 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 March 2025

Dylan Alejandro Escobar Álvarez (born 2 December 2000) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a defender for Chilean Primera División side Deportes Limache on loan from Coquimbo Unido. He can operate as a right-back or defensive midfielder.

Club career

Born in Huasco, Chile, Escobar came to Coquimbo Unido youth system in 2019 and signed his first professional contract in January 2022. He made his professional debut in the 2–1 loss against O'Higgins on 1 April 2022, by replacing Víctor González at the minute 93.

Escobar joined on loan to Universidad Católica for the 2025 season with an option to buy. Back to Coquimbo Unido for the 2026 season, he was sent on loan to Deportes Limache in July 2026.

International career

Escobar received his first call-up to the Chile national team for the friendly against Panama on 8 February 2025. He made his debut by replacing Fabián Hormazábal in the second half of the match.

Personal life

Escobar is nicknamed Hueso (Bone).

Career statistics

Club

As of 6 July 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Coquimbo Unido 2022 Chilean Primera División 19020—200
2023 27020—290
2024 2805070400
Total 7409070900
Universidad Católica (loan) 2025 Chilean Primera División 40401090
Career total 78013080990

International

As of match played 17 March 2025
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Chile 202510
Total10

Honours

Coquimbo Unido

References

  1. ↑ Presentamos el espacio "Deportistas Huasquinos" Municipalidad de Huasco on Facebook (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ "COQUIMBO SE REFUERZA CON SANGRE PIRATA". www.coquimbounido.cl (in Spanish). Coquimbo Unido. 27 January 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  3. ↑ "O'Higgins vs. Coquimbo Unido - Resumen de Juego - 1 abril, 2022 - ESPN". ESPN.cl (in Spanish). ESPN. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  4. ↑ @coquimbounido (1 April 2022). "90+3' Debut de Dylan Escobar que ingresa por Víctor González" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 September 2022 – via Twitter.
  5. ↑ "Del Huasco a La Franja: El camino de Dylan Escobar, la sorpresiva incorporación de la UC". www.chilevision.cl (in Spanish). 13 December 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  6. ↑ Rojas, Alejandro (15 July 2026). "Coquimbo Unido se mueve en el mercado: Escobar a Limache y Abrigo podría retornar". Mi Radio (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 July 2026.
  7. ↑ Bastidas, Juan Miguel (6 February 2025). "Tras las altas y las bajas: Así queda la nómina de Chile para enfrentar a Panamá". TNT Sports Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  8. ↑ "Dylan Escobar responde a las críticas por su llamado a La Roja". OneFootball (in Spanish). 17 March 2025. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  9. ↑ @coquimbounido (27 January 2022). "¡Fuerza y Coraje, "Hueso" querido!" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 September 2022 – via Twitter.