 Toselli playing for Chile U20 in 2007 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cristopher Benjamín Toselli Ríos | ||
| Date of birth | 15 June 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Antofagasta, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Universidad Católica | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2005 | Universidad Católica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2006– | Universidad Católica | 128 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007 | Chile U20 | 19 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Chile U21 | 10 | (0) |
| 2010– | Chile | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 February 2013, (UTC) 10:32.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 February 2010, (UTC) 16:00 | |||
Cristopher Benjamín Toselli Ríos (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkɾistofer toˈseli], born 15 June 1988) is aChilean footballer that currently plays for Primera División club Universidad Católica as goalkeeper.
Toselli is best known for beat Cláudio Taffarel's 484 minutes cleansheet record during 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup of Canada, surpassing him eight minutes more, completing 492 minutes in total,[1]where helped Chilean youth squad in achieve the third place.[2] In 2009, was member of César Vaccia 23-man squad winner of Toulon Tournament, contest that Cristopher lost in 2008 against Italyunder Marcelo Bielsa as coach.
Universidad Católica
Born in Antofagasta, Toselli joined Universidad Católica youth ranks in 2001, being promoted to first-team by the coach Jorge Pellicer in 2006 for the Torneo Apertura, due to the departure of second-choice keeper Rainer Wirth to Deportes Temuco. The following year, after a notable performance in the FIFA U-20 World Cup, he made his club debut on 25 November, during a 3–0 home win toCoquimbo Unido played at San Carlos. The next season, he was challenging the goal with record-man José María Buljubasich, becoming the first-choice keeper, after their mistakes and its departure to Olimpia.
When he played the 2009 Toulon Tournament final against France, that Chile won 1–0 to Les Blues, Toselli suffered a strong injury of six months,[3] that caused indignation Católica's coach Marco Antonio Figueroa for provide him to a tournament and take risk, because he was Figueroa's starter keeper. During his recovery time, second-choice keeper Paulo Garcés broke into first team, therefore relegated him to the bench. On 5 December 2010, Toselli played in the Primera Divisiónfinal match against Everton, where his club was consecrated champion after defeat 5–0 to Viña del Mar based–team at home.
On 11 May 2011, recovered his titularity under orders of Juan Antonio Pizzi after a terrible mistake of Garcés in a Copa Libertadores quarterfinals match against Peñarol at Montevideo, where inexplicably dropped the ball, which Alejandro Martinuccio take the opportunity for score the definitive 2–0 in the 90th minute. After losing against Universidad de Chile the playoffs finals of theTorneo Apertura, was installed again as strarter keeper with the new coach Mario Lepe, after the departures of Pizzi and Garcés. On 16 November, Toselli won the Copa Chile final to Magallanes, being that his second title at Católica, that qualified his team 2012 Copa Sudamericana, which Los Cruzados were eliminated on semifinals against Brazilian side São Paulo after two draws, where Toselli had very well performances.
International career
During his early career, Toselli was called up to the Chile U20 national team for the 2007 South American Youth Championship in Paraguay. He started in the national team as second goalkeeper until the third game of tournament, in where he relegates to the Colo-Colo player Richard Leyton to his place. Finally, Chile finished in the fourth place of the final stage of the tournament with six points alongside Paraguay, however the guaranies had a lower goal difference of Chile, giving the pass to Chile to the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup celebrated in Canada.
In the U-20 World Cup, Toselli was Chile's outstanding goalkeeper with a notable performance of he and his team in the cup, finishing in the third place of the tournament, after of beat 1–0 to Austria. However, he broke Brazilian goalkeeperCláudio Taffarel's record of 484 minutes without conceding goals in a Youth World Cup, achieving 492 minutes in total, eight more than the Brazilian.
After of his U-20 World Cup performances, he was nominated to the Toulon Tournament of France two years consecutive (2008–2009). In 2008, Toselli was nominated by the coach Marcelo Bielsa and once was Chile's outstanding goalkeeper, being runner-up of the tournament with Chile, after of be defeated 1–0 by Italy. In 2009, he once was nominated for play the Toulon Tournament, in this occasion, he proclaimed champion of the tournament, suffering a six-months injury in the final against the France, that Chile won 1–0 with a goal of Gerson Martínez at 86th minute.
The coach Marcelo Bielsa call-up to Toselli for play his first adult international game for his country against Panama, match that ended in a 2–1 victory of Chile. During the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification, he was nominated by Bielsa as third goalkeeper with frecuency. For the 2010 FIFA World Cup, was supposed that Toselli would be the third goalkeeper of Chile, but finally Luis Marín was who achieved this place.
