Francisco Andrés Sierralta Carvallo (born 6 May 1997) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as centre-back for EFL Championship club Watford and the Chile national team. He started his career with Universidad Católica in 2015 and then played for Italian clubs in his career.
![]() Sierralta with Chile U20 in 2017 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Francisco Andrés Sierralta Carvallo[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1997-05-06) 6 May 1997 (age 25) | ||
Place of birth | Las Condes, Santiago, Chile | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Watford | ||
Number | 31 | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2015 | Universidad Católica | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015 | Universidad Católica | 0 | (0) |
2015–2017 | Granada | 0 | (0) |
2015–2016 | → Universidad Católica (loan) | 2 | (1) |
2016–2017 | → Palestino (loan) | 17 | (1) |
2017–2020 | Udinese | 0 | (0) |
2017–2018 | → Parma (loan) | 10 | (0) |
2018–2019 | → Parma (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2020 | → Empoli (loan) | 11 | (1) |
2020– | Watford | 44 | (2) |
National team‡ | |||
2015–2017 | Chile U20 | 6 | (0) |
2018– | Chile | 13 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 September 2022 (UTC) |
Sierralta began his career with Universidad Católica and made his debut in the Chile Cup against Barnechea on 8 July 2015. He made his league debut on 26 September, replacing Marco Medel in the final minutes against Huachipato.[3]
In August 2017, Sierralta joined Udinese and was loaned to Parma. Sierralta's loan was extended for another year on 7 August 2018,[4] having achieved promotion to Serie A during his first year with the club.
On 11 January 2020, Sierralta joined Serie B club Empoli on loan until 30 June 2020.[5][6]
On 9 September 2020, Sierralta joined Championship club Watford on a three-year contract.[7] He scored his first goal for Watford in a 4–1 win against Rotherham United on 16 March 2021.[8]
Along with Chile U20, he won the L'Alcúdia Tournament in 2015.[9]
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Universidad Católica | 2015 | Chilean Primera División | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
Granada CF | 2015–17 | La Liga | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
Universidad Católica (loan) | 2015–16 | Chilean Primera División | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
Palestino (loan) | 2016–17 | Chilean Primera División | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 8[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 27 | 1 | |
Udinese | 2017–18 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2018–19 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
2019–20 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
Parma (loan) | 2017–18 | Serie B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
Parma (loan) | 2018–19 | Serie A | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||
Empoli (loan) | 2019–20 | Serie B | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 1 | ||
Watford | 2020–21 | Championship | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 29 | 1 | |
2021–22 | Premier League | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | ||
2022–23 | Championship | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 14 | 1 | ||
Total | 44 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 51 | 2 | |||
Career total | 90 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 110 | 6 |
Universidad Católica
Chile U20
Watford F.C. – current squad | |
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Chile squad – 2021 Copa América | ||
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