Francisco Sierralta

	Sierralta with Chile U20 in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Francisco Andrés Sierralta Carvallo
Date of birth	6 May 1997 (age 28)
Place of birth	Las Condes, Santiago, Chile
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back, defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Auxerre
Number	4
Youth career
2005–2015	Universidad Católica
Senior career*
Years	Team
2015	Universidad Católica
2015–2017	Granada
2015–2016	→ Universidad Católica (loan)
2016–2017	→ Palestino (loan)
2017–2020	Udinese
2017–2018	→ Parma (loan)
2018–2019	→ Parma (loan)
2020	→ Empoli (loan)
2020–2025	Watford
2025–	Auxerre
International career‡
2015–2017	Chile U20
2018–	Chile
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 June 2025; ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 June 2025 (UTC)
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Francisco Andrés Sierralta Carvallo (born 6 May 1997) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or defensive midfielder for Ligue 1 club Auxerre and the Chile national team. He started his career with Universidad Católica in 2015 and played for Italian clubs in his career.

Club career

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]^{[better source needed]}}

In August 2017, Sierralta signed for Udinese before moving to Parma on loan later that year. With the latter club having achieved promotion to 2018–19 Serie A, his loan was extended for another year on 7 August 2018.^[4]

On 11 January 2020, Sierralta joined Serie B club Empoli on loan until 30 June.^[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 victory against Rotherham United on 16 March 2021.^[8]

On 19 June 2025, Sierralta joined Ligue 1 club Auxerre on a four-year contract.^[9]^[10]

International career

Along with Chile U20, Sierralta won the L'Alcúdia Tournament in 2015.^[11] In 2018, he debuted for the Chilean senior squad in a friendly match against Poland.^[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 21 April 2025^[13]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup^[a]		League cup^[b]		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Universidad Católica	2015	Chilean Primera División	—		—		—		—		—
Granada	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^[c]	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
	2018–19	Serie A	10	0	0	0	—		—		10	0
	Total		16	0	0	0	—		—		20	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	7	0	1	0	2	0	—		10	0
	2022–23	Championship	18	1	1	0	1	0	—		20	1
	2023–24	Championship	27	0	3	0	1	0	—		31	0
	2024–25	Championship	33	0	0	0	2	0	—		35	0
	Total		109	2	6	0	8	0	—		123	2
Auxerre	2025–26	Ligue 1	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
Career total			157	5	11	1	8	0	8	0	188	6

^ Includes Copa Chile, Copa Italia, FA Cup
^ Includes EFL Cup
^ Appearances in Copa Sudamerica

International

As of match played 10 June 2025

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps
Chile	2018	1
	2019	1
	2020	2
	2021	6
	2022	5
	2025	2
Total		17

Honours

Universidad Católica

Primera División de Chile: 2016 Clausura

Chile U20

L'Alcúdia International Tournament: 2015

References

^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Watford" (PDF). English Football League. p. 73. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
^ "Francisco Sierralta". Watford F.C. Archived from the original on 5 October 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
^ "Huachipato 0–1 Universidad Católica". Soccerway. Platform Group. 26 September 2015. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
^ Calfapietra, Alessio (7 August 2018). "Ufficiale: Parma, confermato Sierralta dall'Udinese". Parma Calcio 1913 (in Italian). Archived from the original on 7 August 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
^ Cardia, Ivan (11 January 2020). "Ufficiale: Empoli, ecco Sierralta. Arriva in prestito dall'Udinese". TuttoMercatoWeb (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2 April 2023.
^ "Francisco Sierralta è un nuovo calciatore azzurro". Empoli FC (in Italian). 11 January 2020. Archived from the original on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
^ "Official: Watford Sign Sierralta". Watford F.C. Archived from the original on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
^ "Rotherham 1-4 Watford". BBC Sport. BBC. 16 March 2021. Archived from the original on 16 March 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
^ Alain, Alexandre (19 June 2025). "Francisco Sierralta signe à l'AJA". AJA (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2025.
^ "Auxerre Signs Chilean International Francisco Sierralta on Four-Year Deal". www.footboom1.com. 19 June 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
^ Roggero, José (19 August 2015). "¡La Roja sub 20 es campeona en L'Alcúdia!". El Mostrador (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 17 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
^ Ortiz, Bastián (26 March 2021). "Sierralta cuenta su dura experiencia en el extranjero y le agradece a Rueda: "Me fue a ver cuando no jugaba y estaba lesionado"". El Mercurio (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 April 2025.
^ Francisco Sierralta at Soccerway

External links

Francisco Sierralta at Soccerway
Francisco Sierralta at National-Football-Teams.com

[14] Includes Copa Chile, Copa Italia, FA Cup

[15] Includes EFL Cup

[16] Appearances in Copa Sudamerica

[1] "Notification of shirt numbers: Watford" (PDF). English Football League. p. 73. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.

[2] "Francisco Sierralta". Watford F.C. Archived from the original on 5 October 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.

[3] "Huachipato 0–1 Universidad Católica". Soccerway. Platform Group. 26 September 2015. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2020.

[4] Calfapietra, Alessio (7 August 2018). "Ufficiale: Parma, confermato Sierralta dall'Udinese". Parma Calcio 1913 (in Italian). Archived from the original on 7 August 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2025.

[5] Cardia, Ivan (11 January 2020). "Ufficiale: Empoli, ecco Sierralta. Arriva in prestito dall'Udinese". TuttoMercatoWeb (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2 April 2023.

[6] "Francisco Sierralta è un nuovo calciatore azzurro". Empoli FC (in Italian). 11 January 2020. Archived from the original on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2020.

[7] "Official: Watford Sign Sierralta". Watford F.C. Archived from the original on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2020.

[8] "Rotherham 1-4 Watford". BBC Sport. BBC. 16 March 2021. Archived from the original on 16 March 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2021.

[9] Alain, Alexandre (19 June 2025). "Francisco Sierralta signe à l'AJA". AJA (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2025.

[10] "Auxerre Signs Chilean International Francisco Sierralta on Four-Year Deal". www.footboom1.com. 19 June 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.

[11] Roggero, José (19 August 2015). "¡La Roja sub 20 es campeona en L'Alcúdia!". El Mostrador (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 17 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.

[12] Ortiz, Bastián (26 March 2021). "Sierralta cuenta su dura experiencia en el extranjero y le agradece a Rueda: "Me fue a ver cuando no jugaba y estaba lesionado"". El Mercurio (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 April 2025.

[13] Francisco Sierralta at Soccerway

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Personal information
Sierralta with Chile U20 in 2017
Full name	Francisco Andrés Sierralta Carvallo^[1]
Date of birth	(1997-05-06) 6 May 1997 (age 28)
Place of birth	Las Condes, Santiago, Chile
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)^[2]
Position(s)	Centre-back, defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Auxerre
Number	4
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)	10	(0)
2020	→ Empoli (loan)	11	(1)
2020–2025	Watford	109	(2)
2025–	Auxerre	0	(0)
International career^‡
2015–2017	Chile U20	6	(0)
2018–	Chile	17	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 June 2025 (UTC)

v t e Chile squad – 2021 Copa América
1 Bravo (c) 2 Mena 3 Maripán / Valencia ^a 4 Isla 5 Roco 6 Sierralta 7 Pinares 8 Vidal 9 Meneses 10 Sánchez 11 Vargas 12 Arias 13 Pulgar 14 Galdames 15 González 16 Mora 17 Medel 18 Vegas 19 Alarcón 20 C. Aránguiz 21 Palacios 22 Brereton Díaz 23 Castellón 24 Arriagada 25 Núñez 26 Montes 27 P. Aránguiz 28 Baeza Coach: Lasarte
^a Diego Valencia replaced Guillermo Maripán after Chile's fourth match.