# Tomás Asta-Buruaga

Tomás Pablo Asta-Buruaga Montoya (born 11 October 1996) is a Chilean footballer who plays for Universidad Católica as a central defender.

## Club career
### Unión Española

Born in Santiago, Asta-Buruaga was an Unión Española youth graduate. On 29 July 2012, aged just 15, he made his senior debut for the reserve team by playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 Segunda División Profesional de Chile away loss against Deportes Iberia.
Asta-Buruaga made his first team debut on 23 July 2013, starting in a 3–0 Copa Chile home win against Palestino. A regular figure for the B-team in the following campaigns, he made his Primera División debut on 22 February 2014, starting in a 3–1 home defeat to Everton de Viña del Mar.

### Deportes Antofagasta

For the 2016–17 season, Asta-Buruaga was loaned to fellow top tier club Deportes Antofagasta. Rarely used, he scored his first goal 20 November 2016, netting his team's only in a 5–1 loss at Universidad Católica.
Bought outright in mid-2017, Asta-Buruaga subsequently became a regular starter for the side.

### Everton

In 2024, he joined Everton de Viña del Mar on loan from Universidad Católica.

## Career statistics

    As of 30 June 2022
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Unión Española B | 2012 | Segunda División Chile | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 |
| Unión Española B | 2013 | Segunda División Chile | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 0 |
| Unión Española B | 2013–14 | Segunda División Chile | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 0 |
| Unión Española B | Subtotal | Subtotal | 23 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | 0 |
| Unión Española | 2013–14 | C. Primera División | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Unión Española | 2014–15 | C. Primera División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Unión Española | 2015–16 | C. Primera División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Unión Española | Subtotal | Subtotal | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Deportes Antofagasta (loan) | 2016-17 | C. Primera División | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 |
| Deportes Antofagasta | 2017 | C. Primera División | 14 | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 21 | 1 |
| Deportes Antofagasta | 2018 | C. Primera División | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 29 | 0 |
| Deportes Antofagasta | 2019 | C. Primera División | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| Deportes Antofagasta | Subtotal | Subtotal | 64 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 76 | 1 |
| Universidad Católica (loan) | 2020 | C. Primera División | 9 | 1 | — | — | 5 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 1 |
| Universidad Católica | 2021 | C. Primera División | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 1 |
| Universidad Católica | 2022 | C. Primera División | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 |
| Universidad Católica | Total club | Total club | 36 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 137 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 172 | 4 |
* ↑ 2 appearances in the Copa Libertadores, 3 in the Copa Sudamericana
* ↑ Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores
* ↑ Appearances in the Supercopa de Chile
* ↑ 5 appearances in Copa Libertadores, 1 in Copa Sudamericana

## Honours

Unión Española
* Supercopa de Chile: 2013

### Universidad Católica

* Primera División de Chile: 2020, 2021
* Supercopa de Chile: 2020, 2021