Gary Medel

**Gary Alexis Medel Soto** (; born 3 August 1987) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Vasco da Gama and the Chile national team as a centre-back and a defensive midfielder.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Total||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Universidad Católica|2008|rowspan="2"|Chilean Primera División|28|4|0|0|0|0|28|4|
|2009|13|1|0|0|6|0|19|1|||||
|rowspan="3"|Boca Juniors|2009–10|rowspan="2"|Argentine Primera División|29|7|0|0|2|0|31|7|
|2010–11|17|0|0|0|0|0|17|0|||||
|rowspan="4"|Sevilla|2010–11|rowspan="3"|La Liga|15|0|1|0|2|0|18|0|
|2011–12|31|2|4|0|2|0|37|2|||||
|2012–13|32|6|7|1|—|39|7||||||
|Cardiff City|2013–14|Premier League|34|0|1|0|—|35|0||||
|rowspan="4"|Inter Milan|2014–15|rowspan="3"|Serie A|35|0|2|0|7|0|44|0|
|2015–16|30|1|4|0|—|34|1||||||
|2016–17|26|0|2|0|3|0|31|0|||||
|rowspan="4"|Beşiktaş|2017–18|rowspan="3"|Süper Lig|25|1|7|0|8|0|40|1|
|2018–19|24|0|0|0|11|0|35|0|||||
|2019–20|2|0|0|0|0|0|2|0|||||
|rowspan="5"|Bologna|2019–20|rowspan="4"|Serie A|23|0|1|0|—|24|0||
|2020–21|11|0|1|0|—|12|0||||||
|2021–22|33|0|1|0|—|34|0||||||
|2022–23|29|0|2|0|—|31|0||||||

### International

|Year|Apps|Goals|
| --- | --- | --- |
|colspan="3"|Chile||
|2007|2|0|
|2008|10|2|
|2009|9|1|
|2010|7|0|
|2011|13|1|
|2012|5|0|
|2013|12|1|
|2014|13|1|
|2015|14|1|
|2016|12|0|
|2017|12|0|
|2018|7|0|
|2019|10|0|
|2020|0|0|
|2021|15|0|
|2022|11|0|
|2023|8|0|

_Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first._

|No.|Date|Venue|Opponent|Score|Result|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|15 June 2008|Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia||1–0|2–0|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification|
|2.|2–0||||||
|3.|29 May 2009|Fukuda Denshi Arena, Chiba, Japan||1–1|1–1|2009 Kirin Cup|
|4.|11 October 2011|Estadio Monumental, Santiago||3–0|4–2|2014 FIFA World Cup qualification|
|5.|15 October 2013|Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago, Chile||2–0|2–1||
|6.|10 October 2014|Estadio Elías Figueroa, Valparaíso, Chile||2–0|3–0|Friendly|
|7.|19 June 2015|Estadio Nacional de Chile, Santiago, Chile||4–0|5–0|2015 Copa América|

### International

**Chile**
- Copa América: 2015, 2016

### Individual

- Chilean Footballer of the Year: 2008
- Universidad Católica Footballer of the year: 2008
- Team of Copa Libertadores : 2008
- Team of year in South America: 2009
- Copa América Team of the Tournament: 2015, 2016

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Gary Medel
- **image**: Gary Medel Footballteam of Chile - Spain vs. Chile, 10th September 2013 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Medel with Chile national football team, Chile in 2013
- **fullname**: Gary Alexis Medel Soto
- **birth place**: Santiago, Chile
- **height**: 1.71 m
- **currentclub**: CR Vasco da Gama, Vasco da Gama
- **clubnumber**: 17
- **position**: Midfielder#Defensive midfielder, Defensive midfielder, Defender (association football), defender
- **youthyears1**: 1997–2006
- **youthclubs1**: Club Deportivo Universidad Católica, Universidad Católica
- **years1**: 2006–2009
- **clubs1**: CDUC, Universidad Católica
- **caps1**: 68
- **goals1**: 10
- **years2**: 2009–2011
- **clubs2**: Boca Juniors
- **caps2**: 46
- **goals2**: 7
- **years3**: 2011–2013
- **clubs3**: Sevilla FC, Sevilla
- **caps3**: 78
- **goals3**: 8
- **years4**: 2013–2014
- **clubs4**: Cardiff City F.C., Cardiff City
- **caps4**: 34
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2014–2017
- **clubs5**: Inter Milan
- **caps5**: 91
- **goals5**: 1
- **years6**: 2017–2019
- **clubs6**: Beşiktaş J.K., Beşiktaş
- **caps6**: 51
- **goals6**: 1
- **years7**: 2019–2023
- **clubs7**: Bologna F.C. 1909, Bologna
- **caps7**: 96
- **goals7**: 0
- **years8**: 2023–
- **clubs8**: CR Vasco da Gama, Vasco da Gama
- **caps8**: 3
- **goals8**: 0
- **nationalyears1**: 2007
- **nationalteam1**: Chile national under-20 football team, Chile U20
- **nationalcaps1**: 15
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2008
- **nationalteam2**: Chile national under-23 football team, Chile U23
- **nationalcaps2**: 8
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 2007–
- **nationalteam3**: Chile national football team, Chile
- **nationalcaps3**: 160
- **nationalgoals3**: 7
- **club-update**: 23:30, 4 June 2023 (UTC)
- **ntupdate**: 08:23, 18 November 2023 (UTC)