| Nicolás Maturana | |
| Fullname: | Nicolás Alexander Maturana Caneo[1] |
| Birth Date: | 8 July 1993 |
| Birth Place: | Lampa, Santiago, Chile |
| Position: | Attacking midfielder |
| Currentclub: | San Antonio Unido |
| Youthclubs1: | Universidad de Chile |
| Years1: | 2011–2016 |
| Caps1: | 28 |
| Goals1: | 2 |
| Years2: | 2012 |
| Clubs2: | → Rangers (loan) |
| Caps2: | 10 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2012 |
| Clubs3: | → Rangers B (loan) |
| Caps3: | 3 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2012 |
| Clubs4: | → Barnechea (loan) |
| Caps4: | 10 |
| Goals4: | 4 |
| Years5: | 2014 |
| Clubs5: | → Deportes Iquique (loan) |
| Caps5: | 15 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2014 |
| Clubs6: | → Barnechea (loan) |
| Caps6: | 9 |
| Goals6: | 4 |
| Years7: | 2015 |
| Clubs7: | → Elche (loan) |
| Caps7: | 0 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 2015 |
| Clubs8: | → Alcoyano (loan) |
| Caps8: | 5 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Years9: | 2015–2016 |
| Clubs9: | → Palestino (loan) |
| Caps9: | 34 |
| Goals9: | 5 |
| Years10: | 2017 |
| Caps10: | 10 |
| Goals10: | 1 |
| Years11: | 2017–2020 |
| Caps11: | 13 |
| Goals11: | 0 |
| Years12: | 2019 |
| Clubs12: | → Universidad de Concepción (loan) |
| Caps12: | 16 |
| Goals12: | 0 |
| Years13: | 2020–2023 |
| Caps13: | 65 |
| Goals13: | 6 |
| Years14: | 2023 |
| Clubs14: | → Deportes Santa Cruz (loan) |
| Caps14: | 16 |
| Goals14: | 0 |
| Years15: | 2024 |
| Caps15: | 3 |
| Goals15: | 0 |
| Years16: | 2024– |
| Caps16: | 0 |
| Goals16: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2013 |
| Nationalteam1: | Chile U20 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 12 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Pcupdate: | 19 February 2024 |
Nicolás Alexander Maturana Caneo (born 8 July 1993) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for San Antonio Unido in the Segunda División Profesional de Chile.
He debuted on 23 April 2011, in a 0-0 draw of Universidad de Chile against Palestino for the 2011 Torneo Apertura. He was replaced by Diego Rivarola at the minute 53.[2] He scored his first goal on 10 July 2011, in a match against Magallanes, for the 2011 Copa Chile.[3] in 2015, he was loaned to La Liga side Elche CF,[4] but the team couldn't register him, so after Maturana was loaned to Alcoyano.[5]
In 2024, he moved abroad again and signed with Nicaraguan club Real Estelí.[6] After a month with them, he returned to Chile and joined San Antonio Unido.[7]
He was named in Chile's senior squad for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Paraguay and Bolivia in September 2016.[8]
As a child, Maturana lived in a residence from (National Services for Minors), a questioned Chilean institution due to multiple complaints about all kinds of child abuse there.[9]