a full international with over 120 caps since 2007 for the chile national team, he has represented the nation at two fifa world cups, four copa américa tournaments, and one edition of the fifa confederations cup. he won the 2015 copa américa (while being named in the team of the tournament) and the copa américa centenario, while he finished fourth at the 2019 copa américa, and won a runners-up medal at the 2017 fifa confederations cup.