{{short description|Chilean footballer (born 2000)}} {{family name hatnote|Provoste|Ovalle|lang=Spanish}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Branco Provoste | fullname = Branco Antonio Provoste Ovalle | image = Audax Italiano v Colo-Colo 20200209 46.jpg | caption = Provoste with Colo-Colo in 2020 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|04|14|df=yes}} | birth_place = Santiago, Chile | height = 1.77 m | currentclub = Deportes Recoleta | clubnumber = | position = Midfielder | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Colo-Colo | years1 = 2016–2020 | clubs1 = Colo-Colo | caps1 = 24 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2021–2023 | clubs2 = Ñublense | caps2 = 41 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 2024–2025 | clubs3 = Deportes Limache | caps3 = 12 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2025 | clubs4 = → Cobreloa (loan) | caps4 = 11 | goals4 = 1 | years5 = 2026– | clubs5 = Deportes Recoleta | caps5 = 0 | goals5 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2015 | nationalteam1 = Chile U15 | nationalyears2 = 2015–2017 | nationalteam2 = Chile U17 | nationalcaps2 = 18 | nationalgoals2 = 1 | pcupdate = 18 December 2025 | ntupdate = 11 October 2017 }}
'''Branco Antonio Provoste Ovalle''' (born April 14, 2000) is a Chilean football player who plays as a midfielder for Deportes Recoleta.<ref name="Soccerway Profile">{{Soccerway|branco-antonio-provoste-ovalle/398954}}</ref>
==Club career== In 2021, Provoste signed with Ñublense in the Chilean Primera División until 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=Oficial: Ñublense presenta a Branco Provoste como su nuevo refuerzo |url=https://dalealbo.cl/colocolo/ex-colo-colo-branco-provoste-es-nuevo-refuerzo-de-nublense-20210224-0011.html |website=DaleAlbo.cl |access-date=23 March 2021 |language=es |date=24 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Silva Rojas |first1=Carlos |title=La mano firme de Mario Salas: Ñublense empieza a desmantelar su plantel y se va criticado ex jugador de Colo Colo |url=https://www.encancha.cl/futbol-chileno/primera/2024/01/06/la-mano-firme-de-mario-salas-nublense-empieza-a-desmantelar-su-plantel-y-se-va-criticado-ex-jugador-de-colo-colo/ |access-date=6 January 2024 |work=En Cancha |date=6 January 2024 |language=es}}</ref>
In June 2024, Provoste joined Deportes Limache in the Primera B.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vera |first1=Pablo |title=Branco Provoste llega a la B |url=https://chile.as.com/futbol/branco-provoste-llega-a-la-b-n/ |access-date=14 June 2024 |work=Diario AS |date=14 June 2024 |language=es}}</ref> He was loaned out to Cobreloa for the second half of 2025.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Huerta |first1=Rodrigo |title=Cobreloa anuncia dos fichajes de Primera para buscar el ascenso |url=https://chile.as.com/futbol/cobreloa-anuncia-dos-fichajes-de-primera-para-buscar-el-ascenso-n/ |access-date=13 July 2025 |work=Diario AS |date=10 July 2025 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Echagüe |first1=Patricio |title=Crack de la cantera de Colo Colo busca desesperado club en Instagram |url=https://redgol.cl/colocolo/promesa-de-colo-colo-busca-club-en-instagram-para-el-2026 |access-date=18 December 2025 |work=RedGol |date=17 December 2025 |language=es}}</ref>
On 23 December 2025, Provoste joined Deportes Recoleta.<ref>{{cite news |title=Deportes Recoleta confirma el fichaje de un ex Colo Colo y Cobreloa |url=https://primerabchile.cl/__trashed-5/ |access-date=25 December 2025 |work=PrimeraBChile.cl |date=23 December 2025 |language=es}}</ref>
==International career== At early age, he represented Chile at under-15 level at the 2015 South American U-15 Championship<ref>{{cite web |title=¡Hay nómina! Chile Sub-15 ya tiene listo a los jugadores que disputarán el Sudamericano |url=http://futboljovenchile.cl/hay-nomina-chile-sub-15-ya-tiene-a-los-jugadores-que-disputaran-el-sudamericano/ |website=Fútbol Joven Chile |access-date=13 May 2021 |language=es |date=5 November 2015}}</ref> and Chile U17 at the 2015 South American U-17 Championship, at two friendly matches against USA U17, at the 2017 South American U-17 Championship – Chile was the runner-up – and at the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup. Also, he played all the matches for Chile U17 at the friendly tournament Lafarge Foot Avenir 2017 in France, better known as Tournament Limoges, where Chile became champion after defeating Belgium U18<ref>{{cite web |title=Espectacular estreno de La Roja Sub 17 en el cuadrangular internacional de Limoges |url=https://www.anfp.cl/noticia/29190/espectacular-estreno-de-la-roja-sub-17-en-el-cuadrangular-internacional-de-limoges |publisher=ANFP |access-date=22 March 2021 |language=es |date=30 August 2017}}</ref> and Poland U18<ref>{{cite web |title=“Ganar fue un premio a lo que generó el equipo y al esfuerzo de esta selección” |url=https://www.anfp.cl/noticia/29201/ganar-fue-un-premio-a-lo-que-genero-el-equipo-y-al-esfuerzo-de-esta-seleccion |publisher=ANFP |access-date=22 March 2021 |language=es |date=1 September 2017}}</ref> and drawing France U18.<ref name=limoges>{{cite web |title=La Roja Sub 17, un campeón a máxima velocidad en Francia |url=https://anfp.cl/noticia/29222/la-roja-sub-17-un-campeon-a-maxima-velocidad-en-francia |publisher=ANFP |access-date=22 March 2021 |language=es |date=3 September 2017}}</ref>
==Personal life== Provoste is married to the Chilean former footballer {{ill|lt=Fernanda Contreras|Fernanda Contreras (footballer)|es|Fernanda Contreras}}.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sánchez |first1=Francisco |title=Jugó en Colo Colo, tuvo un exitoso paso por la TV chilena y así luce hoy su embarazo en redes |url=https://chile.as.com/tikitakas/jugo-en-colo-colo-tuvo-un-exitoso-paso-por-la-tv-chilena-y-asi-luce-hoy-su-embarazo-en-redes-f202512-n/ |website=Diario AS |access-date=23 December 2025 |language=es |date=23 December 2025}}</ref>
==Career statistics==
{{updated|matches played on 12 December 2020.}}<ref name="Soccerway Profile"/>
{| class="wikitable" Style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan="2"|Club!!rowspan="2"|Season!!colspan="3"|League!!colspan="2"|Cup!!colspan="2"|Continental!!colspan="2"|Other!!colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="6"|Colo-Colo||2016–17||rowspan="5"|Primera División||4||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||5||0 |- |2017–T||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |2018||3||0||1||0||0||0||1<ref group="lower-alpha" name="SCCH">Appearances in the Supercopa de Chile</ref>||0||5||0 |- |2019||5||0||7||0||0||0||0||0||12||0 |- |2020||12||0||colspan="2"|—||1<ref group="lower-alpha" name="CL">Appearances in the Copa Libertadores</ref>||0||0||0||13||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total!!24!!0!!9<ref group="lower-alpha" name="CCH">Appearances in the Copa Chile</ref>!!0!!1!!0!!1!!0!!35!!0 |- |Ñublense||2021||Primera División||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||0||0 |- !colspan="3"|Total career!!24!!0!!9!!0!!1!!0!!1!!0!!35!!0 |- |} ;Notes {{Reflist|group=lower-alpha}}
==Honours== ;Colo-Colo * Primera División (1): 2017–T * Copa Chile (2): 2016, 2017 * Supercopa de Chile (2): 2017, 2018
;Chile U17 *[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/limoges-u18-07.html Tournoi de Limoges]: [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/limoges-u18-07.html 2017]<ref name=limoges/>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Soccerway|branco-antonio-provoste-ovalle/398954}}
{{Deportes Recoleta squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Provoste, Branco}} Category:2000 births Category:Living people Category:People from Santiago Province, Chile Category:Footballers from Santiago, Chile Category:Chilean men's footballers Category:21st-century Chilean sportsmen Category:Chile men's youth international footballers Category:Chilean Primera División players Category:Primera B de Chile players Category:Colo-Colo footballers Category:Ñublense footballers Category:Deportes Limache footballers Category:C.D. Cobreloa footballers Category:Deportes Recoleta footballers Category:Men's association football midfielders