 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Akazvarwa muSantiago, Escalona akabatana neColo-Colo muna 1995, kwaakapedza kukura kwevechidiki. Akaita kutanga kwake kwehunyanzvi muna 1997, mukuonekwa kumwe chete, kuhwina rukudzo rwake rwekutanga, 1997 Torneo Clausura. Mwaka wakatevera, akatamba mitambo gumi nematanhatu aine chinangwa chimwe, achiwedzera imwe zita religi. Akatanga 1999 paColo-Colo, asi mushure mekugamuchira kurumbidzwa mu1999 South American U-20 Championship, akatamira kuTorino. MuItaly, akakundikana kudzokorora zvaakaita, uye akatamba mitambo mitatu chete ndokuona chikwata chichidzikira. 