Born in San Ramón, Santiago de Chile, Canales is a product of the Audax Italiano youth system and made his professional debut against Cobresal on 25 January 2020.

In 2023, he joined on loan to Magallanes, then the champions of the Primera B and recent promoted club to the top division.

[10] Canales has taken part of training microcycles of the Chile under-23 team with the coach Eduardo Berizzo.

[11][12] He was included in the final squad for the 2023 Pan American Games,[13] where Chile won the silver medal.

[14] At senior level, he received his first call up for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Colombia in September 2023, alongside his teammate Julián Alfaro.