Valdes, who has played in Italy for a decade, has never played under Bielsa,
who has been in charge of Chile since 2007. Valdes last played for his country in 2006.
Flamengo midfielder Claudio Maldonado was left out having come back in March from a knee injury he suffered playing for Chile against Slovakia in November.
Universidad de Chile midfielder Marco Estrada was included despite not playing much for his club side having not fully recovered from a leg injury.
Bielsa, whose team meet Mexico in a warm-up at the Azteca in Mexico City on Sunday, must trim his World Cup squad to 23 by June 1 for the finals starting on June 11 in South Africa where Chile face favourites Spain, Switzerland and Honduras in Group H.
Chile squad
Goalkeepers: Claudio Bravo (Real Sociedad), Miguel Pinto (Universidad
de Chile), Luis Marin (Union Espanola).
Defenders: Waldo Ponce (Universidad Catolica), Gonzalo Jara (West
Bromwich Albion), Gary Medel (Boca Juniors), Mauricio Isla (Udinese), Arturo
Vidal (Bayer Leverkusen), Pablo Contreras (PAOK Salonica), Ismael Fuentes
(Universidad Catolica), Roberto Cereceda (Colo Colo).
Midfielders: Marco Estrada (Universidad de Chile), Carlos Carmona
(Reggina), Rodrigo Millar (Colo Colo), Jorge Valdivia (Al Ain), Matias
Fernandez (Sporting Lisbon), Jean Beausejour (America, México), Pedro
Morales (Dynamo Zagreb), Jose Pedro Fuenzalida (Colo Colo), Gonzalo Fierro
(Flamengo), Charles Aranguiz (Colo Colo), Manuel Iturra (Universidad de
Chile), Rodrigo Tello (Besiktas).
Forwards: Humberto Suazo (Real Zaragoza), Alexis Sanchez (Udinese),
Mark Gonzalez (CSKA), Fabian Orellana (Xerez), Hector Mancilla (Toluca),
Esteban Paredes (Colo Colo), Jaime Valdes (Atalanta).
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