Colo-Colo
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Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo is a Chile
an football club based in the commune of Macul
, Santiago
. It competes in the Primera División, the top-flight football league in the country, from which they have never been relegated. Their home ground is the Estadio Monumental David Arellano
.
Colo-Colo is the most successful team in Chile. They have won a record 29 Primera División titles and 10 Copa Chile
. Internationally, they are also the most successful Chilean team having won the Copa Libertadores (1991), the Recopa Sudamericana
(1992
), and the Copa Interamericana
(1992
). Colo-Colo was ranked among the top 30 football clubs by the IFFHS in the 2007 All-Time Club World Ranking. In 2009, IFFHS rated Colo-Colo as Chile's top club of the 20th century and one of the top twenty in South America.
Colo-Colo was founded in 1925 by breakaway players of Magallanes
led by David Arellano
. They currently stand as being the most supported club in the country and have been managed by Blanco y Negro S.A.
since 2005. They have a fierce rivalry
with Universidad de Chile as both are the two most supported and successful clubs in the country.
At the beginning of 1925, Magallanes
football club was suffering from an internal institutional crisis, stemming from problems between administrators and a few of the players who wanted to turn the club into a professional entity. A breakdown in negotiations provoked a few of the younger players to resign from the team after encountering opposition from the club's directors, established players, and fans.
After a series of reunions the former club Magallanes players led by David Arellano
decided to establish their new club creating Colo-Colo on April 19, 1925. Colo-Colo was named after a Chilean Mapuche
chief
. The individuals involved included, the Arellano brothers, David and Francisco; Juan Quiñones (who designed the team uniform and colors); Luis Contreras (who came up with the name); Rubén and Nicolás Arroyo; Clemente Acuña; Guillermo Garcés; Rubén Sepúlveda; Eduardo Stavelton; and Luis Mancilla.
The club was victorious upon winning the (Primera División de la Liga Metropolitana) through an unbeaten fashion. This was also the first tournament that Colo-Colo entered and successfully completed. The year 1927 had Colo-Colo as being the first Chilean club team to go on tour across Europe to participate in a round of friendly games. Tragedy struck on the tour when on May 2, 1927, in an exhibition match against Real Valladolid
of Spain team captain and founder David Arellano was critically injured after suffering a collision with an opposing player that caused Peritonitis
. The inflammation would lead to his death the next day. Despite the huge loss, the club carried on and won the (Primera División de la Liga Central de Football) championships the following three years in 1928, 1929, and 1930.
During the years 1931–32 the club experienced their first institutional crisis when the directors wanted to invest a large amount of money in newer players. The new acquisitions did not render the team any positive results, therefore creating a decrease in salaries throughout the rest of the squad.
On December 8, 1932 Colo-Colo returned to play another championship final against Santiago based club Audax Italiano. As Colo-Colo was winning 2–1, a platform in the Audax Italiano stadium collapsed as fans were trying to rush the field of play. The match was canceled and the champion for that year remained vacant. The tragedy resulted in 130 injuries and 3 deaths.
In the early 30s many of the Santiago based clubs in Chile along with Colo-Colo decided to create a professional football league within the country. The league was established in 1933. At the end of the inaugural league both Colo-Colo and Magallanes were tied on points. A decisive final between both clubs were held where Magallanes went on to win 2–1.
Colo-Colo were not able to earn their first national title until 1937. The club did so by winning it that year unbeaten. Colo-Colo won their second national title under the direction of manager Franz Platko
. Chilean player Alfonso Dominguez contributed in the championship that year by scoring 20 goals in 24 matches.
In the 1940s while still under the management of Platko, the club obtained a new title in 1941. This was followed by the 1944 and 1947 championships. The latter title served as the basis for the South American Club Championship
of 1948 which was organized by Colo-Colo and held in Santiago, Chile
. The tournament served as a pre-cursor to the Copa Libertadores.
During the 1950s, under the club presidency of Antonio Laban, the services of Chilean striker Jorge Robledo of Newcastle United were obtained. His performances contributed in Colo-Colo winning the national championships of 1953 and 1956. The latter was the same year in which 28 hectares of territory was acquired by Colo-Colo in the commune of Macul, initiating the construction of the future Estadio Monumental.
The following decade began with the obtainment of the 1960 and 1963 national championships. The 1963 championship was historical in that two records were broken. The first was for the most maximum number of goals scored by a club in a season (103), and the second for the maximum number of goals ever scored in a single season (Luis Alvarez with 37 goals). This year also marked the breaking of tradition of only playing with Chileans since 1944, with the signing of Argentine Walter Jimenez. Until the end of the decade, Colo-Colo were only able to realize irregular national campaigns, which were dominated by both Universidad de Chile and Universidad Católica
. The drought ended when Colo-Colo won the 1970 national championship, the club's tenth title.
In 1972 under the technical direction of Luis Alamos
, and with focal players Francisco Valdés
and Carlos Caszely
, Colo-Colo again won the championship. This championship winning team built the foundation of (Colo-Colo '73), the first team from Chile to compete in a Copa Libertadores final, losing to Independiente
of Argentina. Soon after, the club entered a sporting and institutional crisis which was solved at least in the sporting aspect with the obtainment of the 1979 national championship.
The decade of the 80s had Colo-Colo winning national titles in 1981 and 1983 under the technical leadership of Pedro Garcia. The championship titles of 1986 and 1989 were under the managerial guidance of Arturo Salah
. In this decade Colo-Colo won the Copa Chile on four occasions. Despite the national achievements the club was in debt to their fans for not faring well on the international tournament level. Colo-Colo displayed important victories such as defeating São Paulo away, but were only able to once surpass the group stage of the Copa Libertadores in 1988. At the end of the decade on September, 30 1989, the Estadio Monumental David Arellano
was inaugurated.
The 90s went down in club history as being the decade in which Colo-Colo would obtain the most titles including the first ones achieved on an international level. In the middle of 1990 the club would contract the services of Mirko Jozic
with whom the team won its first tri-campeonato, Copa Libertadores, Recopa, and Copa Interamericana. After the departure of Jozić, Colo-Colo suffered some years of instability caused by the dispute over the presidency between the factions led by Peter Dragicevic and Eduardo Menichetti and ended with the election of the former and a slow growing debt. These problems were swept under the rug in 1995 with the arrival of Paraguayan coach Gustavo Benitez
who led Colo-Colo to win titles in 1996, 1997, and 1998.
The dawn of the new millennium brought a dark period for Colo-Colo, who were officially declared bankrupt in January 2002, though the institution managed to keep its doors open. This status was eventually rescinded in early 2006, around the time of Claudio Borghi
's appointment as coach. And in a run that begun under the Argentinian strategist and featured players of the calibre of Matias Fernandez
, Jorge Valdivia
, Alexis Sanchez
, Arturo Vidal
, and Humberto Suazo
, El Cacique won five of the next six short-tournament titles (Apertura and Clausura) culminating in the 2008 Clausura crown.
. The first leg, played in Asunción, Paraguay ended in a 0–0 draw. In the second leg Colo-Colo pulled out a 3–0 win, with two goals scored by Luis Pérez who did not have a starting role prior to the game and one by Leonel Herrera who came in as a substitute.
cacique, Colo-Colo
, is a historic symbol of heroic courage, bravery, and wisdom who fought, never surrendered, and never lost to the Spaniards during the Arauco War
. The team colors (white and black) portray the philosophy of the founders: "The white shirt stands as a symbol of purity in principles and intentions and the black of the shorts represents the determination to always fight for victory." The black bar above the badge symbolizes the early death of David Arellano who is remembered for having founded one of the most important teams in Chile.
Several public opinion surveys conducted throughout Chile identify Colo-Colo as the most popular football club in the country. A 1999 survey made by Future Foundation ranked Colo-Colo first with 45.6% of the preference. In a 2008 report commissioned by the National Association of Professional Football (ANFP), among 1,010 people in the 6 most populated urban areas within Chile, 44.7% of the respondents questioned chose Colo-Colo as their primary team.
The diehard fans, "Ultras", "Hinchada" or "Barra", are known as the Garra Blanca
(literally "white claw", but "garra" in Spanish also means "fuerza", so the correct translation is "white force"). They are the largest organized group of football fans in Chile. Garra Blanca is known to follow the team and support it in every city and stadium where Colo-Colo plays. Also the "Garra Blanca" is the oldest "barra brava" of the country, it was founded in 1985.
Rescued Chilean miner Omar Reygadas, 56, displayed the flag of Colo-colo as he was being wheeled on a gurney into the medical triage area moments after leaving the rescue capsule.
Colo-Colo managed to reverse this trend over the next 21 years, 50 First Division games are recorded between 1970 and 1991, with 26 wins for Colo-Colo, 15 draws and only 9 wins for Universidad de Chile.
Both top clubs have met 167 times with 73 wins for Colo-Colo, 49 draws, and 45 wins for Universidad de Chile. Internationally they have only met twice, with a triumph for Colo-Colo and a draw. Besides having the advantage historically, Colo-Colo are also victorious in obtaining the largest margin of victory between the two by winning 6-0 on August 7, 1938.
To solve the problems of the Corporation, they appointed a committee to reorganize the institution, this being chaired by Fernando Larraín Mancheño. However, at the end of this administration was elected as President Ricardo Cortés Monroy, prompting a strong rejection of the players the first team, who even threatened mass resignations to the club. Later, at the general meeting of January 21 of 1932, some partners said tainted the election of Monroe, designating an interim council to administer the club led by Charles Haupt. However, Fernando Larraín, who in legal terms was still president of the Corporation, requested the intervention of Santiago Football Association (SFA), which took place on January 22 of 1932.
During the two decades after the club had a number of problems, both financial and institutional, noting the resignation of part of the leadership of Alvarez Robinson 1947, who at the time of resignation stated that the club was on the verge of bankruptcy, and as the bribery case which ended with the expulsion of the Central Football Association (JFA) leader Luis Orellana in 1951. Even so, thanks to the efforts of Pedro Foncea and later by Antonio Laban, the club continued its institutional strengthening, expanding their sports activities with the establishment of branches of basketball and skating. It also provided medical and dental services for members, plus a library and several methods of entertainment.
After the departure from Laban in 1962, returned to cause problems within the institution, making the situation untenable to 1968, the year in which members and leaders were divided into two groups, adherents and opponents of then- President Guillermo Herrera. This situation desenvocó in unpaid wages and a strike by players. Finally, the ACF (ANFP since 1987) the Corporation intervened February 8 of 1968.
After renegotiating the debt in late 1969, the club's management was returned to members Héctor Gálvez assuming the presidency, a position he held until 1976. That year, the election for president of the club faced with Antonio Laban Héctor Gálvez, former club president who had the support of the president of the National Association of Public Employees (ANEF) Tucapel Jiménez, known opponent of military dictatorship. In this situation, the state agency sports DIGEDER decided to refuse permission for conduct of elections. On April 2 of 1976 Policy Colo-Colo was formally dismissed by the government, handing the administration of the economic group BHC Corporation. To justify the intervention was argued that there were irregularities at the club for an amount close to U.S. $ 300,000 of the time. However, the failure of the project that sought to make football clubs corporations, coupled with the debt that was dragging the club for the construction of structural works for the Monumental Stadium, led to BHC, who had been one of the initiators of aforementioned project, leave administration, leaving the club mired in serious economic problems. Finally, on January 31 the Central Football Association intervened again to the Corporation. During the first half of the year 1980, the debts he contracted the club generated a severe crisis, which was solved in part through financial assistance from the State Bank and a contract with National Television of Chile for the rights to broadcast matches.
After little more than a decade of relative calm, time in which he highlighted the increase of the club in the late nineties New economic problems, caused mainly by the inability of the club to keep the big income received in early the decade, and the huge spending on players and coaches. Finally, the Corporación Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo was declared bankrupt on January 23 of 2002, with debts of close to $ 22.000.000.000 (about U.S. $ 30,000,000), 62 assuming a club management trustee in bankruptcy. During this process, the institution suffered the sale of much of its heritage, including the clubhouse and the Teatro Monumental, which went to auction, and the elimination of non-professional branches and research institute for players the club.
After various initiatives, among which was the sale of all assets of the club, including the Estadio Monumental, and their transformation into joint-stock company (project called "White Rebirth"), it was decided to deliver the club's management concession the company Black & White SA, for a period of 30 years, the grant being approved by the creditors' meeting on March 29 of 2005.
Finally, the June 24 contract closed between the Corporación Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo and Blanco y Negro S.A., from the latter to manage all assets of the club and began operations on July 1 of 2008. Since then, the partners have ceased direct involvement in management decisions of the club, only to receive benefits in economic terms, as the reduction in ticket prices. Moreover, the loss of much of the premises of the club for bankruptcy, make this not have facilities for the corporate mass. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is noteworthy that the Corporation continues to exist as such and keeps the right to elect two members of the board of Blanco y Negro.
Since March 2011, the office of President of Blanco y Negro S.A. is exercised by Hernan Levy, who replaced William Mackenna.
, is located in Macul
, Santiago
and has a 45,953 capacity. Colo-Colo inaugurated the stadium on September 30, 1989 with a match against Peñarol
. The home team went on to win by a final score of 2–1.
Inaugurated in June 2009, The Colo-Colo museum houses the national championship trophies won by the club, the replica of the Copa Libertadores achieved in 1991, the shirts worn by the club, and a model of the stadium. The museum also features special sections dedicated to events such as when Colo-Colo went unbeaten in 1937 and 1941, the Colo-Colo of 1973, the three peat winning championship team between 1989 and 1991, and the 4 time in a row winning championship teams between 2006 and 2007.
Local
National
International
: 28 (1974) Carlos Caszely
: 20 (1979), 26 (1980), 20 (1981) Rubén Martínez
: 22 (1990), 23 (1991) Anibal González
: 24 (1992) Héctor Tapia
: 24 (2001) Sebastián González
: 18 (2002 Apertura) Manuel Neira: 14 (2002 Clausura) Gonzalo Fierro
: 13 (2005 Clausura) Humberto Suazo
: 19 (2006 Apertura) Humberto Suazo
: 18 (2007 Apertura)
Paraguay Lucas Barrios
: 19 (2008 Apertura) Paraguay Lucas Barrios
: 18 (2008 Clausura)
: 9 (1973 Copa Libertadores) Humberto Suazo
: 10 (2006 Copa Sudamericana) Matías Fernández
: 9 (2006 Copa Sudamericana)
: 35 (2006) Paraguay Lucas Barrios
: 37 (2008)
(1993) Matías Fernández
(2006) Humberto Suazo
(2006)
(1992, 2000) Claudio Borghi
(1992) Sebastián Cejas
(2006–07) Ricardo Dabrowski
(1987–92) Marcelo Espina
(1995–98, 2001–04) René Houseman
(1982) Marco Etcheverry
(1994) Emerson Pereira
(1995–98, 2000) Severino Vasconcelos
(1978–83) Miguel Aceval
(2001–06, 2007) Sergio Ahumada
(1970–74) Luis Hernán Álvarez (1958–65) David Arellano
(1925–27) Francisco Arrué
(1994–99) Fernando Astengo
(1986)
Argentina Marcelo Barticciotto
(1988–92, 1996–02) Ivo Basay
(1995–99) Claudio Bravo
(2002–06) Víctor "Pititore" Cabrera (1985) Carlos Caszely
(1967–73, 1978–83, 1985–86) Roberto Cereceda
(2007–10) Jorge Contreras
(1993–94) Pablo Contreras
(1996–99) Nicolás Córdova
(1997–00) Humberto Cruz
(1963–71) Mauricio Donoso
(2003–05) Misael Escuti
(1946–64) Jorge Espinoza
(1972–79) Rubén Espinoza (1989–91) Fabián Estay (1995–96) Matías Fernández
(2004–06) Gonzalo Fierro
(2002–08) Elías Figueroa
(1982) Luis Pedro Figueroa
(2008-09) José Pedro Fuenzalida
(2010-) Mario Galindo
(1971–75, 1977–82) Miguel Ángel Gamboa
(1974) Lizardo Garrido
(1982) Aníbal González
(1992, 1994) Rafael González
(1969–?) Sebastián González
(1998–02, 2009) Roberto Gutiérrez
(2011-) David Henríquez
(1995–02, 2003–04, 2005–07) Leonel Herrera Rojas
(1967–74, 1979–86) Leonel Herrera Silva
(1989, 1991, 1993, 1995)
Alejandro Hisis (1982–85, 1992) Francisco Huaiquipán
(2002, 2004) Gonzalo Jara
(2007–09) José Luis Jerez
(2006-07) Braulio Leal
(2000–04, 2005–06) Sergio Livingstone
(1957) Eduardo Lobos
(2000–03) Frank Lobos (1998–99, 2006) Jaime Lopresti
(2000–02) Claudio Maldonado (1998–99) Rodolfo Madrid
(2002-05) Héctor Mancilla
(2006) Javier Margas (1990–95, 1996) Rubén Martínez
(1990–92) Rodrigo Meléndez
(2006–2010) Luis Mena
(1996–) Gabriel Mendoza (1991–96, 2001) Sergio Messen (1971–74) Rodrigo Millar
(2007–) Cristián Montecinos
(1999) Argentina Daniel Morón
(1989–95) Carlos Muñoz
(2011-) Manuel Muñoz (1949–58) Raúl Muñoz
(1997–02) Adolfo Nef
(1973–80) Manuel Neira (1994–95, 1997–99, 2002–04) Alvaro Ormeño
(2005–06, 2011-) Raúl Ormeño
(1975–91) Mario Osbén
(1980–85) Esteban Paredes
(2009–) Simón Parra (1966–76) Jaime Pizarro
(1983–93) Francisco Prieto
(2009-) Luis Ignacio Quinteros
(1996–03) Marcelo Ramírez
(1984–89, 1991–01) Miguel Ramírez
(1990–95, 2004–05) Carlos Reinoso
(1970) Pedro Reyes
(1993–98) Boris Rieloff
(2011-) Miguel Riffo
(2000–2010) Carlos Rivas
(1978–82) Jorge (George) Robledo (1953–58) Ted Robledo
(1953–55) Francisco Rojas
(1994–96, 1997–00) Ricardo Rojas
(2008)
Roberto Rojas
(1983–87) Sebastián Rozental
(2001–02) Diego Rubio
(2011) Eduardo Rubio
(2007–08) Hugo Eduardo Rubio
(1986–87, 1991–94, 1995–96) Mario Salgado
(2011-) Alexis Sánchez
(2006–07) Leonel Sánchez
(1969–70) Arturo Sanhueza
(2005–10) José Luis Sierra
(1996–98, 1999–01) Humberto Suazo
(2006–07) Guillermo Subiabre
(1927–34) Héctor Tapia
(1994–98, 2001, 2005) Jorge Toro
(1959–62) Sebastián Toro
(2009-) Juan Pablo Úbeda
(2003–04) Francisco Valdés
(1961–69, 1972–75) Jorge Valdivia
(2003–06) Dion Valle
(1993–95) Marcelo Vega
(1993–95) Jaime Vera
(1983–88) Fernando Vergara
(1994–2000) Arturo Vidal
(2006–07) Eduardo Vilches
(1989–94) Moisés Villarroel
(2003–08) Marco Villaseca
(1997-2001, 2003) Oscar Wirth (1979–80) Patricio Yáñez
(1991–95) Richard Zambrano
(1997–98) Iván Zamorano
(2003) Andrés González
(2006) Giovanni Hernández (2007) Macnelly Torres
(2008–10) Eduardo Hurtado
(1993) Celso Ayala (2006) Argentina Lucas Barrios
(2008–09) Domingo Salcedo
(2008–10, 2011) Daniel Sanabria
(2005) Claudio Arbiza
(1996–00) Luis Barbat
(1994–96) Gustavo Biscayzacú
(2007–08) Juan Guillermo Castillo (2011–) Leonardo Ramos
(2003) Andrés Scotti
(2010–) José Manuel Rey (2009)
Ernesto Blake (1937–39) Robinson Álvarez (1939–42) Tomás Olivo (1942-43) Robinson Alvarez (1943–49) Hugo Larraín (1949–51) Pedro Foncea (1951–53) Antonio Labán (1953–62) Jovino Novoa Vidal (1962–64) Guillermo Herrera (1964–68) Guillermo Ferrer (1968–69) Héctor Gálvez (1969–76) Javier Vial (1976–78) Luis Alberto Simián (1978–79)
Miguel Balbi (1979–79) Alejandro Ascuí (1980–84) Patricio Vildósola (1984) Naín Rostión (1985) Peter Dragicevic (1986–91) Eduardo Menichetti (1991–94) Peter Dragicevic (1994–02) Juan Carlos Saffie (síndico de quiebra) (2002–03) Francisco Goñi (síndico de quiebra) (2003–04) Patricio Jamarne (síndico de quiebra) (2004–05) Cristián Varela (2005–07) Gabriel Ruiz-Tagle (2007–10) Guillermo Mackenna (2010–11) Hernán Levy (2011–incumbent)
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
an football club based in the commune of Macul
Macul
Macul is a commune of Chile located in the central-eastern part of Greater Santiago, bordered by the communes of Ñuñoa to the north, San Joaquín to the west, Peñalolén to the east and La Florida to the south....
, Santiago
Santiago, Chile
Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...
. It competes in the Primera División, the top-flight football league in the country, from which they have never been relegated. Their home ground is the Estadio Monumental David Arellano
Estadio Monumental David Arellano
Estadio Monumental is a football stadium in Santiago, Chile. Completed in 1989, the stadium has a current spectator capacity of 45,000. Originally, the stadium could hold up to 65,000 spectators but that was dramatically reduced for security reasons...
.
Colo-Colo is the most successful team in Chile. They have won a record 29 Primera División titles and 10 Copa Chile
Copa Chile
The Copa Chile is an annual cup competition for Chilean football teams. Due to time constraints and club pressure, the trophy was cancelled in 2000, but returned in 2008...
. Internationally, they are also the most successful Chilean team having won the Copa Libertadores (1991), the Recopa Sudamericana
Recopa Sudamericana
The Recopa Sudamericana is an annual football match-up between the reigning champions of the previous year's Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana, South America's premier club competitions....
(1992
1992 Recopa Sudamericana
The 1992 Recopa Sudamericana was the 4th Recopa Sudamericana, an annual football match between the winners of the previous season's Copa Libertadores and Supercopa Sudamericana competitions....
), and the Copa Interamericana
Copa Interamericana
Copa Interamericana was a football trophy contested between the champions of CONMEBOL's Copa Libertadores de América and the winners of CONCACAF's Champions' Cup...
(1992
1992 Copa Interamericana
The 1992 Copa Interamericana was played in two matches between Colo-Colo of Chile and Puebla FC of Mexico . Colo-Colo was the champion....
). Colo-Colo was ranked among the top 30 football clubs by the IFFHS in the 2007 All-Time Club World Ranking. In 2009, IFFHS rated Colo-Colo as Chile's top club of the 20th century and one of the top twenty in South America.
Colo-Colo was founded in 1925 by breakaway players of Magallanes
Club Deportivo Magallanes
Deportes Magallanes are a Chilean Football club based in Maipu, Santiago. They currently play at the second level of Chilean football, the Primera B....
led by David Arellano
David Arellano
David Alfonso Arellano Moraga was a Chilean footballer. He is credited as a founding member of the Colo Colo football club.- Career :...
. They currently stand as being the most supported club in the country and have been managed by Blanco y Negro S.A.
Joint stock company
A joint-stock company is a type of corporation or partnership involving two or more individuals that own shares of stock in the company...
since 2005. They have a fierce rivalry
Chilean football derby
The Chilean Football Derby is the most important rivalry in Chilean football. It is contested between Colo-Colo and Universidad de Chile....
with Universidad de Chile as both are the two most supported and successful clubs in the country.
Foundation and amateur era (1925–1932)
Club Deportivo Magallanes
Deportes Magallanes are a Chilean Football club based in Maipu, Santiago. They currently play at the second level of Chilean football, the Primera B....
football club was suffering from an internal institutional crisis, stemming from problems between administrators and a few of the players who wanted to turn the club into a professional entity. A breakdown in negotiations provoked a few of the younger players to resign from the team after encountering opposition from the club's directors, established players, and fans.
After a series of reunions the former club Magallanes players led by David Arellano
David Arellano
David Alfonso Arellano Moraga was a Chilean footballer. He is credited as a founding member of the Colo Colo football club.- Career :...
decided to establish their new club creating Colo-Colo on April 19, 1925. Colo-Colo was named after a Chilean Mapuche
Mapuche
The Mapuche are a group of indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina. They constitute a wide-ranging ethnicity composed of various groups who shared a common social, religious and economic structure, as well as a common linguistic heritage. Their influence extended...
chief
Colocolo (tribal chief)
Colocolo was a Mapuche leader in the early period of the Arauco War. He was a major figure in Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga's epic poem La Araucana, about the early Arauco War. In the poem he was the one that proposed the contest between the rival candidates for Toqui that resulted in the choice of...
. The individuals involved included, the Arellano brothers, David and Francisco; Juan Quiñones (who designed the team uniform and colors); Luis Contreras (who came up with the name); Rubén and Nicolás Arroyo; Clemente Acuña; Guillermo Garcés; Rubén Sepúlveda; Eduardo Stavelton; and Luis Mancilla.
The club was victorious upon winning the (Primera División de la Liga Metropolitana) through an unbeaten fashion. This was also the first tournament that Colo-Colo entered and successfully completed. The year 1927 had Colo-Colo as being the first Chilean club team to go on tour across Europe to participate in a round of friendly games. Tragedy struck on the tour when on May 2, 1927, in an exhibition match against Real Valladolid
Real Valladolid
Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Valladolid, in the autonomous community of Castile and León, from where the nickname Pucela is derived....
of Spain team captain and founder David Arellano was critically injured after suffering a collision with an opposing player that caused Peritonitis
Peritonitis
Peritonitis is an inflammation of the peritoneum, the serous membrane that lines part of the abdominal cavity and viscera. Peritonitis may be localised or generalised, and may result from infection or from a non-infectious process.-Abdominal pain and tenderness:The main manifestations of...
. The inflammation would lead to his death the next day. Despite the huge loss, the club carried on and won the (Primera División de la Liga Central de Football) championships the following three years in 1928, 1929, and 1930.
During the years 1931–32 the club experienced their first institutional crisis when the directors wanted to invest a large amount of money in newer players. The new acquisitions did not render the team any positive results, therefore creating a decrease in salaries throughout the rest of the squad.
On December 8, 1932 Colo-Colo returned to play another championship final against Santiago based club Audax Italiano. As Colo-Colo was winning 2–1, a platform in the Audax Italiano stadium collapsed as fans were trying to rush the field of play. The match was canceled and the champion for that year remained vacant. The tragedy resulted in 130 injuries and 3 deaths.
Professional era
Colo-Colo were not able to earn their first national title until 1937. The club did so by winning it that year unbeaten. Colo-Colo won their second national title under the direction of manager Franz Platko
Franz Platko
Ferenc Plattkó also known Franz Platko Kopiletz, Francisco Platko , also known as Ferenc Platko or Francisco Platko, was a Hungarian footballer and manager...
. Chilean player Alfonso Dominguez contributed in the championship that year by scoring 20 goals in 24 matches.
In the 1940s while still under the management of Platko, the club obtained a new title in 1941. This was followed by the 1944 and 1947 championships. The latter title served as the basis for the South American Club Championship
South American Club Championship (football)
The South American Championship of Champions was a football competition played in 1948 and the first continental-wide tournament in the history of the sport. It was played between February 11 and March 17. Vasco da Gama won the competition after earning the most points in the round-robin tournament...
of 1948 which was organized by Colo-Colo and held in Santiago, Chile
Santiago, Chile
Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...
. The tournament served as a pre-cursor to the Copa Libertadores.
During the 1950s, under the club presidency of Antonio Laban, the services of Chilean striker Jorge Robledo of Newcastle United were obtained. His performances contributed in Colo-Colo winning the national championships of 1953 and 1956. The latter was the same year in which 28 hectares of territory was acquired by Colo-Colo in the commune of Macul, initiating the construction of the future Estadio Monumental.
The following decade began with the obtainment of the 1960 and 1963 national championships. The 1963 championship was historical in that two records were broken. The first was for the most maximum number of goals scored by a club in a season (103), and the second for the maximum number of goals ever scored in a single season (Luis Alvarez with 37 goals). This year also marked the breaking of tradition of only playing with Chileans since 1944, with the signing of Argentine Walter Jimenez. Until the end of the decade, Colo-Colo were only able to realize irregular national campaigns, which were dominated by both Universidad de Chile and Universidad Católica
Club Deportivo Universidad Católica
Club Deportivo Universidad Católica is a professional football club based in Santiago, Chile, which plays in the Primera División.Universidad Católica is one of the most successful and popular football clubs in Chile and considered one of the three "big teams"...
. The drought ended when Colo-Colo won the 1970 national championship, the club's tenth title.
In 1972 under the technical direction of Luis Alamos
Luis Alamos
Luis Pedro Alamos Morales was a football manager from Chile, who guided the national team at the 1966 and 1974 FIFA World Cup.-References:*...
, and with focal players Francisco Valdés
Francisco Valdés
Francisco Segundo Valdés Muñoz, , nicknamed Chamaco, was a Chilean footballer and manager. Recognized as one of Chile's most important midfielders, with 215 official goals, he is the top scorer in the history of Chilean league...
and Carlos Caszely
Carlos Caszely
Carlos Humberto Caszely Garrido is a former Chilean footballer, nicknamed "Rey del metro cuadrado" .Regarded as one of Chile's most important players, between 1969 and 1985, Caszely won 49 caps and scored 29 goals for the Chile national team, including participations in the 1974 and 1982 World...
, Colo-Colo again won the championship. This championship winning team built the foundation of (Colo-Colo '73), the first team from Chile to compete in a Copa Libertadores final, losing to Independiente
Club Atlético Independiente
Club Atlético Independiente is an Argentine athletic, sports and social club, which has its headquarters and stadium in the city of Avellaneda, Buenos Aires Province. The club is best known for its football team, that plays in the Argentine Primera División....
of Argentina. Soon after, the club entered a sporting and institutional crisis which was solved at least in the sporting aspect with the obtainment of the 1979 national championship.
The decade of the 80s had Colo-Colo winning national titles in 1981 and 1983 under the technical leadership of Pedro Garcia. The championship titles of 1986 and 1989 were under the managerial guidance of Arturo Salah
Arturo Salah
Arturo Salah Cassani is a Chilean former football player, who currently is an unemployed manager. He is of Palestinian background. Lastly he managed the Universidad de Chile. As a player, Salah played for Audax, Universidad Católica, Universidad de Chile and Palestino.-Manager career:He began his...
. In this decade Colo-Colo won the Copa Chile on four occasions. Despite the national achievements the club was in debt to their fans for not faring well on the international tournament level. Colo-Colo displayed important victories such as defeating São Paulo away, but were only able to once surpass the group stage of the Copa Libertadores in 1988. At the end of the decade on September, 30 1989, the Estadio Monumental David Arellano
Estadio Monumental David Arellano
Estadio Monumental is a football stadium in Santiago, Chile. Completed in 1989, the stadium has a current spectator capacity of 45,000. Originally, the stadium could hold up to 65,000 spectators but that was dramatically reduced for security reasons...
was inaugurated.
The 90s went down in club history as being the decade in which Colo-Colo would obtain the most titles including the first ones achieved on an international level. In the middle of 1990 the club would contract the services of Mirko Jozic
Mirko Jozic
Mirko Jozić is a retired Croatian football player and currently an active football manager.As a coach, he won the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship in Chile, with the Yugoslavia U-20 national team composed of names such as Robert Prosinečki, Zvonimir Boban and Davor Šuker.He coached Chilean club...
with whom the team won its first tri-campeonato, Copa Libertadores, Recopa, and Copa Interamericana. After the departure of Jozić, Colo-Colo suffered some years of instability caused by the dispute over the presidency between the factions led by Peter Dragicevic and Eduardo Menichetti and ended with the election of the former and a slow growing debt. These problems were swept under the rug in 1995 with the arrival of Paraguayan coach Gustavo Benitez
Gustavo Benítez
Gustavo Benítez is a retired Paraguayan football defender. He currently works as a coach.-Career:...
who led Colo-Colo to win titles in 1996, 1997, and 1998.
The dawn of the new millennium brought a dark period for Colo-Colo, who were officially declared bankrupt in January 2002, though the institution managed to keep its doors open. This status was eventually rescinded in early 2006, around the time of Claudio Borghi
Claudio Borghi
Claudio Daniel Borghi Bidos, , nicknamed Bichi, is an Argentine former footballer and current football manager of Chile.-Club:Borghi started his career as an Attacking midfielder for Argentinos Juniors in the early 1980s...
's appointment as coach. And in a run that begun under the Argentinian strategist and featured players of the calibre of Matias Fernandez
Matías Fernández
Matías Ariel Fernández Fernández is a Chilean footballer who plays for Sporting Clube de Portugal in Portugal.An attacking midfielder with playmaking and dribbling skills, also being a free-kick specialist, he is known by several nicknames: Mati, El Pelusa and Matigol.Fernández was elected South...
, Jorge Valdivia
Jorge Valdivia
Jorge Luis Valdivia Toro is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for the Brazilian Série A club Palmeiras and the Chilean national team....
, Alexis Sanchez
Alexis Sánchez
Alexis Alejandro Sánchez Sánchez , is a Chilean footballer who plays as a forward for FC Barcelona and for the Chilean national team. He is well known for his excellent dribbling ability, great speed and his unusual strength for a fast winger....
, Arturo Vidal
Arturo Vidal
Arturo Erasmo Vidal Pardo is a Chilean footballer who plays as defensive midfielder for Juventus and Chile. Although usually deployed as a defensive midfielder, Vidal is a versatile box-to-box midfielder capable of playing in a more attacking role as well.- Early life :Vidal was born in San...
, and Humberto Suazo
Humberto Suazo
Humberto Andrés Suazo Pontivo , nicknamed Chupete, is a Chilean football player, who currently plays as a striker in Monterrey. In 2006 he was awarded by IFFHS as the world's top goal scorer of the year....
, El Cacique won five of the next six short-tournament titles (Apertura and Clausura) culminating in the 2008 Clausura crown.
Copa Libertadores
Colo-Colo suffered defeat in the 1973 Copa Libertadores final and waited to crown themselves as Copa Libertadores champions 18 years later on June 5, 1991. Colo-Colo played the final against Olimpia AsunciónOlimpia Asunción
Club Olimpia is a Paraguayan sport club based in Asunción. It is best known for its professional football team which plays in the Paraguayan Primera División....
. The first leg, played in Asunción, Paraguay ended in a 0–0 draw. In the second leg Colo-Colo pulled out a 3–0 win, with two goals scored by Luis Pérez who did not have a starting role prior to the game and one by Leonel Herrera who came in as a substitute.
Crest and colours
The MapucheMapuche
The Mapuche are a group of indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina. They constitute a wide-ranging ethnicity composed of various groups who shared a common social, religious and economic structure, as well as a common linguistic heritage. Their influence extended...
cacique, Colo-Colo
Colocolo (tribal chief)
Colocolo was a Mapuche leader in the early period of the Arauco War. He was a major figure in Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga's epic poem La Araucana, about the early Arauco War. In the poem he was the one that proposed the contest between the rival candidates for Toqui that resulted in the choice of...
, is a historic symbol of heroic courage, bravery, and wisdom who fought, never surrendered, and never lost to the Spaniards during the Arauco War
Arauco War
The Arauco War was a conflict between colonial Spaniards and the Mapuche people in what is now the Araucanía and Biobío regions of modern Chile...
. The team colors (white and black) portray the philosophy of the founders: "The white shirt stands as a symbol of purity in principles and intentions and the black of the shorts represents the determination to always fight for victory." The black bar above the badge symbolizes the early death of David Arellano who is remembered for having founded one of the most important teams in Chile.
Supporters
Several public opinion surveys conducted throughout Chile identify Colo-Colo as the most popular football club in the country. A 1999 survey made by Future Foundation ranked Colo-Colo first with 45.6% of the preference. In a 2008 report commissioned by the National Association of Professional Football (ANFP), among 1,010 people in the 6 most populated urban areas within Chile, 44.7% of the respondents questioned chose Colo-Colo as their primary team.
The diehard fans, "Ultras", "Hinchada" or "Barra", are known as the Garra Blanca
Garra Blanca
Garra Blanca is the title given to a Barra brava that was created in Chile by the supporters of Santiago based football club Colo-Colo...
(literally "white claw", but "garra" in Spanish also means "fuerza", so the correct translation is "white force"). They are the largest organized group of football fans in Chile. Garra Blanca is known to follow the team and support it in every city and stadium where Colo-Colo plays. Also the "Garra Blanca" is the oldest "barra brava" of the country, it was founded in 1985.
Rescued Chilean miner Omar Reygadas, 56, displayed the flag of Colo-colo as he was being wheeled on a gurney into the medical triage area moments after leaving the rescue capsule.
Rivals
Colo-Colo's traditional rival is Universidad de Chile, known in Chile as the Superclásico (Super Classic), Chile's most popular football derby. The first game between the two clubs occurred in 1935. The rivalry began brewing between the decades of the 40s and 50s. November 11, 1954 would be the climax of a series of disagreements between the two clubs. That meeting ended with a victory for Universidad de Chile by a 2 to 1 margin, this being the first in a series of good results for the "blues" against Colo-Colo.Colo-Colo managed to reverse this trend over the next 21 years, 50 First Division games are recorded between 1970 and 1991, with 26 wins for Colo-Colo, 15 draws and only 9 wins for Universidad de Chile.
Both top clubs have met 167 times with 73 wins for Colo-Colo, 49 draws, and 45 wins for Universidad de Chile. Internationally they have only met twice, with a triumph for Colo-Colo and a draw. Besides having the advantage historically, Colo-Colo are also victorious in obtaining the largest margin of victory between the two by winning 6-0 on August 7, 1938.
Administration
During the first formal session of Colo-Colo, on April 19 of 1925, chaired by John Quiñones, it was agreed that the club was managed by a board headed by a president elected by the members, the first of these Alberto Parodi. In the early 1930s, Colo-Colo suffered its first major crisis, caused mainly by strong financial and institutional problems. Among other measures, the board opted to reduce the costs of the club, to reduce financial incentives to the players the first team, with the consequent resistance from these and some leaders. It is noteworthy that these incentives or remuneration is paid so illegal, considering that at the time the football was an activity officially amateur, in what is called "brown" or hidden professionalism.To solve the problems of the Corporation, they appointed a committee to reorganize the institution, this being chaired by Fernando Larraín Mancheño. However, at the end of this administration was elected as President Ricardo Cortés Monroy, prompting a strong rejection of the players the first team, who even threatened mass resignations to the club. Later, at the general meeting of January 21 of 1932, some partners said tainted the election of Monroe, designating an interim council to administer the club led by Charles Haupt. However, Fernando Larraín, who in legal terms was still president of the Corporation, requested the intervention of Santiago Football Association (SFA), which took place on January 22 of 1932.
During the two decades after the club had a number of problems, both financial and institutional, noting the resignation of part of the leadership of Alvarez Robinson 1947, who at the time of resignation stated that the club was on the verge of bankruptcy, and as the bribery case which ended with the expulsion of the Central Football Association (JFA) leader Luis Orellana in 1951. Even so, thanks to the efforts of Pedro Foncea and later by Antonio Laban, the club continued its institutional strengthening, expanding their sports activities with the establishment of branches of basketball and skating. It also provided medical and dental services for members, plus a library and several methods of entertainment.
After the departure from Laban in 1962, returned to cause problems within the institution, making the situation untenable to 1968, the year in which members and leaders were divided into two groups, adherents and opponents of then- President Guillermo Herrera. This situation desenvocó in unpaid wages and a strike by players. Finally, the ACF (ANFP since 1987) the Corporation intervened February 8 of 1968.
After renegotiating the debt in late 1969, the club's management was returned to members Héctor Gálvez assuming the presidency, a position he held until 1976. That year, the election for president of the club faced with Antonio Laban Héctor Gálvez, former club president who had the support of the president of the National Association of Public Employees (ANEF) Tucapel Jiménez, known opponent of military dictatorship. In this situation, the state agency sports DIGEDER decided to refuse permission for conduct of elections. On April 2 of 1976 Policy Colo-Colo was formally dismissed by the government, handing the administration of the economic group BHC Corporation. To justify the intervention was argued that there were irregularities at the club for an amount close to U.S. $ 300,000 of the time. However, the failure of the project that sought to make football clubs corporations, coupled with the debt that was dragging the club for the construction of structural works for the Monumental Stadium, led to BHC, who had been one of the initiators of aforementioned project, leave administration, leaving the club mired in serious economic problems. Finally, on January 31 the Central Football Association intervened again to the Corporation. During the first half of the year 1980, the debts he contracted the club generated a severe crisis, which was solved in part through financial assistance from the State Bank and a contract with National Television of Chile for the rights to broadcast matches.
After little more than a decade of relative calm, time in which he highlighted the increase of the club in the late nineties New economic problems, caused mainly by the inability of the club to keep the big income received in early the decade, and the huge spending on players and coaches. Finally, the Corporación Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo was declared bankrupt on January 23 of 2002, with debts of close to $ 22.000.000.000 (about U.S. $ 30,000,000), 62 assuming a club management trustee in bankruptcy. During this process, the institution suffered the sale of much of its heritage, including the clubhouse and the Teatro Monumental, which went to auction, and the elimination of non-professional branches and research institute for players the club.
After various initiatives, among which was the sale of all assets of the club, including the Estadio Monumental, and their transformation into joint-stock company (project called "White Rebirth"), it was decided to deliver the club's management concession the company Black & White SA, for a period of 30 years, the grant being approved by the creditors' meeting on March 29 of 2005.
Finally, the June 24 contract closed between the Corporación Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo and Blanco y Negro S.A., from the latter to manage all assets of the club and began operations on July 1 of 2008. Since then, the partners have ceased direct involvement in management decisions of the club, only to receive benefits in economic terms, as the reduction in ticket prices. Moreover, the loss of much of the premises of the club for bankruptcy, make this not have facilities for the corporate mass. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is noteworthy that the Corporation continues to exist as such and keeps the right to elect two members of the board of Blanco y Negro.
Since March 2011, the office of President of Blanco y Negro S.A. is exercised by Hernan Levy, who replaced William Mackenna.
Kits 2011
Current squad
As of July 26, 2011| Number | Player | Playing Position | Height | Age | Club From | Since | Until | Observations |
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| 1 |  Juan Guillermo Castillo |
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1.83 | Deportivo Cali Deportivo Cali Asociación Deportivo Cali is a Colombian sports club based in Cali, Colombia. Mostly known for its football team, it also sponsors basketball, volleyball and swimming... |
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| 2 |  Christian VilchesChristian Vilches Christian Alberto Vilches González is a Chilean footballer that currently plays as centre back for the Chilean Primera División side Colo-Colo.-Palestino:... |
Defender Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking.... |
1.83 | Audax Italiano | 2011 | 2013 | International Chile national football team The Chilean national football team represents Chile in all major international football competitions. The team is controlled by the Federación de Fútbol de Chile which was established in 1895. They have appeared in eight World Cup tournaments and were hosts of the 1962 FIFA World Cup finishing in... . |
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| 3 | Luis Mena Luis Mena (footballer) Luis Arturo Mena Irarrázabal is a Chilean professional footballer that plays in the position of Centre back for the Chilean Primera División side Colo-Colo... |
Defender Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking.... |
1.78 | Youth System | 1996 | 2013 | ||
| 4 | Álvaro Ormeño Álvaro Ormeño Alvaro Andrés Ormeño Salazar is a Chilean football midfielder, who is currently playing for the prominent Chilean side Colo Colo. He debuted in Chile's second division with club Ñublense and later he played for Ovalle. In 2002 he made his debut in Chile's first division with club Santiago Morning... |
Defender Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking.... |
1.71 | Gimnasia LP Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Gimnasia y Esgrima was promoted to the first division after becoming champions of the División Intermedia of Argentine football in 1915. Later, in 1929, the club would become champions of the Primera División... |
2011 | 2013 | International Chile national football team The Chilean national football team represents Chile in all major international football competitions. The team is controlled by the Federación de Fútbol de Chile which was established in 1895. They have appeared in eight World Cup tournaments and were hosts of the 1962 FIFA World Cup finishing in... . |
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| 5 | Osmar Molinas Osmar Molinas Osmar de la Cruz Molinas González, is a football midfielder from Paraguay.Molinas started his career in the youth divisions of Olimpia and made his professional debut in 2006. Molinas also has been called to the Under-23 Paraguay national football team in several occasions.-External links:*... |
Midfielder Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role... |
1.80 | Olimpia | 2011 | 2013 | ||
| 6 | Mario Salgado Mario Salgado Mario Antonio Salgado Jiménez is a Chilean footballer who currently plays for Colo-Colo in the Primera A.Salgado formerly played at Huachipato in Chile and then moved to Italy with Brescia Calcio and remained during several years at other clubs of Europe... |
Forward | 1.86 | Torino Torino F.C. Torino Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Torino, is a professional Italian football club based in Turin, Piedmont, that was founded in 1906. The club has spent most of its history in the top tier in Italian football.... |
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| 7 | Esteban Paredes Esteban Paredes Esteban Efraín Paredes Quintanilla is an Chilean professional footballer who plays as a striker for Colo-Colo.-Santiago Morning:Paredes started his career at Santiago Morning, in where debuted as professional in the year 2000... |
Forward | 1.81 | Santiago Morning | 2009 | 2013 | International Chile national football team The Chilean national football team represents Chile in all major international football competitions. The team is controlled by the Federación de Fútbol de Chile which was established in 1895. They have appeared in eight World Cup tournaments and were hosts of the 1962 FIFA World Cup finishing in... . |
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| 9 | Joan Muñoz Joan Muñoz Joan Manuel Muñoz Melgarejo is a Chilean footballer who currently plays for the Chilean Primera División side Colo-Colo as an Attacking midfielder.-External links:*... |
Midfielder Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role... |
1.78 | O'Higgins | 2011 | 2013 | ||
| 10 | Marco Medel Marco Medel Marco Antonio Medel de la Fuente is a Chilean footballer, who in 2007 He does his first apparition for the Chilean team Audax Italiano. He is part of the Chilean National team U-20 that will participate in the South American tournament to be played in Venezuela... |
Midfielder Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role... |
1.77 | Audax Italiano | 2011 | 2012 | International Chile national football team The Chilean national football team represents Chile in all major international football competitions. The team is controlled by the Federación de Fútbol de Chile which was established in 1895. They have appeared in eight World Cup tournaments and were hosts of the 1962 FIFA World Cup finishing in... . |
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| 11 | Carlos Muñoz Carlos Muñoz (Chilean footballer) Carlos Andrés Muñoz Rojas is a Chilean footballer who currently plays for Colo-Colo.-Club statistics:As of May 22, 2011-References:... |
Forward | 1.74 | Santiago Wanderers | 2011 | 2013 | International Chile national football team The Chilean national football team represents Chile in all major international football competitions. The team is controlled by the Federación de Fútbol de Chile which was established in 1895. They have appeared in eight World Cup tournaments and were hosts of the 1962 FIFA World Cup finishing in... |
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| 12 | Raúl Olivares Raúl Olivares Raúl Alejandro Olivares Gálvez is a Chilean football goalkeeper. He currently is part of the Chilean club Colo-Colo. He still has not made his debut with the club, but was called up from the youth system.- References :*... |
Goalkeeper Goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, a goalkeeper is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by intercepting shots at goal... |
1.85 | Unión San Felipe Unión San Felipe Unión San Felipe is a Chilean Football club, their hometown is San Felipe in the V Región of Valparaíso. They are playing in top level of the Chilean football league, the Primera División.... |
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| 13 | José Pedro Fuenzalida José Pedro Fuenzalida José Pedro Fuenzalida Gana is a Chilean footballer also known as "Chapita". Fuenzalida is a midfielder, who currently plays for Colo-Colo. He went through the Universidad Católica's youth system, until 2005 when he made his professional debut with the adult squad at the age of 19... |
Midfielder Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role... |
1.71 | O'Higgins Club Deportivo O'Higgins Club Deportivo O'Higgins, is a Chilean football club based in the city of Rancagua. The club was founded on April 7, 1955 following the merger of the clubs America and O'Higgins Braden, and plays in the first division of the Chilean football league. The club was previously called PARHS FC... |
2008 | 2013 | International Chile national football team The Chilean national football team represents Chile in all major international football competitions. The team is controlled by the Federación de Fútbol de Chile which was established in 1895. They have appeared in eight World Cup tournaments and were hosts of the 1962 FIFA World Cup finishing in... |
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| 14 | Rodrigo Millar Rodrigo Millar Rodrigo Javier Millar Carvajal is a Chilean football midfielder who currently plays for Colo-Colo. He has been capped in the national team for the FIFA World Cup 2010.-Huachipato:... |
Midfielder Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role... |
1.83 | Huachipato | 2007 | 2012 | International Chile national football team The Chilean national football team represents Chile in all major international football competitions. The team is controlled by the Federación de Fútbol de Chile which was established in 1895. They have appeared in eight World Cup tournaments and were hosts of the 1962 FIFA World Cup finishing in... |
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| 15 | Boris Rieloff Boris Rieloff Boris Rieloff is a Chilean footballer, who currently plays as right back for Colo-Colo. His nicknames are "Flaco" and "Loco" .-Audax Italiano:... |
Defender Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking.... |
1.86 | Gimnasia LP Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Gimnasia y Esgrima was promoted to the first division after becoming champions of the División Intermedia of Argentine football in 1915. Later, in 1929, the club would become champions of the Primera División... |
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| 16 | Mauro Olivi Mauro Olivi Mauro Andrés Olivi is an Argentine football striker who plays as a striker for the Chilean club Colo-Colo.... |
Forward | 1.71 | Audax Italiano | 2011 | 2015 | ||
| 18 | Lucas Wilchez Lucas Wílchez Lucas Daniel Wilchez is an Argentine footballer that currently plays for Chilean side Colo-Colo as attacking midfielder.-Estudiantes de la Plata:... |
Midfielder Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role... |
1.72 | Estudiantes de La Plata Estudiantes de La Plata Club Estudiantes de La Plata , simply referred to as Estudiantes, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its history.... |
2010 | 2011 | ||
| 19 | Andrés Scotti Andrés Scotti Andrés Scotti Ponce de León is a Uruguayan footballer that currently plays for the Chilean team Colo Colo and the Uruguayan national team as Centre back and very rarely as left back.... |
Defender Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking.... |
1.84 | Argentinos Juniors Argentinos Juniors Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine football club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. Founded on August 15, 1904, the club was originally called the “Martyrs of Chicago”, in homage to the eight anarchists imprisoned or hanged after the 1886 Haymarket Riot in Chicago.-Early... |
2010 | 2013 | International Uruguay national football team The Uruguayan national football team represents Uruguay in international association football and is controlled by the Uruguayan Football Association, the governing body for football in Uruguay. The current head coach is Óscar Tabárez... . |
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| 20 | Matthias Villanueva Matthias Villanueva Matthias Villanueva is a Chilean footballer currently playing for Colo-Colo of the Primera División in Chile.-External links:* Profile at... |
Midfielder Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role... |
1.78 | Youth System | 2011 | 2014 | ||
| 21 | Bryan Rabello Bryan Rabello Bryan Martín Rabello Mella is a Chilean footballer who currently plays for the Chilean Primera División side Colo-Colo as an Attacking midfielder.-Colo-Colo:... |
Midfielder Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role... |
1.63 | Youth System | 2011 | 2014 | ||
| 22 | Roberto Gutiérrez Roberto Gutiérrez Roberto Carlos Gutiérrez Gamboa is a Chilean footballer who plays as a striker for Chilean Primera División club Colo-Colo on loan from Estudiantes Tecos... |
Forward | 1.78 | Universidad Católica Club Deportivo Universidad Católica Club Deportivo Universidad Católica is a professional football club based in Santiago, Chile, which plays in the Primera División.Universidad Católica is one of the most successful and popular football clubs in Chile and considered one of the three "big teams"... |
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| 23 | Luis Pavez Luis Pavez Luis Pavez Contreras is a Chilean football midfielder and is currently playing for Colo-Colo.-External links:*... |
Midfielder Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role... |
1.75 | Palestino | 2010 | 2013 | ||
| 24 | Patricio Jerez Patricio Jerez Patricio Andrés Jerez Díaz is a Chilean footballer who currently plays for the Chilean Primera División side Colo-Colo as a left back.-Colo-Colo:... |
Defender Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking.... |
1.69 | Huachipato | 2011 | 2013 | ||
| 22 | Francisco Prieto Francisco Prieto Francisco Javier Prieto is a Chilean football goalkeeper. He currently plays for Colo Colo in the Primera Division Chilena.-External links:*... |
Goalkeeper Goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, a goalkeeper is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by intercepting shots at goal... |
1.88 | Cobreloa Cobreloa Club de Deportes Cobreloa is a Chilean football club from the Atacama Desert mining city of Calama which has established itself as one of the country's most competitive clubs. The club was founded on January 7, 1977 and play in the Chilean top flight, the Primera División, where they have played... |
2009 | 2012 | ||
| 22 | Sebastián Toro Sebastián Toro Sebastián Patricio Toro Hormazábal is a Chilean footballer, who currently plays for Colo-Colo.He started to play in Colo-Colo's first team when Miguel Riffo and Luis Mena were injured and there were not replacements. After that he is a current stater of the 11 players that play... |
Centre back | 1.78 | Youth System | 2009 | 2013 | International Chile national football team The Chilean national football team represents Chile in all major international football competitions. The team is controlled by the Federación de Fútbol de Chile which was established in 1895. They have appeared in eight World Cup tournaments and were hosts of the 1962 FIFA World Cup finishing in... |
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| 27 | Cristian Magaña Cristian Magaña Cristian Javier Magaña Leyton is Chilean footballer who plays for Colo-Colo in the Chilean Primera División.-External links:**... |
Centre back | 1.78 | Youth System | 2010 | 2013 | ||
| 28 | Manuel Bravo |
Left back | 1.74 | Youth System | 2011 | 2014 | ||
| 30 | Jorge Aravena Jorge Aravena Jorge Aravena is Peruvian-Venezuelan telenovela actor. He has starred in Girasoles Para Lucia, La Revancha, Secreto de Amor, Mi Vida Eres Tu and Querida Enemiga.-Telenovelas:*2011: La que no podia amar ..... |
Midfielder Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role... |
1.75 | Youth System | 2011 | 2014 | ||
| 23 | Jorge Troncoso Jorge Troncoso Jorge Troncoso is a Chilean footballer currently playing for Colo-Colo of the Primera División in Chile.-External links:* Profile at* Profile at... |
Forward | 1.75 | Youth System | 2011 | 2014 | ||
| 33 | Nelson Cabrera Nelson Cabrera Nelson David Cabrera is a Paraguayan football defender playing for Colo-Colo of Chile.Cabrera started his career in Olimpia Asunción and moved to rivals Cerro Porteño in 2005.-External links:*... |
Centre back | 1.93 | Cerro Porteño Cerro Porteño Club Cerro Porteño is a professional Paraguayan football club, based in the neighbourhood of Barrio Obrero in Asunción. Founded in 1912, Cerro has won 28 Primera División titles and is one of the most popular football club in Paraguay... |
2009 | 2012 | ||
| Coach | Ivo Basay Ivo Basay Ivo Alexis Basay Hatibovic is a retired football striker from Chile, who played professional football for seventeen years... |
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1.75 | O'Higgins | 2011 | 2012 |
- The teams of the Chilean Primera Division are limited to seven players without Chilean nationality and also are limited to five foreign players in the field. The squads with more of seven players in the squad or five foreign players are sanctioned by the ANFP. The squad of the club now have all places of foreign players, three Argentine players, two UruguayUruguayUruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
an players and two ParaguayParaguayParaguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...
an player.
Out on Loan
Management team
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Manager | Ivo Basay Ivo Basay Ivo Alexis Basay Hatibovic is a retired football striker from Chile, who played professional football for seventeen years... |
| Assistant manager | Daniel Moron Daniel Morón Jose Daniel Morón is an Argentine born Chilean football goalkeeper. He was born on September 30, 1957, in the city of Tunuyán in the Mendoza Province of Argentina... |
| Field assistant | |
| Fitness coach | Gaston Lloveras |
| Goalkeeping coach | Marcelo Ramírez Marcelo Ramírez Marcelo Antonio Ramírez Gormaz is a retired Chilean football goalkeeper. He who was capped 37 times for the Chilean national team between 1993 and 2001, and was an unused substitute player for the 1998 FIFA World Cup... |
| Medical Boss | Roberto Yáñez |
| Medical team | Luis Maya Jorge Cheyre Julio César Botello |
| Kinesiologists | Alejandro Kock Pedro Oñate |
| Paramedical | Ramón Rivera |
| Academy team manager | Luis Pérez |
Stadium
Colo-Colo's stadium, Estadio Monumental David ArellanoEstadio Monumental David Arellano
Estadio Monumental is a football stadium in Santiago, Chile. Completed in 1989, the stadium has a current spectator capacity of 45,000. Originally, the stadium could hold up to 65,000 spectators but that was dramatically reduced for security reasons...
, is located in Macul
Macul
Macul is a commune of Chile located in the central-eastern part of Greater Santiago, bordered by the communes of Ñuñoa to the north, San Joaquín to the west, Peñalolén to the east and La Florida to the south....
, Santiago
Santiago, Chile
Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...
and has a 45,953 capacity. Colo-Colo inaugurated the stadium on September 30, 1989 with a match against Peñarol
C.A. Peñarol
Club Atlético Peñarol also known as Carboneros, Aurinegros and familiarly as Manya, is an Uruguayan sports club based in the Peñarol barrio, Montevideo, best known for its professional football team. The team plays their home matches in Estadio Centenario, the largest stadium in the country, but...
. The home team went on to win by a final score of 2–1.
Facilities
Construction began in early 2007 of the Casa Alba (White House) to house Colo-Colo's youth players. Casa Alba has an area of 1156.24 square meters and a carrying capacity of 64 youth cadets. The facility includes gyms, dormitories, recreation rooms, and study.Inaugurated in June 2009, The Colo-Colo museum houses the national championship trophies won by the club, the replica of the Copa Libertadores achieved in 1991, the shirts worn by the club, and a model of the stadium. The museum also features special sections dedicated to events such as when Colo-Colo went unbeaten in 1937 and 1941, the Colo-Colo of 1973, the three peat winning championship team between 1989 and 1991, and the 4 time in a row winning championship teams between 2006 and 2007.
Honours
- Liga Central de Football (3): 1925, 1928, 1929
- Asociación de Football de SantiagoAsociación de Fútbol de SantiagoThe Asociación de Fútbol de Santiago was the first organization in Chile to organize football tournament. It was formed in 1903 and organized non-professional football in Santiago...
(1): 1930
National
- Primera Division (29): 1937, 1939, 1941, 1944, 1947, 1953, 1956, 1960, 1963, 1970, 1972, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997 Clausura, 1998, 2002 Clausura, 2006 Apertura, 2006 Clausura, 2007 Apertura, 2007 Clausura, 2008 Clausura, 2009 Clausura
- Copa ChileCopa ChileThe Copa Chile is an annual cup competition for Chilean football teams. Due to time constraints and club pressure, the trophy was cancelled in 2000, but returned in 2008...
(10): 1958, 1974, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1996
International
- Copa Libertadores de AméricaCopa Libertadores de AméricaThe Copa Santander Libertadores de América , known simply as the Copa Libertadores and originally known as the Copa Campeones de América , is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960...
- Winners (1): 1991
- Runners-up (1): 1973
- Recopa SudamericanaRecopa SudamericanaThe Recopa Sudamericana is an annual football match-up between the reigning champions of the previous year's Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana, South America's premier club competitions....
- Winners (1): 1992
- Copa InteramericanaCopa InteramericanaCopa Interamericana was a football trophy contested between the champions of CONMEBOL's Copa Libertadores de América and the winners of CONCACAF's Champions' Cup...
- Winners (1): 1991
- Intercontinental CupIntercontinental Cup (football)The European/South American Cup, commonly referred to as the World Club Championship, Intercontinental Cup or Toyota Cup, was a football competition endorsed by UEFA and CONMEBOL, contested between the winners of the European Cup and the South American Copa Libertadores...
- Runners-up (1): 1991
- Copa SudamericanaCopa SudamericanaThe Copa Bridgestone Sudamericana de Clubes , known simply as the Copa Sudamericana , is an annual international club football competition organized by the CONMEBOL since 2002. It is the second most prestigious club competition in South American football. CONCACAF clubs were invited between 2004...
- Runners-up (1): 2006
Primera División Topscorers
Luis Carvallo: 9 (1933) Aurelio Domínguez: 12 (1935) Alfonso Domínguez: 32 (1939), 19 (1944) George Robledo: 26 (1953), 25 (1954) Luis Hernán Alvárez: 37 (1963) Julio CrisostoJulio Crisosto
Julio Crisosto is a former Chilean footballer currently played in 3 clubs of Chile and the Chile national football team in the Copa América 1975....
: 28 (1974) Carlos Caszely
Carlos Caszely
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: 20 (1979), 26 (1980), 20 (1981) Rubén Martínez
Rubén Martínez
Rubén Martínez is a former Chilean footballer currently played in clubs of Chile and Mexico.-Teams: Campos de Batalla 1980 Cobresal 1981-1989 Colo Colo 1991-1993 Santos Laguna 1993-1994 Tampico Madero 1994-1995 Unión Española 1995 Provincial Osorno 1996 Deportes La Serena 1996-1997 Cobresal...
: 22 (1990), 23 (1991) Anibal González
Aníbal González
Aníbal Segundo González Espinoza is a retired Chilean footballer who played as a forward during his career...
: 24 (1992) Héctor Tapia
Hector Tapia
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: 24 (2001) Sebastián González
Sebastián González
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: 18 (2002 Apertura) Manuel Neira: 14 (2002 Clausura) Gonzalo Fierro
Gonzalo Fierro
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: 13 (2005 Clausura) Humberto Suazo
Humberto Suazo
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: 19 (2006 Apertura) Humberto Suazo
Humberto Suazo
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: 18 (2007 Apertura)
Paraguay Lucas BarriosLucas Barrios
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: 19 (2008 Apertura)
Paraguay Lucas BarriosLucas Barrios
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: 18 (2008 Clausura)
International Topscores
Carlos CaszelyCarlos Caszely
Carlos Humberto Caszely Garrido is a former Chilean footballer, nicknamed "Rey del metro cuadrado" .Regarded as one of Chile's most important players, between 1969 and 1985, Caszely won 49 caps and scored 29 goals for the Chile national team, including participations in the 1974 and 1982 World...
: 9 (1973 Copa Libertadores) Humberto Suazo
Humberto Suazo
Humberto Andrés Suazo Pontivo , nicknamed Chupete, is a Chilean football player, who currently plays as a striker in Monterrey. In 2006 he was awarded by IFFHS as the world's top goal scorer of the year....
: 10 (2006 Copa Sudamericana) Matías Fernández
Matías Fernández
Matías Ariel Fernández Fernández is a Chilean footballer who plays for Sporting Clube de Portugal in Portugal.An attacking midfielder with playmaking and dribbling skills, also being a free-kick specialist, he is known by several nicknames: Mati, El Pelusa and Matigol.Fernández was elected South...
: 9 (2006 Copa Sudamericana)
The World's Top Goal Scorer
Humberto SuazoHumberto Suazo
Humberto Andrés Suazo Pontivo , nicknamed Chupete, is a Chilean football player, who currently plays as a striker in Monterrey. In 2006 he was awarded by IFFHS as the world's top goal scorer of the year....
: 35 (2006)
Paraguay Lucas BarriosLucas Barrios
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: 37 (2008)
South American Player of the Year
Gabriel Mendoza (1991) Marco Antonio EtcheverryMarco Etcheverry
Marco Antonio Etcheverry Vargas is a retired Bolivian footballer, considered one of the greatest Bolivian players of all time.-Career:...
(1993) Matías Fernández
Matías Fernández
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(2006) Humberto Suazo
Humberto Suazo
Humberto Andrés Suazo Pontivo , nicknamed Chupete, is a Chilean football player, who currently plays as a striker in Monterrey. In 2006 he was awarded by IFFHS as the world's top goal scorer of the year....
(2006)
Notable players
Héctor AdomaitisHéctor Adomaitis
Héctor Adomaitis is a former Argentine footballer currently played for clubs of Argentina, Uruguay, Mexico and Chile....
(1992, 2000) Claudio Borghi
Claudio Borghi
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(1992) Sebastián Cejas
Sebastián Cejas
Cristian Sebastián Cejas is an Argentine goalkeeper, who is currently signed with Chacarita Juniors. He is also known as Terremoto Cejas .-Career:...
(2006–07) Ricardo Dabrowski
Ricardo Dabrowski
Ricardo Dabrowski is an Argentine fomer footballer and manager. He played in clubs of Argentina, Chile and Mexico.-Teams : Temperley 1980-1982 Huracán 1983 Toluca 1984-1985 Temperley 1986-1987 Colo Colo 1987-1992...
(1987–92) Marcelo Espina
Marcelo Espina
Marcelo Fabian Espina is a retired Argentine football midfielder. He played for a number of clubs in Argentina and Chile and represented the Argentina national football team. In 2010 he became manager of Argentine club Club Atlético Platense.-Club career:Espina bagan his career at Platense in the...
(1995–98, 2001–04) René Houseman
René Houseman
René Orlando Houseman is a retired Argentine footballer, who played as a right winger.In his career he played for Defensores de Belgrano, Huracán, River Plate, Colo Colo , Amazulu , Independiente and Excursionistas.During his international career he also played for Argentina, and participated at...
(1982) Marco Etcheverry
Marco Etcheverry
Marco Antonio Etcheverry Vargas is a retired Bolivian footballer, considered one of the greatest Bolivian players of all time.-Career:...
(1994) Emerson Pereira
Emerson Pereira da Silva
Emerson Pereira da Silva is a former Brazilian footballer.He played in 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship.In October 1998 he was signed by A.C. Perugia.-External links:* *...
(1995–98, 2000) Severino Vasconcelos
Severino Vasconcelos
Severino Vasconcelos is a former Brazilian footballer currently played in clubs of Brazil, Chile and Ecuador.-Career:...
(1978–83) Miguel Aceval
Miguel Aceval
Miguel Ángel Aceval Muñoz is a Chilean footballer who currently plays as a defender for the Chilean club Universidad de Concepción.-Career:...
(2001–06, 2007) Sergio Ahumada
Sergio Ahumada
Sergio Ahumada Bacho is a retired Chilean footballer, who played for Colo-Colo and Unión Española.He earned 29 caps and scored 6 goals for the Chile national football team, and scored the only Chilean goal in the 1974 FIFA World Cup in a 1-1 draw against East Germany.-External links:**...
(1970–74) Luis Hernán Álvarez (1958–65) David Arellano
David Arellano
David Alfonso Arellano Moraga was a Chilean footballer. He is credited as a founding member of the Colo Colo football club.- Career :...
(1925–27) Francisco Arrué
Francisco Arrué
Francisco Esteban Arrué Pardo is a Chilean footballer, who plays as an Attacking midfielder. He currently plays for Santiago Morning of the Chilean Primera División. Arrué also is one of six Chilean players that play in the three giant clubs: Colo-Colo, Universidad de Chile and Universidad Católica...
(1994–99) Fernando Astengo
Fernando Astengo
Fernando Astengo is a retired football player and a current manager.Astengo was the manager of Colo-Colo during 2008,losing the Apertura final against Everton de Viña del Mar. Astengo currently coaches the youth team of Unión San Felipe.-Player: Colo-Colo** Primera División de Chile:1986-References:...
(1986)
Argentina Marcelo BarticciottoMarcelo Barticciotto
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(1988–92, 1996–02) Ivo Basay
Ivo Basay
Ivo Alexis Basay Hatibovic is a retired football striker from Chile, who played professional football for seventeen years...
(1995–99) Claudio Bravo
Claudio Bravo
Claudio Andrés Bravo Muñoz is a Chilean footballer who plays for Real Sociedad in Spain, as a goalkeeper. He is also a Chilean international.-Colo-Colo:...
(2002–06) Víctor "Pititore" Cabrera (1985) Carlos Caszely
Carlos Caszely
Carlos Humberto Caszely Garrido is a former Chilean footballer, nicknamed "Rey del metro cuadrado" .Regarded as one of Chile's most important players, between 1969 and 1985, Caszely won 49 caps and scored 29 goals for the Chile national team, including participations in the 1974 and 1982 World...
(1967–73, 1978–83, 1985–86) Roberto Cereceda
Roberto Cereceda
Roberto Cereceda is a Chilean footballer, who currently plays for Universidad Católica of the Primera División in Chile.-Audax Italiano:...
(2007–10) Jorge Contreras
Jorge Contreras
Jorge Alejandro Contreras Lira is a former Chilean football forward. He obtained a total number of 24 caps for the Chilean national team during his career, scoring two goals. Contreras retired in 1998.-References:...
(1993–94) Pablo Contreras
Pablo Contreras
Pablo Andrés Contreras Fica is a Chilean footballer who plays for PAOK F.C. in Greece. Primarily a central defender, he can also operate as a right back....
(1996–99) Nicolás Córdova
Nicolás Córdova
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(1997–00) Humberto Cruz
Humberto Cruz
Humberto Cruz is a former Chilean footballer currently played for Colo-Colo, Santiago Morning and Ñublense of Chile and in the Chile national football team in the FIFA World Cup Chile 1962 and England 1966....
(1963–71) Mauricio Donoso
Mauricio Donoso
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(2003–05) Misael Escuti
Misael Escuti
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(1946–64) Jorge Espinoza
Jorge Espinoza
Jorge Espinoza is a retired professional soccer player from Chile who played in the Major Indoor Soccer League and National Professional Soccer League. He also coached at the high school, collegiate and professional levels including two games with the San Jose Clash of Major League Soccer in...
(1972–79) Rubén Espinoza (1989–91) Fabián Estay (1995–96) Matías Fernández
Matías Fernández
Matías Ariel Fernández Fernández is a Chilean footballer who plays for Sporting Clube de Portugal in Portugal.An attacking midfielder with playmaking and dribbling skills, also being a free-kick specialist, he is known by several nicknames: Mati, El Pelusa and Matigol.Fernández was elected South...
(2004–06) Gonzalo Fierro
Gonzalo Fierro
Gonzalo Antonio Fierro Caniullán is a Chilean footballer. He currently plays as a right winger for the Brazilian club Flamengo. Previously, he had played for Chile's major club Colo-Colo for almost seven seasons...
(2002–08) Elías Figueroa
Elías Figueroa
Elías Ricardo Figueroa Brander is a former football player from Chile. He is considered the best Chilean footballer of all time, as well as one of the greatest defenders ever to play the game....
(1982) Luis Pedro Figueroa
Luis Pedro Figueroa
Luis Pedro Figueroa is a Chilean football player , currently playing for Sporting Clube Olhanense in Portugal.-Career:...
(2008-09) José Pedro Fuenzalida
José Pedro Fuenzalida
José Pedro Fuenzalida Gana is a Chilean footballer also known as "Chapita". Fuenzalida is a midfielder, who currently plays for Colo-Colo. He went through the Universidad Católica's youth system, until 2005 when he made his professional debut with the adult squad at the age of 19...
(2010-) Mario Galindo
Mario Galindo
Mario Enrique Galindo Calixto is a retired Chilean footballer.-Career:During his playing career, Galindo played at the club level for Colo Colo. He also represented the Chile national football team in the 1974 FIFA World Cup and the 1982 FIFA World Cup.-References:*...
(1971–75, 1977–82) Miguel Ángel Gamboa
Miguel Ángel Gamboa
Miguel Ángel Luis Gamboa Pedemonte is a retired football striker from Chile. He represented his native country at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, wearing the number 21 jersey...
(1974) Lizardo Garrido
Lizardo Garrido
Lizardo Antonio Garrido Bustamante is a retired football defender from Chile, who represented his native country at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, wearing the number two jersey. Nicknamed "El Chano", he played for several clubs in Chile, including Colo Colo, and in Mexico for Santos Laguna...
(1982) Aníbal González
Aníbal González
Aníbal Segundo González Espinoza is a retired Chilean footballer who played as a forward during his career...
(1992, 1994) Rafael González
Rafael González (footballer)
Rafael González is a Chilean football midfielder who played for Chile in the 1974 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Colo-Colo.-External links:*...
(1969–?) Sebastián González
Sebastián González
Sebastián Ignacio González Valdés , is a Chilean football striker who currently plays for The Strongest. His nickname is "Chamagol".- Career :...
(1998–02, 2009) Roberto Gutiérrez
Roberto Gutiérrez
Roberto Carlos Gutiérrez Gamboa is a Chilean footballer who plays as a striker for Chilean Primera División club Colo-Colo on loan from Estudiantes Tecos...
(2011-) David Henríquez
David Henríquez
David Andrés Henríquez Espinoza is a Chilean footballer. He currently plays for Universidad Católica.-Career:...
(1995–02, 2003–04, 2005–07) Leonel Herrera Rojas
Leonel Herrera Rojas
Leonel Herrera Rojas is a former Chilean footballer currently played for Colo Colo, Unión Española and O'Higgins and the Chile national football team....
(1967–74, 1979–86) Leonel Herrera Silva
Leonel Herrera Silva
Leonel Herrera Silva is a former Chilean footballer currently played for clubs of Chile, Mexico and Switzerland.-Personal life:He is the son of the former Chilean international footballer Leonel Herrera Rojas....
(1989, 1991, 1993, 1995)
Alejandro Hisis (1982–85, 1992) Francisco Huaiquipán
Francisco Huaiquipán
Francisco Huaiquipán is a Chilean footballer currently playing for Santiago Morning of the Primera Division in Chile....
(2002, 2004) Gonzalo Jara
Gonzalo Jara
Gonzalo Alejandro Jara Reyes is a Chilean footballer. He currently plays for Brighton & Hove Albion, where he is on loan from parent club West Brom. In addition, he plays in the Chile national football team and participated in the 2010 FIFA World Cup...
(2007–09) José Luis Jerez
José Luis Jerez
José Luis Jerez Cerna is a Chilean professional football midfielder. He currently plays for the Chilean club Cobreloa.-Chile:...
(2006-07) Braulio Leal
Braulio Leal
Braulio Antonio Leal Salvo is a Chilean footballer, who currently plays midfield for Unión Española. He began his professional career in 2000 with Colo-Colo where he stayed until 2006. In 2004 he had a short stint with Portuguese club Vitória Sport Clube. In 2007 he signed for Audax, where he...
(2000–04, 2005–06) Sergio Livingstone
Sergio Livingstone
Sergio Roberto "Sapo" Livingstone Pohlhammer , affectionally called Sapito Livingstone, is a former Chilean goalkeeper, considered the first great footballer in the country's history, who later became a well regarded journalist. He was called El Sapo for his typical posture in the goal mouth...
(1957) Eduardo Lobos
Eduardo Lobos
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(2000–03) Frank Lobos (1998–99, 2006) Jaime Lopresti
Jaime Lopresti
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(2000–02) Claudio Maldonado (1998–99) Rodolfo Madrid
Rodolfo Madrid
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(2002-05) Héctor Mancilla
Héctor Mancilla
Héctor Raúl Mancilla Garcés is a Chilean Striker, who currently plays for the Mexican club Tigres....
(2006) Javier Margas (1990–95, 1996) Rubén Martínez
Rubén Martínez
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(1990–92) Rodrigo Meléndez
Rodrigo Meléndez
Rodrigo David Meléndez Araya is Chilean footballer who plays for Chilean Primera División team Deportes Iquique. He mainly plays as a defensive midfielder...
(2006–2010) Luis Mena
Luis Mena
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(1996–) Gabriel Mendoza (1991–96, 2001) Sergio Messen (1971–74) Rodrigo Millar
Rodrigo Millar
Rodrigo Javier Millar Carvajal is a Chilean football midfielder who currently plays for Colo-Colo. He has been capped in the national team for the FIFA World Cup 2010.-Huachipato:...
(2007–) Cristián Montecinos
Cristian Montecinos
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(1999)
Argentina Daniel MorónDaniel Morón
Jose Daniel Morón is an Argentine born Chilean football goalkeeper. He was born on September 30, 1957, in the city of Tunuyán in the Mendoza Province of Argentina...
(1989–95) Carlos Muñoz
Carlos Muñoz (Chilean footballer)
Carlos Andrés Muñoz Rojas is a Chilean footballer who currently plays for Colo-Colo.-Club statistics:As of May 22, 2011-References:...
(2011-) Manuel Muñoz (1949–58) Raúl Muñoz
Raúl Muñoz
Raúl Andrés Muñoz Mardones is a retired Chilean footballer who played as a defender.-Football career:...
(1997–02) Adolfo Nef
Adolfo Nef
Adolfo Nef Sanhueza is a former Chilean football goalkeeper, who played for the Chile national team between 1969 and 1977, gaining 42 caps. He was part of the Chile squad for the 1974 World Cup....
(1973–80) Manuel Neira (1994–95, 1997–99, 2002–04) Alvaro Ormeño
Álvaro Ormeño
Alvaro Andrés Ormeño Salazar is a Chilean football midfielder, who is currently playing for the prominent Chilean side Colo Colo. He debuted in Chile's second division with club Ñublense and later he played for Ovalle. In 2002 he made his debut in Chile's first division with club Santiago Morning...
(2005–06, 2011-) Raúl Ormeño
Raúl Ormeño
Raúl Elias Ormeño Pacheco is a retired football defensive midfielder from Chile, who represented his native country at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, wearing the number fourteen jersey. He played for only one club in Chile, Colo Colo....
(1975–91) Mario Osbén
Mario Osbén
Mario Ignacio Osbén Méndez is a retired football goalkeeper from Chile, who was nicknamed "El Gato" . He played for Ñublense, Club de Deportes Concepción, Unión Española, Colo Colo and Cobreloa during his professional career. He represented Chile at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, playing all three matches...
(1980–85) Esteban Paredes
Esteban Paredes
Esteban Efraín Paredes Quintanilla is an Chilean professional footballer who plays as a striker for Colo-Colo.-Santiago Morning:Paredes started his career at Santiago Morning, in where debuted as professional in the year 2000...
(2009–) Simón Parra (1966–76) Jaime Pizarro
Jaime Pizarro
Jaime Augusto Pizarro Herrera is a retired football player who played 53 times for the Chile national team between 1987 and 1993. He currently serves as Sub-secretary of the National Institute of Sports of the government of Michelle Bachelet...
(1983–93) Francisco Prieto
Francisco Prieto
Francisco Javier Prieto is a Chilean football goalkeeper. He currently plays for Colo Colo in the Primera Division Chilena.-External links:*...
(2009-) Luis Ignacio Quinteros
Luis Ignacio Quinteros
Luis Ignacio Quinteros is a Chilean football striker who currently plays for Unión Temuco.His previous clubs include Colo-Colo, Universidad Católica and Huachipato in Chile, Colón de Santa Fe and Gimnasia de La Plata in Argentina and Mexican sides Puebla F.C...
(1996–03) Marcelo Ramírez
Marcelo Ramírez
Marcelo Antonio Ramírez Gormaz is a retired Chilean football goalkeeper. He who was capped 37 times for the Chilean national team between 1993 and 2001, and was an unused substitute player for the 1998 FIFA World Cup...
(1984–89, 1991–01) Miguel Ramírez
Miguel Ramírez
Miguel Ramírez Pérez , nicknamed "Cheíto", is a retired Chilean football defender. He was capped 62 times and scored 1 goal for the Chilean national team between 1991 and 2003, including three games at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.-Career:...
(1990–95, 2004–05) Carlos Reinoso
Carlos Reinoso
Carlos Enzo Reinoso Valdenegro is a Chilean football coach. He played in the 1970s and 1980s, most notably as a member of the Club América Mexican team. He is one of the best foreigner who played in Mexico, and the best that ever played at Club América.-Player:He began his career in his home...
(1970) Pedro Reyes
Pedro Reyes
See also, Pedro Reyes Pedro Antonio Reyes González is a former Chilean football defender....
(1993–98) Boris Rieloff
Boris Rieloff
Boris Rieloff is a Chilean footballer, who currently plays as right back for Colo-Colo. His nicknames are "Flaco" and "Loco" .-Audax Italiano:...
(2011-) Miguel Riffo
Miguel Riffo
Miguel Riffo is a Chilean footballer, who plays defender currently for Santiago Morning.-Club career:Riffo began in the youth ranks of Colo-Colo, making his professional debut in 2001 against Unión San Felipe...
(2000–2010) Carlos Rivas
Carlos Rivas
Carlos Humberto Rivas Torres is a retired football midfielder from Chile who played for Colo-Colo.-International career:Carlos Rivas played for Colo-Colo, a Chilean football team, from 1978 to 1982....
(1978–82) Jorge (George) Robledo (1953–58) Ted Robledo
Ted Robledo
Eduardo Oliver "Ted" Robledo was a Chilean professional football player. He played as a left-sided defender, and is most notable for his time spent with Newcastle United....
(1953–55) Francisco Rojas
Francisco Rojas
Francisco Ulises Rojas Rojas is a Chilean football defender.He was capped 31 times for the Chilean national team between 1995 and 2005, including three games at the 1998 FIFA World Cup....
(1994–96, 1997–00) Ricardo Rojas
Ricardo Francisco Rojas
Ricardo Francisco Rojas Trujillo is a Chilean footballer. He recently played for Colo-Colo in the Liga Chilena de Fútbol: Primera División....
(2008)
Roberto Rojas
Roberto Rojas
Roberto Antonio "Cóndor" Rojas Saavedra is a retired Chilean football goalkeeper. He is best known for a 1989 on-the-field incident in which he deliberately injured himself in an attempt to avoid a loss by the Chilean national team...
(1983–87) Sebastián Rozental
Sebastián Rozental
Sebastián Rozental Igualt is a retired Chilean-Israeli professional football player.On the club level, Rozental has played for Universidad Católica , Colo-Colo , and Unión Española in his native Chile, Rangers in Scotland, where he became the first player from South America to play for the...
(2001–02) Diego Rubio
Diego Rubio
Diego Iván Rubio Köstner is a Chilean football player who plays as a striker for Sporting CP, in Liga ZON Sagres, and the Chile national team....
(2011) Eduardo Rubio
Eduardo Rubio
Eduardo Javier Rubio Köstner is a Chilean international footballer who plays as a striker for C.D. La Serena in the Primera División de Chile.-Club:...
(2007–08) Hugo Eduardo Rubio
Hugo Eduardo Rubio
Hugo Eduardo Rubio Montecinos is a former Chilean football forward. Rubio's nickname is "Pájaro," which in Spanish is "bird." He was known for his speed and finishing. He played in Chile, Spain, Italy, and Switzerland...
(1986–87, 1991–94, 1995–96) Mario Salgado
Mario Salgado
Mario Antonio Salgado Jiménez is a Chilean footballer who currently plays for Colo-Colo in the Primera A.Salgado formerly played at Huachipato in Chile and then moved to Italy with Brescia Calcio and remained during several years at other clubs of Europe...
(2011-) Alexis Sánchez
Alexis Sánchez (footballer)
Alexis Alejandro Sánchez Sánchez , is a Chilean footballer who plays as a forward for FC Barcelona and for the Chilean national team. He is well known for his excellent dribbling ability, great speed and his unusual strength for a fast winger....
(2006–07) Leonel Sánchez
Leonel Sánchez
Leonel Guillermo Sánchez Lineros is a former professional football player.Regarded as one of Chile's most important players, Sánchez holds the record for most games played for Chile with 84 games and 23 goals between 1955 and 1968...
(1969–70) Arturo Sanhueza
Arturo Sanhueza
Héctor Arturo Sanhueza Medel is football player, who currently plays for Chilean club Deportes Iquique as a defensive midfielder.....
(2005–10) José Luis Sierra
José Luis Sierra
José Luis "Coto" Sierra Pando is a Chilean football coach and former player. Playing in the midfield, he retired in 2009, and one year later he became the coach of his long time team Unión Española...
(1996–98, 1999–01) Humberto Suazo
Humberto Suazo
Humberto Andrés Suazo Pontivo , nicknamed Chupete, is a Chilean football player, who currently plays as a striker in Monterrey. In 2006 he was awarded by IFFHS as the world's top goal scorer of the year....
(2006–07) Guillermo Subiabre
Guillermo Subiabre
Guillermo Subiabre Astorga was a Chilean footballer. During his career he played for Colo-Colo , Santiago Wanderers, and the Chile national football team...
(1927–34) Héctor Tapia
Hector Tapia
Héctor Santiago Tapia Urdile or just "Tito Tapia" is a former football player from Chile.- Career :In 2004 and 2005 he played for Cruzeiro of Brazil...
(1994–98, 2001, 2005) Jorge Toro
Jorge Toro
Jorge Luis Toro Sánchez is a retired football midfielder from Chile, who represented his native country at the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile. He scored the second goal in Chile's 2-0 win over Italy at that tournament, in a match that is remembered as the Battle of Santiago.- Honors:-References:...
(1959–62) Sebastián Toro
Sebastián Toro
Sebastián Patricio Toro Hormazábal is a Chilean footballer, who currently plays for Colo-Colo.He started to play in Colo-Colo's first team when Miguel Riffo and Luis Mena were injured and there were not replacements. After that he is a current stater of the 11 players that play...
(2009-) Juan Pablo Úbeda
Juan Pablo Úbeda
Juan Pablo Úbeda Pesce is an a Chilean footballer and he is currently unattached.Úbeda played for Chile at the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Egypt.-References:...
(2003–04) Francisco Valdés
Francisco Valdés
Francisco Segundo Valdés Muñoz, , nicknamed Chamaco, was a Chilean footballer and manager. Recognized as one of Chile's most important midfielders, with 215 official goals, he is the top scorer in the history of Chilean league...
(1961–69, 1972–75) Jorge Valdivia
Jorge Valdivia
Jorge Luis Valdivia Toro is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for the Brazilian Série A club Palmeiras and the Chilean national team....
(2003–06) Dion Valle
Dion Valle
Dion Valle is a Chilean-Australian football player.Valle currently plays for Marconi Stallions in the NSWPL.-External references:*...
(1993–95) Marcelo Vega
Marcelo Vega
Francisco Marcelo Vega Cepeda is a retired Chilean football midfielder.He was capped 30 times and scored 1 goal for the Chilean national team between 1991 and 1998...
(1993–95) Jaime Vera
Jaime Vera
Jaime Andrés Vera Rodríguez is a former Chilean footballer and currently works as a head coach of Universidad de Concepción.-Club career:...
(1983–88) Fernando Vergara
Fernando Vergara
Luis Fernando Vergara Meyland is a retired Chilean football forward, who was nicknamed El Zamorano de los Pobres during his career...
(1994–2000) Arturo Vidal
Arturo Vidal
Arturo Erasmo Vidal Pardo is a Chilean footballer who plays as defensive midfielder for Juventus and Chile. Although usually deployed as a defensive midfielder, Vidal is a versatile box-to-box midfielder capable of playing in a more attacking role as well.- Early life :Vidal was born in San...
(2006–07) Eduardo Vilches
Eduardo Vilches
Eduardo Enrique Vilches Arriagada is a former Chilean footballer.-Club career:Vilches began his professional career with Magallanes, before moving to Universidad Católica and Colo-Colo...
(1989–94) Moisés Villarroel
Moisés Villarroel
Moisés Fermín Villarroel Ayala is a Chilean football midfielder. He played for Colo-Colo, where he was part of the 2006 apertura, 2006 clausura, 2007 apertura, 2007 clausura, 2008 clausura championship teams....
(2003–08) Marco Villaseca
Marco Villaseca
Marco Antonio Villaseca Cabezas is a Chilean footballer currently playing for Rangers.-External links:...
(1997-2001, 2003) Oscar Wirth (1979–80) Patricio Yáñez
Patricio Yáñez
Patricio Nazario Yáñez Candia is a retired football Left Winger from Chile, who obtained 43 caps for his national team, scoring five goals. He made his debut on June 13, 1979 in a friendly against Ecuador, replacing Jorge Neumann, and had his last match on November 16, 1994 against Argentina...
(1991–95) Richard Zambrano
Richard Zambrano
Luis Richard Zambrano Chávez is a retired Chilean footballer who played as a striker during his career. He obtained a total number of eight caps for the Chilean national side...
(1997–98) Iván Zamorano
Iván Zamorano
Iván Luis Zamorano Zamora is a retired Chilean football striker. Along with former world-class forward Marcelo Salas and former world player of the year Elias Figueroa he is regarded as one of Chile's most recognized footballers.He was a member of the Chilean national team and played in the 1998...
(2003) Andrés González
Andrés González
Andrés Felipe González Ramírez is a Colombian footballer. He currently plays for Junior de Barranquilla, as a central defender.-Football career:...
(2006) Giovanni Hernández (2007) Macnelly Torres
Macnelly Torres
Macnelly Torres is a Colombian footballer who currently plays for Atlético Nacional and for the Colombia national football team best known for his very accurate through passes...
(2008–10) Eduardo Hurtado
Eduardo Hurtado
Eduardo Estíguar Hurtado Roa is a footballer who play as a striker. He has the record of being the 2nd all-time leading scorer for the Ecuador national football team with 26 goals in 74 caps.-Early history:...
(1993) Celso Ayala (2006)
Argentina Lucas BarriosLucas Barrios
Lucas Ramón Barrios Cáceres is an Argentine-born Paraguayan footballer. He currently plays as a striker for Borussia Dortmund in the German Bundesliga. Barrios is known for his effectiveness in the target area...
(2008–09) Domingo Salcedo
Domingo Salcedo
José Domingo Salcedo González is a Paraguayan football midfielder currently playing for Cerro Porteño.-Club:...
(2008–10, 2011) Daniel Sanabria
Daniel Sanabria
Daniel Horacio Sanabria Gueyraud is a Paraguayan football defender.During his career he played for Sportivo Luqueño, Club Libertad, Colo-Colo, Shonan Bellmare , Kyoto Purple Sanga , América-SP and Olimpia Asunción.Sanabria played for the Paraguay national football team and was a participant at...
(2005) Claudio Arbiza
Claudio Arbiza
Jorge Claudio Arbiza Zanuttini is a retired Uruguayan football goalkeeper who won league titles in Uruguay, Paraguay and Chile....
(1996–00) Luis Barbat
Luis Barbat
Luis Alberto Barbat Hudema is an Uruguayan football goalkeeper.-Club career:1997 - Barbat arrives to Deportes Tolima. His team classifies to Conmebol Cup...
(1994–96) Gustavo Biscayzacú
Gustavo Biscayzacú
Gustavo Javier Biscayzacú Perea is a footballer, who currently plays for Portuguesa, also known as "grillito" .- Career :...
(2007–08) Juan Guillermo Castillo (2011–) Leonardo Ramos
Leonardo Ramos
Leonardo Alfredo Ramos Giró is a former Uruguayan footballer. He formerly worked as the manager of Nueva Chicago in Argentina.-Club career:...
(2003) Andrés Scotti
Andrés Scotti
Andrés Scotti Ponce de León is a Uruguayan footballer that currently plays for the Chilean team Colo Colo and the Uruguayan national team as Centre back and very rarely as left back....
(2010–) José Manuel Rey (2009)
Managers
| José Rosetti (1925) Jorge Orth (1930−31) Arturo Torres Arturo Torres Arturo Torres is an American soccer player, the first player in the history of Chivas USA of Major League Soccer.... (1937) Máximo Garay (1938) Nicolás Lombardo Nicolás Lombardo Nicolás Italo Lombardo, also known as Nicola Italo Lombardo was an Argentine professional football player and coach. He also held Italian citizenship.... (1939) Franz Platko Franz Platko Ferenc Plattkó also known Franz Platko Kopiletz, Francisco Platko , also known as Ferenc Platko or Francisco Platko, was a Hungarian footballer and manager... (1939−43) Arturo Torres Arturo Torres Arturo Torres is an American soccer player, the first player in the history of Chivas USA of Major League Soccer.... (1944) Luis Tirado (1944−45) Enrique Sorrel (1947−48) Luis Tirado (1951) José Luis Boffi (1952) Franz Platko Franz Platko Ferenc Plattkó also known Franz Platko Kopiletz, Francisco Platko , also known as Ferenc Platko or Francisco Platko, was a Hungarian footballer and manager... (1953) Enrique Fernández Enrique Fernández Enrique Fernández may refer to:* Enrique Fernández , Uruguayan filmmaker, see 2007 Toronto International Film Festival* Enrique Fernández , basketball player* Enrique Fernández Viola, former Uruguayan footballer and manager... (1955−56) Flávio Costa Flávio Costa Flávio Rodrigues da Costa was a Brazilian football player and manager. He was born in Carangola, Minas Gerais.... (1959−60) Hernán Carrasco (1960) |
José Manuel Moreno José Manuel Moreno José Manuel Moreno Fernández , nicknamed "El Charro", was an Argentine football inside forward who played for several clubs in Argentina, Mexico, Chile, and Colombia, and was the first footballer ever to have won top division league titles in four different countries .Moreno... (1962) Hugo Tassara (1963) Caupolicán Peña (1964) Hugo Tassara (1965) José María Rodríguez (1966) Simon Parra (1966–76) Andrés Prieto Andrés Prieto Andrés Prieto Urrejola is a Chilean football forward who played for Chile in the 1950 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Club Deportivo Universidad Católica. He is brother of another chilean footballer, Ignacio Prieto.-External links:*... (1966−67) Pedro Morales (1967) Andrés Prieto Andrés Prieto Andrés Prieto Urrejola is a Chilean football forward who played for Chile in the 1950 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Club Deportivo Universidad Católica. He is brother of another chilean footballer, Ignacio Prieto.-External links:*... (1968) Francisco Molina (1969) Francisco Ormazábal (1969−70) Enrique Hormazábal Enrique Hormazabal Enrique "Cua cuá" Hormazábal was a former Chilean football right wing midfielder who played for Colo-Colo and the Chilean national team.-Playing career:... (1970−71) Luis Álamos Luis Alamos Luis Pedro Alamos Morales was a football manager from Chile, who guided the national team at the 1966 and 1974 FIFA World Cup.-References:*... (1972−73) Orlando Aravena (1974) Luis Álamos Luis Alamos Luis Pedro Alamos Morales was a football manager from Chile, who guided the national team at the 1966 and 1974 FIFA World Cup.-References:*... (1976) |
Orlando Aravena (1976) Spain Ferenc PuskásFerenc Puskás Ferenc Puskás was a Hungarian footballer and manager. He scored 84 goals in 85 international matches for Hungary, and 514 goals in 529 matches in the Hungarian and Spanish leagues. He became Olympic champion in 1952 and was a World Cup finalist in 1954... (1977) Sergio Navarro Sergio Navarro Sergio Navarro is a former Chilean footballer. He has played for Universidad de Chile, Colo-Colo and Unión Española and appeared for the Chile national football team in the 1962 FIFA World Cup, held in Chile.... (1977−78) Alberto Fouilloux Alberto Fouilloux Alberto Jorge Fouilloux Ahumada is a former Chilean football midfielder or striker who played 70 times for the Chile national team, making him the third most capped player in the history of Chilean international football.... (1978) Pedro Morales (1979−80) Pedro García Pedro García Barros Pedro García Barros is a retired Chilean football midfielder, who made his debut for the Chile national football team on 1967-09-19. After his professional career he became a football coach, guiding several teams, including the national squad at the 2001 Copa América... (1981−85) Arturo Salah Arturo Salah Arturo Salah Cassani is a Chilean former football player, who currently is an unemployed manager. He is of Palestinian background. Lastly he managed the Universidad de Chile. As a player, Salah played for Audax, Universidad Católica, Universidad de Chile and Palestino.-Manager career:He began his... (1986−90) Mirko Jozić Mirko Jozic Mirko Jozić is a retired Croatian football player and currently an active football manager.As a coach, he won the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship in Chile, with the Yugoslavia U-20 national team composed of names such as Robert Prosinečki, Zvonimir Boban and Davor Šuker.He coached Chilean club... (1990−93) Chile Vicente CantatoreVicente Cantatore Vicente Cantatore is a Chilean-Argentina former football player and manager.He played for Talleres de Córdoba, Tigre, San Lorenzo, Rangers de Talca, Santiago Wanderers and Deportes Concepción.... (1994) Eddio Inostroza (1994) Ignacio Prieto Ignacio Prieto Ignacio Prieto is a former Chilean footballer currently played for 5 clubs and in the Chile national football team in the FIFA World Cup England 1966.... (1994) Gustavo Benítez Gustavo Benítez Gustavo Benítez is a retired Paraguayan football defender. He currently works as a coach.-Career:... (1995−98) Nelsinho Baptista Nelsinho Baptista Nélson Baptista Júnior, usually known as Nelsinho Baptista , is a former association football right back and is currently a manager... (1999) Carlos Durán (1999) Fernando Morena Fernando Morena Fernando Morena Belora is a retired football striker from Uruguay. His most known nicknames were "Nando" and "Potrillo", and he is the all-time top goalscorer in the history of the Uruguayan Primera with 230 goals in 244 games... (1999−00) |
Roberto Hernández Roberto Hernández Roberto Hernández may refer to:*Roberto Hernández Ramírez , Mexican businessman*Roberto Hernandez, Jr., Mexican sportscaster*Roberto Hernández , Cuban athlete*Roberto Hernández , Puerto Rican baseball player... (2001) Jaime Pizarro Jaime Pizarro Jaime Augusto Pizarro Herrera is a retired football player who played 53 times for the Chile national team between 1987 and 1993. He currently serves as Sub-secretary of the National Institute of Sports of the government of Michelle Bachelet... (2002−03) Ricardo Dabrowski Ricardo Dabrowski Ricardo Dabrowski is an Argentine fomer footballer and manager. He played in clubs of Argentina, Chile and Mexico.-Teams : Temperley 1980-1982 Huracán 1983 Toluca 1984-1985 Temperley 1986-1987 Colo Colo 1987-1992... (2004) Marcelo Espina Marcelo Espina Marcelo Fabian Espina is a retired Argentine football midfielder. He played for a number of clubs in Argentina and Chile and represented the Argentina national football team. In 2010 he became manager of Argentine club Club Atlético Platense.-Club career:Espina bagan his career at Platense in the... (2005) Ricardo Dabrowski Ricardo Dabrowski Ricardo Dabrowski is an Argentine fomer footballer and manager. He played in clubs of Argentina, Chile and Mexico.-Teams : Temperley 1980-1982 Huracán 1983 Toluca 1984-1985 Temperley 1986-1987 Colo Colo 1987-1992... (2005) Claudio Borghi Claudio Borghi Claudio Daniel Borghi Bidos, , nicknamed Bichi, is an Argentine former footballer and current football manager of Chile.-Club:Borghi started his career as an Attacking midfielder for Argentinos Juniors in the early 1980s... (2006−08) Fernando Astengo Fernando Astengo Fernando Astengo is a retired football player and a current manager.Astengo was the manager of Colo-Colo during 2008,losing the Apertura final against Everton de Viña del Mar. Astengo currently coaches the youth team of Unión San Felipe.-Player: Colo-Colo** Primera División de Chile:1986-References:... (2008) Chile Marcelo BarticciottoMarcelo Barticciotto Marcelo Pablo Barticciotto Cicaré is a retired footballer, who last was the manager for Chilean club Colo-Colo... (2008–09) Gualberto Jara Gualberto Jara Gualberto Jara is a Paraguayan football manager currently coaching in the inferiors of Colo-Colo of the Chilean Primera División.... (interim) (2009) Hugo Tocalli Hugo Tocalli Hugo Daniel Tocalli is a former Argentine football goalkeeper and coach. He played over 400 games in Argentine football and went on to coach a number of clubs and the Argentina U-20 side.-Playing career:... (2009–10) Diego Cagna Diego Cagna Diego Sebastián Cagna is an Argentine football coach. He was a footballer, playing in the midfield, he retired in 2005, and a few years later he became a coach.- Career :... (2010–11) Luis Pérez Luis Pérez Luis Pérez may refer to:*Luis Alberto Pérez, Nicaraguan boxer*Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda, Cuban athlete*Luis Deines Pérez, Puerto Rican boxer*Luis Ernesto Pérez, Mexican footballer*Luis Manuel Pérez, Domincan baseball pitcher... (interim) (2011) Américo Gallego Américo Gallego Américo Rubén "El Tolo" Gallego is an Argentine football coach and former player, he played 73 times for the Argentina national team during his playing career.-Playing career:... (2011) Luis Pérez Luis Pérez Luis Pérez may refer to:*Luis Alberto Pérez, Nicaraguan boxer*Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda, Cuban athlete*Luis Deines Pérez, Puerto Rican boxer*Luis Ernesto Pérez, Mexican footballer*Luis Manuel Pérez, Domincan baseball pitcher... (interim) (2011) Marcelo Ramirez Marcelo Ramírez Marcelo Antonio Ramírez Gormaz is a retired Chilean football goalkeeper. He who was capped 37 times for the Chilean national team between 1993 and 2001, and was an unused substitute player for the 1998 FIFA World Cup... (interim) (2011) Ivo Basay Ivo Basay Ivo Alexis Basay Hatibovic is a retired football striker from Chile, who played professional football for seventeen years... (2011-) |
Presidents
Alberto Parodi (1925–26) Tomás Olivo (1926) Carlos Bello (1926–28) Carlo Cariola (1928–29) Carlos Concha (1929–30) Gonzalo Debesa (1930–31) Fernando Larraín (1931–32) Tomás Olivo (1932–33) Waldo Sanhueza (1933–34) Robinson Álvarez (1934–35) Alfonso Silva (1936–37) Ernesto Blake (1937–39) Robinson Álvarez (1939–42)Ernesto Blake (1937–39) Robinson Álvarez (1939–42) Tomás Olivo (1942-43) Robinson Alvarez (1943–49) Hugo Larraín (1949–51) Pedro Foncea (1951–53) Antonio Labán (1953–62) Jovino Novoa Vidal (1962–64) Guillermo Herrera (1964–68) Guillermo Ferrer (1968–69) Héctor Gálvez (1969–76) Javier Vial (1976–78) Luis Alberto Simián (1978–79)
Miguel Balbi (1979–79) Alejandro Ascuí (1980–84) Patricio Vildósola (1984) Naín Rostión (1985) Peter Dragicevic (1986–91) Eduardo Menichetti (1991–94) Peter Dragicevic (1994–02) Juan Carlos Saffie (síndico de quiebra) (2002–03) Francisco Goñi (síndico de quiebra) (2003–04) Patricio Jamarne (síndico de quiebra) (2004–05) Cristián Varela (2005–07) Gabriel Ruiz-Tagle (2007–10) Guillermo Mackenna (2010–11) Hernán Levy (2011–incumbent)