Carlos Verdugo
Personal information
Full name Carlos Israel Verdugo Concha
Date of birth (1975-09-06) 6 September 1975
Place of birth Concepción, Chile
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Deportes Concepción
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2001 Deportes Concepción 61 (13)
1998Ñublense (loan)
2002–2003 Universidad Católica 57 (4)
2004–2005 Universidad de Concepción 55 (5)
2006 Unión San Felipe 17 (1)
2006 Águila
2007–2008 Provincial Osorno 38 (2)
2009 San Marcos
International career
2001 Chile 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carlos Israel Verdugo Concha (born 6 September 1975) is a Chilean professional former footballer who played as a forward for clubs in Chile and El Salvador.

Club career

Born in Concepción, Chile, he began his career with Deportes Concepción. Along with the club, he took part in the 2001 Copa Libertadores, a well remembered championship by the club fans where Verdugo scored two goals[1] and the team was knocked out in round of 16 by Brazilian club Vasco da Gama.[2] In Chile, he also played for Ñublense, Universidad Católica, Universidad de Concepción, Unión San Felipe, Provincial Osorno and San Marcos de Arica.[3]

From 2002 to 2003 he played for Universidad Católica, winning the 2002 Apertura Championship in the Chilean Primera División.[4]

From 2004 to 2005 he played for Universidad de Concepción, where he coincided with great players such as Esteban Paredes, the top goalscorer of the Chilean Primera División,[5] Hugo Droguett and Luis Pedro Figueroa.[6]

Abroad, he had a step with Águila from El Salvador in second half 2006.[7]

In 2007, he joined Provincial Osorno and got promotion to Chilean Primera División after winning the 2007 Primera B.[8] His last club was San Marcos de Arica in the Primera B in 2009.[9]

International career

Verdugo made an appearance for the Chile national team in the friendly match against Catalonia in 28 December 2001.[10] He had replaced Jaime González in the squad after González ignored the call-up.[11]

Personal life

He was nicknamed Lulo.[12]

He has worked for the Universidad Católica youth system as coordinator of the football academy in San Pedro de la Paz, Biobío Region,[4] just like another former players such as René Valenzuela, Juan José Ribera, Luciano Saavedra, Ian Mac-Niven, among others.[13]

Honours

Universidad Católica

Provincial Osorno

References

  1. Maureira, Nicolás (15 May 2016). "Un club con historia: a 15 años de participación de D. Concepción en la Libertadores 2001". BioBioChile (in Spanish). Radio Bío-Bío. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  2. González, Marcelo (15 April 2021). "Columna de Cristián Arcos: Los 55 años del "León de Collao"". ADN (in Spanish). ADN Radio Chile. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  3. "Carlos Verdugo". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  4. 1 2 @cruzados (April 8, 2016). "Carlos Verdugo, campeón con #LosCruzados en el Apertura 2002" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 August 2022 via Twitter.
  5. Ramírez, Homero; Bernucci, Carla (26 May 2022). "Paredes, el último ídolo de Colo Colo: el detalle de los 221 goles del Tanque". www.goal.com (in Spanish). Goal. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  6. "Plantel de Primera A del Fútbol del Club Deportivo Universidad de Concepción". www.clubdeportivo.udec.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  7. "Águila vs Alianza: Mucho más que un juego: 23 de septiembre de 2006/ - El Diario de Hoy en elsalvador.com ::". archivo.elsalvador.com (in Spanish). 23 September 2006. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  8. @futboldeantescl (May 15, 2019). "Plantel de Provincial Osorno en 2007" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 August 2022 via Twitter.
  9. "Cristian Montecinos practicó con los titulares de San Marcos de Arica". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 5 November 2009. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  10. Morrison, Neil (2 February 2005). "International Matches 2001 - Other". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  11. "Carlos Verdugo, el nuevo nominado de Garcés". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 21 December 2001. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  12. ¡El Lulo! Club Social y de Deportes Concepción on Facebook
  13. "ESCUELAS DE FÚTBOL UC" (PDF). Cruzados: Memoria Anual 2016 (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: 41. 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2023.


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