Fernando Vergara
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Luis Fernando Vergara Meyland | ||
Date of birth | 13 May 1970 | ||
Place of birth | Santiago,, Chile | ||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Universidad de Concepción (manager) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1991 | Universidad de Chile | ||
1992 | Fernández Vial | ||
1993 | Colo-Colo | ||
1994 | Deportes Antofagasta | 26 | (8) |
1995–1998 | Colo-Colo | ||
1998–1999 | Rayo Vallecano | 21 | (4) |
1999 | Colo-Colo | ||
2001 | Universitario de Deportes | ||
2002 | Unión Española | ||
National team | |||
1996–1997 | Chile | 6 | (3) |
Teams managed | |||
2005 | Barnechea | ||
2005–2006 | Instituto Nacional | ||
2007 | Magallanes | ||
2008–2009 | Huachipato | ||
2011 | Deportes La Serena | ||
2011–2012 | Deportes Iquique | ||
2014 | Deportes Temuco | ||
2014 | Cobreloa | ||
2015 | San Marcos | ||
2015–2016 | Unión Española | ||
2016–2017 | Deportes Antofagasta | ||
2018–2019 | Deportes Puerto Montt | ||
2020–2021 | Magallanes | ||
2021– | Universidad de Concepción | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Luis Fernando Vergara Meyland (born 13 May 1970), known as Fernando Vergara, is a retired Chilean football forward, who was nicknamed El Zamorano de los Pobres during his career. He is currently coaching Universidad de Concepción in the Primera B de Chile.[1]
Career[]
Vergara obtained a total number of six caps for the Chilean national team, scoring three goals between 1996 and 1997.
Following his playing career, Vergara became a football manager and led C.D. Huachipato to the quarter-finals in the 2008 Torneo Clausura.[2]
In 1997, he had a trial with English Premier League club Crystal Palace and then had talks with Everton, but nothing came of either of these approaches and Vergara never played a competitive game in England.[3]
Career statistics[]
International goals[]
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | ||||||||
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1. | 4 January 1997 | Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar, Chile | ![]() |
7–0 | Win | Friendly | ||||||||
2. | 4 January 1997 | Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar, Chile | ![]() |
7–0 | Win | Friendly | ||||||||
3. | 17 June 1997 | Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba, Bolivia | ![]() |
2–1 | Loss | 1997 Copa América | ||||||||
Correct as of 7 October 2015[4][5] |
Honours[]
Player[]
- Colo-Colo
- Primera División de Chile (3): 1996, 1997, 1998
References[]
- ^ "Universidad de Concepción presentó a su nuevo entrenador" (in Spanish). TNT Sports. 27 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- ^ "Fernando Vergara está confiado en su escuadra" (in Spanish). Cooperativa.cl. 13 November 2008.
- ^ Metcalf, Rupert (8 August 1997). "pounds 1.5m Platt ponders Boro move". The Independent. London.
- ^ 1997 MATCHES INTERCONTINENTAL
- ^ Copa América 1997
External links[]
- Fernando Vergara at Soccerway
- Fernando Vergara at National-Football-Teams.com
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- Universidad de Chile footballers
- C.D. Arturo Fernández Vial footballers
- Colo-Colo footballers
- C.D. Antofagasta footballers
- Rayo Vallecano players
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