Moisés Villarroel (Chilean footballer)

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Villarroel and the second or maternal family name is Ayala.
Moisés Villarroel
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Personal information
Full name Moisés Fermín Villarroel Ayala
Date of birth (1976-02-12) 12 February 1976 (age 46)
Place of birth Viña del Mar, Chile
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–2002 Santiago Wanderers 167 (12)
2003–2008 Colo-Colo 165 (8)
2009–2014 Santiago Wanderers 94 (3)
Total 429 (23)
National team
1997–2005 Chile 34 (1)
Teams managed
2014–2018 Santiago Wanderers (youth)
2018 Santiago Wanderers
2018–2021 Santiago Wanderers (youth)
2021 Santiago Wanderers (interim)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Moisés Fermín Villarroel Ayala (born 12 February 1976) is a Chilean football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.

Career[]

He played for Colo-Colo, where he was part of the 2006 apertura, 2006 clausura, 2007 apertura, 2007 clausura, 2008 clausura championship teams. Now is the captain of Santiago Wanderers club where he start his footballer career.

Villarroel's international debut came in a match against Venezuela, which Chile won 6–0 on April 29, 1997. He has capped 34 times and scored 1 goal for the Chilean national team between 1997 and 2005, including four games at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He has also represented his country in four Copa América tournaments.

Villaroel has mainly played as a right sided defender and defensive midfielder. He has been described as a tough defensive minded player with a high work-rate.

Coaching career[]

Santiago Wanderers[]

Short after retiring in 2014, Villarroel started coaching the youth teams at Santiago Wanderers. On 21 March 2018, Villarroel was appointed as the new manager of Santiago Wanderers.[1] Until December 2021, he was the manager of Santiago Wanderers' youth setup.[2]

Personal life[]

He is the father of the professional footballer Martín Villarroel who is a product of the Santiago Wanderers youth system.[3]

Honours[]

Club[]

Santiago Wanderers
Colo-Colo

References[]

  1. ^ MOISES FERMÍN VILLARROEL SERÁ EL NUEVO TÉCNICO DE SANTIAGO WANDERERS‚ santiagowanderers.cl, 21 March 2018
  2. ^ "Moisés Villarroel: "No se me cae la corona por trabajar en Uber"" (in Spanish). ADN Radio Chile. 11 May 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  3. ^ Márquez, Nicolás (23 May 2021). "Los cuatro hijos de chilenos mundialistas en Francia 98 que ya debutaron en el fútbol profesional". www.encancha.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 May 2022.

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