Marco Antonio Figueroa
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| Personnel | ||
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| Surname | Marco Antonio Figueroa Montero | |
| birthday | February 21, 1962 | |
| place of birth | San Felipe , Región de Valparaíso , Chile | |
| size | 1.80 m | |
| position | striker | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1983 | Unión La Calera | |
| 1984-1986 | CD Everton | 51 (17) |
| 1986-1990 | Monarcas Morelia | 133 (55) |
| 1990 | Club America | 14 (5) |
| 1991-1993 | CD Cobreloa | 70 (47) |
| 1994-1997 | Monarcas Morelia | 122 (72) |
| 1998 | Atlético Celaya | 17 (3) |
| 1998-1999 | CD Universidad Católica | 50 (25) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1986-1993 | Chile | 7 (1) |
| Stations as a trainer | ||
| Years | station | |
| 2001 | CSD Comunicaciones | |
| 2004 | Trotamundos Salamanca | |
| 2005 | Celaya FC | |
| 2006 | Lagartos de Tabasco | |
| 2006 | Tecos II | |
| 2006-2007 | Monarcas Morelia | |
| 2008-2010 | CD Universidad Católica | |
| 2010 | CD O'Higgins | |
| 2011–2012 | CD Everton | |
| 2012 | Unión San Felipe | |
| 2012-2013 | CD Cobreloa | |
| 2013-2014 | CF Universidad de Chile | |
| 2014-2015 | CD Cobreloa | |
| 2015-2016 | CD San Marcos de Arica | |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Marco Antonio Figueroa (born February 21, 1962 in San Felipe , Región de Valparaíso ), also known by the nickname El Fantasma , is a former Chilean football player in the position of a striker and today's football coach . In both functions he worked for various clubs in his home country Chile and Mexico .
career
player
Figueroa started his professional career at Unión La Calera . He then switched to the CD Everton de Viña del Mar , where he was under contract from 1984 to 1986. He then moved to the Mexican league , where he first played for Monarcas Morelia for four years and then a half-season at Club America .
At the end of 1990 he returned to his homeland and was under contract with CD Cobreloa for three years , with whom he won the Chilean football championship in 1992 and was the top scorer in the Chilean league with 18 goals in the following season in 1993 .
At the beginning of 1994 he returned to his longtime Mexican club Monarcas Morelia, to whose "dream team" he belonged according to the Mexican sports newspaper Récord and whose club-internal record goal scorer he is to this day. He was again under contract with Monarcas Morelia for four years before moving to the Mexican club Atlético Celaya for a half season and then ending his active career in the ranks of the Chilean CD Universidad Católica .
Between 1986 and 1993 Figueroa played a total of seven missions (one goal) for the Chilean national team . Before that, he was already in the squad of the national team that represented Chile at the soccer tournament of the 1984 Summer Olympics .
Trainer
Figueroa made his coaching debut in 2001 when he was head coach for the Guatemalan first division club CSD Comunicaciones for nine months . He then looked after several Mexican second division clubs ( Trotamundos Salamanca , Celaya FC , Lagartos de Tabasco and the second team of Tecos UAG ) before he was responsible for a Mexican first division team for the first and so far only time in the 2006/07 season with his longstanding club Monarcas Morelia was.
After the end of his work at Morelia, Figueiroa returned (permanently to this day) to his homeland, where he has since coached various teams. Figueroa celebrated his only significant success as a coach with his former club CD Everton , with whom he became second division champion of the Clausura 2011, but in the subsequent play-offs for promotion to the Primera División against his hometown club Unión San Felipe (which he then trained) lost.
successes
As a player
- Chilean champion : 1992
- Top scorer of the Chilean League : 1993
As a trainer
- Chilean second division champions: Clausura 2011
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rodrigo Fuentealba Aguilera (La Tercera): Los 10 más grandes goleadores de Chile (Spanish; article from 2012)
- ↑ Récord: Te presentamos el 11 ideal histórico del Morelia (Spanish; article of September 8, 2012)
- ↑ Francisco Siredey (La Tercera): La historia de un cascarrabias (Spanish; article from 2013)
Web links
- Marco Figueroa in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
- Marco Figueroa in the database of transfermarkt.de
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Figueroa, Marco Antonio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Figueroa Montero, Marco Antonio (full name); Fantasma (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chilean soccer player and coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 21, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Felipe , Región de Valparaíso , Chile |