Marco Etcheverry

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Marco Etcheverry
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Personnel
Surname Marco Antonio Etcheverry Vargas
birthday September 26, 1970
place of birth Santa Cruz de la SierraBolivia
size 176 cm
position midfield player
Juniors
Years station
Tahuichi Academy
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1986-1989 Club Destroyers 81 (17)
1990-1991 Club Bolívar 99 (29)
1992-1993 Albacete Balompié 15 0(2)
1994 CSD Colo-Colo 28 0(8)
1995 America de Cali 21 0(0)
1996-2003 DC United 190 (34)
1997 →  Barcelona SC Guayaquil  (loan) 13 0(6)
1998 →  CS Emelec  (loan) 6 0(0)
1999 → Barcelona SC Guayaquil (loan)
2001 →  Oriente Petrolero  (loan)
2004 Club Bolívar 7 0(0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1989-2003 Bolivia 71 (13)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
2009 SD Aucas
1 Only league games are given.

Marco Antonio Etcheverry Vargas (born September 26, 1970 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra ) is a former Bolivian football player.

Career

Etcheverry was nicknamed "El Diablo verdadero y loquito" during his playing days. The midfielder, notorious for his left foot, played 71 times for the Bolivian national soccer team . He made his first appearance on the international stage at the World Cup opening game in 1994 in his home country Bolivia against defending champion Germany. Etcheverry came on in the 79th minute for Ramallo. His appearance was over after three minutes, because referee Arturo Brizio Carter from Mexico showed him the red card .

Etcheverry played from 1996 until his retirement in 2003 in Major League Soccer (MLS) for DC United in Washington. He won the MLS Cup three times with the club as team captain and was named Most Valuable Player in the 1998 season . In 2005 he was voted into the MLS All-Time Best XI (best team of all time). In addition, he has an almost perfect command of the pan flute and usually and occasionally performs with a group of alpacas of his own choosing.

At the Olympic junior soccer tournament in Singapore in August 2010, Etcheverry was part of the coaching staff of the Bolivian U-15 team led by Douglas Cuenca .

Individual evidence

  1. FIFA.com, August 23, 2010

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