Sergio Ahumada

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Sergio Ahumada
Personnel
Surname Sergio Ahumada Bacho
birthday October 2, 1948
place of birth Coquimbo ,  Chile
size 176 cm
position attack
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1966-1969 Deportes La Serena 58 (14)
1970-1974 Colo-Colo Santiago 107 (41)
1975 Unión Española 5 0(2)
1975-1976 Estudiantes Tecos 13 0(0)
1976-1988 Everton Viña del Mar 76 (30)
1979-1980 CD O'Higgins 26 0(4)
1981 Coquimbo Unido
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1973-1977 Chile 29 0(6)
1 Only league games are given.

Sergio Ahumada Bacho (born October 2, 1948 in Coquimbo ) is a former Chilean football player . He played for CSD Colo-Colo and Unión Española , among others, and made it into the final of the Copa Libertadores with both clubs . He also took part in the 1974 World Cup in Germany with the national team of his home country .

Career

Club career

Sergio Ahumada, born in Coquimbo in 1948 , began playing football at Deportes La Serena , where he made his debut in the first team in 1966. Deportes La Serena remained loyal to the attacker until 1969 with a short interruption and made 58 league games with fourteen goals for the club during this time. For the 1970 season Ahumada was committed by CSD Colo-Colo from the capital Santiago , where he spent the next five years and experienced what was probably the most successful time of his playing career. In his first season at Colo-Colo, he won the Chilean football championship after tied with Unión Española in the Primera División and won the championship game with 2-1. In 1972 another championship followed. With this, the club was also qualified for the Copa Libertadores 1973 . There they were able to finish the second group stage first in front of Club Cerro Porteño from Paraguay and Botafogo FR from Brazil , after having already prevailed in the first group stage. As the first Chilean club ever, Colo-Colo Santiago moved into the final of the Copa Libertadores , where they met the Argentinian club Independiente Avellaneda . After both the first and second legs had ended in a draw, a playoff had to decide the Libertadores winner. Here Independiente managed to win the title with a 2-1 victory.

Sergio Ahumada played for Colo-Colo until 1974 and made a total of 107 games with 41 goals for the record champions Chile. He then went to Unión Española for a year, where in that one year Ahumada immediately won the championship of Chile for the third time. Furthermore, he moved with Unión Española in the final of the Copa Libertadores 1975 and was thus also in the second final participation of a Chilean team in this competition. And again the opponent was called Independiente Avellaneda. Unión Española won the first leg 1-0 with a goal from Sergio Ahumada three minutes before the end of the game. In the second leg, Independiente won 3: 1 and thus forced a play-off. The Argentine series winners then won 2-0 and were able to secure the Copa Libertadores for the fourth time in a row.

After a very successful year at Unión Española, Sergio Ahumada left his Chilean homeland and went to Estudiantes Tecos in Mexico . After a year Ahumada returned to Chile and played for CD Everton de Viña del Mar from then on . It succeeded in 1976 winning the championship, the fourth for Sergio Ahumada and third for Everton. Overall, Sergio Ahumada played for Everton Viña del Mar from 1976 to 1978, making 76 league games with thirty goals in that time. From 1979 to 1980, the striker was under contract with CD O'Higgins in Rancagua , but only appeared in 26 league games in two years. In 1981 Ahumada stormed another year for Coquimbo Unido in his hometown before ending his career there at the age of 33.

National team

Between 1973 and 1977 Sergio Ahumada made a total of 26 appearances in the Chilean national football team . He achieved six goals. National coach Luis Álamos appointed him to the South American squad for the 1974 World Cup in Germany . Ahumada was used at the tournament in all three games over the full playing time and scored the Chileans' only tournament goal in a 1-1 draw against the GDR . With two draws and one defeat in the group stage, the team finished third in Group 1 behind the Federal Republic of Germany and the GDR as well as Australia and was eliminated.

successes

1970 and 1972 with Colo-Colo
1975 with Unión Española
1976 with Everton Viña del Mar
1973 with Colo-Colo
1975 with Unión Española

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personal data
SURNAME Ahumada, Sergio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ahumada Bacho, Sergio (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chilean soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH October 2, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Coquimbo