Óscar Mauricio Opazo Lara (; born 18 October 1990) is a

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who currently plays for

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in the Chilean First División as a defender.

Club career

In December 2022, he joined

Argentine Primera División The Primera División (; en, "First Division"), known officialy as Liga Profesional de Fútbol, or Torneo Binance for sponsorship reasons, is a professional football league in Argentina, organised by the Argentine Football Association (AFA). T ...

side

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for the 2023 season.

International career

Opazo got his first call up to the senior

side for

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qualifiers against

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and

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in October 2016.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first.''

Personal life

Opazo is nicknamed ''Torta'' (Cake).

Honours

Club

;Colo-Colo *

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(1): Transición 2017 * Supercopa de Chile (2):

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, 2018

International

;Chile *

China Cup The China Cup International Football Championship () is an annual association football tournament organized in China by Wanda Sports Holdings. The Championship was inaugurated in 2017 as a single-elimination tournament A single-elimination ...

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* * 1990 births Living people People from Concón Footballers from Valparaíso Region Chilean men's footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chile men's international footballers 2019 Copa América players Santiago Wanderers footballers Colo-Colo footballers Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers Chilean Primera División players Primera B de Chile players Argentine Primera División players Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina Men's association football defenders {{Chile-footy-defender-stub