Carlos Alberto Poblete Jofré is a former Chilean football player. Also, former head coach of
Puebla F.C. in the
Liga MX.
Club career
He began his career with the Chilean club
Universidad de Chile
The University of Chile ( es, Universidad de Chile) is a public research university in Santiago, Chile. It was founded on November 19, 1842, and inaugurated on September 17, 1843. in 1980, where he played until 1986
when he transferred to the Mexican club
Puebla FC
Puebla ( en, colony, settlement), officially Free and Sovereign State of Puebla ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 217 municipalities and its cap ...
. During his first year he scored eight goals in 35 games, which did not convince the coach or the owners, so he was sent out on loan to crosstown rival
Ángeles de Puebla
Club Ángeles de Puebla was a football team that played in Mexican Primera División and in Primera División A, it had its home in the city of Puebla de Zaragoza in Mexico. The team was founded in the years 1984–85 after the purchase of the C ...
. While playing there he scored 20 goals, which got the attention of Puebla FC's coach, so he was transferred back. In the 1988–89 tournament he scored 23 goals. In 1989–90 he increased his goal scoring further, scoring 22, including two in the 1989 final against Leones Negros.
After the 1992 tournament, with the club in hiatus after losing the 1992 final, he was transferred to
Cruz Azul
Club de Futbol Cruz Azul or simply Cruz Azul () is a professional football club based in Mexico City, Mexico. It competes in the Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football. Because "azul" means "blue" in Spanish, the club has traditionally ...
where he managed to score 14 goals. In the 1993 tournament he was sent to
Veracruz
Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Me ...
, where he spent two years scoring 15 goals in 64 games.
In 1995, he returned to
Puebla FC
Puebla ( en, colony, settlement), officially Free and Sovereign State of Puebla ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 217 municipalities and its cap ...
where he scored his last seven with the club. He finished with 83, placing himself third all time in the club's records. At the end of the tournament he left for his native
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
where he played with
Club Deportivo O'Higgins for the 1996 tournament. In 1997, he again returned to Mexico to play with
Unión de Curtidores
Unión de Curtidores (Spanish, Union of Tanners; nicknamed Curtidores) was a football club. The club was founded on August 15, 1928. The club plays in the Tercera División de México Group 9 for 2015–16 Season in their return of team after on ...
where he retired.
International career
He represented Chile at the
1983 Pan American Games
The 1983 Pan American Games were held in Caracas, Venezuela from August 14 to August 29, 1983. The games were the first major international competition to include relatively accurate steroid testing.Taylor, William N., ''Anabolic Steroids and the ...
in
Caracas, Venezuela, making an appearance versus
Cuba U23. In addition, he made appearances for the
Chile B-team in the friendly tournament
1985 Indonesian Independence Cup, where Chile became champion.
Personal life
He was nicknamed ''Búfalo'' (Buffalo) due to his corpulence.
After his retirement, he has performed as a
football commentator
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.
Honours
Puebla
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Primera División de México:
1989–90
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Copa México
The Copa MX (formerly called Copa Tower Monterrey, Copa Eliminatoria, Copa México and Copa Corona MX (for sponsorship reasons)) was a Mexican football cup competition that was established in 1907. After a lengthy hiatus that began in 1997, it was ...
:
1989–90
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Campeón de Campeones
''Campeón de Campeones'' ( es, Champion of Champions) is an annual Mexican football competition established in 1942. In its current form, the winner of the Apertura season faces the winner of the Clausura season, for both Liga MX and Liga MX Feme ...
:
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Copa de Campeones de la Concacaf:
1991
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Chile B
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Indonesian Independence Cup
The Indonesian Independence Cup ( Indonesian: ''Piala Kemerdekaan'') was an international football tournament organised by the Football Association of Indonesia to commemorate the independence day of the Republic of Indonesia
Indonesia, o ...
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References
External links
Carlos Pobleteat PlaymakerStats
Medio Tiempo stats
{{DEFAULTSORT:Poblete, Carlos
1963 births
Living people
Footballers from Santiago
Chilean footballers
Chilean expatriate footballers
Chile youth international footballers
Chile international footballers
Universidad de Chile footballers
Club Puebla players
Cruz Azul footballers
C.D. Veracruz footballers
O'Higgins F.C. footballers
Unión de Curtidores footballers
Chilean Primera División players
Liga MX players
Ascenso MX players
Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
Expatriate footballers in Mexico
Association football forwards
Chilean football managers
Chilean expatriate football managers
Lobos BUAP managers
Club Puebla managers
Liga MX managers
Expatriate football managers in Mexico
Chilean association football commentators