Carlos Israel Verdugo Concha (born 6 September 1975) is a Chilean professional former

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who played as a

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for clubs in Chile and El Salvador.

Club career

Born in

Concepción, Chile Concepción (; originally: ''Concepción de la Madre Santísima de la Luz'', "Conception of the Blessed Mother of Light") is a city and commune in central Chile, and the geographical and demographic core of the Greater Concepción metropolitan a ...

, he began his career with Deportes Concepción. Along with the club, he took part in the

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, a well remembered championship by the club fans where Verdugo scored two goals and the team was knocked out in round of 16 by Brazilian club

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. In Chile, he also played for Ñublense, Universidad Católica, Universidad de Concepción, Unión San Felipe,

Provincial Osorno Provincial Osorno is a football club based in Osorno, Los Lagos Region, Chile. The club is currently playing at the fourth tier of the Chilean football system, the Tercera División. The club were founded on 5 June 1983 and then re-founded on ...

and San Marcos de Arica. From 2002 to 2003 he played for Universidad Católica, winning the 2002 Apertura Championship in the

Chilean Primera División The Chilean Primera División (English: First Division) is the top-tier league of the Chilean football league system. It is organized by the ''Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, ANFP''. The league is known as the Campeonato AFP PlanVital ...

. From 2004 to 2005 he played for Universidad de Concepción, where he coincided with great players such as Esteban Paredes, the top goalscorer of the Chilean Primera División,

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and

Luis Pedro Figueroa Luis Pedro Figueroa Sepúlveda (born May 14, 1983) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career He was born in Concepción, and made his debut for U. de Concepción in 2002 (just 18 years old) and was bought by Univer ...

. Abroad, he had a step with Águila from

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in second half 2006. In 2007, he joined Provincial Osorno and got promotion to Chilean Primera División after winning the 2007 Primera B. His last club was San Marcos de Arica in the Primera B in 2009.

International career

Verdugo made an appearance for the Chile national team in the friendly match against

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in 28 December 2001. He had replaced Jaime González in the squad after González ignored the call-up.

Personal life

He was nicknamed ''Lulo''. He has worked for the Universidad Católica youth system as coordinator of the football academy in

San Pedro de la Paz San Pedro de la Paz () is a Chilean city and commune located in the Concepción Province, Biobío Region. It has some 80,447 inhabitants according to the 2002 national census. In 2005, the Pedro Aguirre Cerda avenue, the main avenue in the city, ...

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, just like another former players such as

René Valenzuela Eduardo René Valenzuela Becker (born April 20, 1955), known as René Valenzuela, is a Chilean former footballer who played as a defender. Career Valenzuela represented his native country at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, wearing the number three je ...

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Luciano Saavedra Luciano Andrés Saavedra Olguín (born 15 September 1972) is a Chilean former football player who played as an attacking midfielder. Playing career Born in Romeral, Chile,(Municipalidad de RomeralEste jueves la dirección de la Escuela Tres Esqui ...

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, among others.

Honours

Universidad Católica *

: 2002 Apertura Provincial Osorno *

Primera B de Chile Campeonato Primera B ( en, Chilean First B Division) is the second tier in the Chilean football league system, and is organized by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional. It was established in 1952 as ''Segunda División'', and later renam ...

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References

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Carlos Verdugo
at playmakerstats.com 1975 births Living people Footballers from Concepción, Chile Chilean men's footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chile men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Deportes Concepción (Chile) footballers Ñublense footballers Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers C.D. Universidad de Concepción footballers Unión San Felipe footballers C.D. Águila footballers Provincial Osorno footballers San Marcos de Arica footballers Chilean Primera División players Primera B de Chile players Salvadoran Primera División players Chilean expatriate sportspeople in El Salvador Expatriate men's footballers in El Salvador {{Chile-footy-forward-stub