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

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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

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, where he spent two years scoring 15 goals in 64 games. In 1995, he returned to

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

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where he played with Club Deportivo O'Higgins for the 1996 tournament. In 1997, he again returned to Mexico to play with

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where he retired.

International career

He represented Chile at the

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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

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Honours

Puebla * Primera División de México: 1989–90 *

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 *

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 ...

: * Copa de Campeones de la Concacaf:

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Chile B *

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

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