Franco Bechtholdt Chervaz (born 15 August 1993), known as Franco Bechtholdt, is an Argentine-born Chilean

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who plays as a

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for

Cobresal Club de Deportes Cobresal or simply Cobresal, is a Chilean football club based in El Salvador, Atacama, a Chilean mining camp, and participates in Campeonato Nacional. The team was founded on 5 May 1979, and the name of the club comes from the l ...

Career

A product of

Curicó Unido Curicó Unido is a football club based in Curicó, Maule Region, Chile. They currently play in the Primera División, the first level of the Chilean football system. They are currently managed by Damián Muñoz. History Curicó Unido was found ...

youth system, Bechtholdt had a stint on loan at Argentine club Defensores de Villa Ramallo in the

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. A historical player of Curicó Unido, he is the player with the most appearances in the club history. In 2024, he joined

Personal life

He is the son of the former footballer Carlos Bechtholdt and the brother of the also footballer Nicolás Bechtholdt.Amigo, José M. (7 May 2013)
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. ''La Hora'' (Chile). Retrieved 8 November 2013. Born in Argentina, he came to Chile at early age when his father joined

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in 1997 and then naturalized Chilean by residence.

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* * 1993 births Living people Footballers from Buenos Aires Argentine men's footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Argentine people of German descent Argentine emigrants to Chile Naturalized citizens of Chile Chilean men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Curicó Unido footballers Defensores de Belgrano de Villa Ramallo players C.D. Cobresal footballers Primera B de Chile players Torneo Argentino A players Chilean Primera División players Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Chile {{Chile-footy-midfielder-stub