Ian Patricio Mac-Niven Carlsson (born 25 October 1971) is a Chilean former professional
footballer
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who played as an
attacking midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As #Cent ...
.
Career
A product of
Universidad Católica youth system, Mac-Niven made his debut thanks to the coach
Vicente Cantatore
Vicente Cantatore (6 October 1935 – 15 January 2021) was an Argentine football player and manager.
Career
He played for Talleres de Córdoba, Tigre, San Lorenzo, Rangers de Talca, Santiago Wanderers and Deportes Concepción.
He managed Lota ...
in 1991 and stayed with them until 1996, with stints on loan at
Deportes Concepción (1993) and
Deportes Antofagasta
Deportes Antofagasta is a Chilean football club based in the city of Antofagasta currently playing in the Campeonato Nacional. The club's home stadium is the Estadio Bicentenario Calvo y Bascuñán, which has a capacity of 21,178.
History
The ...
(1994).
[(Pelotudos Chile]
Ian Mac Niven, el gerente de la Roja que sintió no ser tan buen futbolista
on Facebook . 25 April 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2023. In 1997, he joined Colombian side
Deportes Tolima
Club Deportes Tolima S.A., commonly known as Deportes Tolima, or simply as Tolima, is a Colombian professional football club based in Ibagué, Tolima Department that currently plays in the CategorÃa Primera A.
Founded in 1954, the club has wo ...
, but he didn't make any appearance.
At youth international level, he represented Chile at under-20 level in the
1991 South American Championship and at under-23 level in the
1992 Pre-Olympic Tournament.
At senior international level, he represented Chile in two friendlies in 1995.
After football
Mac-Niven graduated as a journalist and got a degree in
sport management at the
European University of Madrid
European University of Madrid (''Universidad Europea de Madrid'' in Spanish language, UEM) is a private university in Madrid, Spain.
History
Founded in 1995, the school was purchased in 1999 by Sylvan Learning Systems, Inc. In 2004, Sylvan Le ...
.
He worked for the
Football Federation of Chile
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as head of logistics of the
Chile senior team from 2017 to 2021.
Mac-Niven has also been in charge of football academies affiliated to
Universidad Católica in
Recoleta,
Ñuñoa and
Talcahuano, 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 ...
,
Carlos Verdugo,
Luciano Saavedra,
Juan José Ribera
Juan José Ribera Fonseca (born 11 October 1980) is a Chilean football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of Deportes Temuco.
Ribera played for Chile in the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Egy ...
, among others.
Honours
Universidad Católica
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Copa Chile:
1991
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,
1995
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References
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1971 births
Living people
Footballers from Santiago
Chilean men's footballers
Chilean expatriate men's footballers
Chile men's under-20 international footballers
Chile men's international footballers
Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers
Deportes Concepción (Chile) footballers
C.D. Antofagasta footballers
Deportes Tolima footballers
Chilean Primera División players
CategorÃa Primera A players
Men's association football midfielders
Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Colombia
Expatriate men's footballers in Colombia
Chilean journalists
Chilean sports journalists