Iván Gonzalo Vásquez Quilodrán (born 13 August 1985) is a

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 ...

an professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays for

Magallanes Magallanes may refer to: * Ferdinand Magellan (1480–1521), Portuguese explorer who led part of the first expedition around the world * Strait of Magellan, the strait between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, located in Chile Places * Magallane ...

as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

Club career

Born in Lautaro, Cautín Province, Vásquez joined

Club Deportivo Universidad Católica Club Deportivo Universidad Católica is a professional football club based in Santiago, Chile. Founded in 1937 they play in the Primera División, the top flight of Chilean football. The team has played its home games at Estadio San Carlos d ...

's youth system in 2000 at the age of 15. He made his

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 ...

debuts three years later, and was part of the squads that won the 2005 Clausura and finished in second position at the 2007 Apertura; in 2006, he was loaned to fellow league club

Cobreloa Club de Deportes Cobreloa S.A.D.P. (), commonly referred to as Cobreloa, is a Chilean football professional club based in Calama, Región de Antofagasta, Chile. That competes in the Primera B. The club's home ground is the Estadio Zorros del ...

. In 2009, Vásquez joined O'Higgins FC. He scored his first competitive goal for his new team on 21 November 2010, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–1 away draw against Unión Española. Vásquez moved to

Audax Italiano Audax Club Sportivo Italiano () is a Chilean football club based in La Florida. Founded in 1910, it plays in the Campeonato Nacional and has spent most of its history in the top tier of Chilean football. Audax has been national champions four t ...

on a three-year contract on 10 July 2011, going on to be a midfield mainstay in the following seasons.

International career

Vásquez represented

at the

2005 FIFA World Youth Championship The 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship was the 15th edition of the FIFA World Youth Championship. It took place in the Netherlands between 10 June and 2 July 2005. Venues Qualification The following 24 teams qualified for the 2005 FIFA Worl ...

in the

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, playing all the games in an eventual round-of-16 exit.

Personal life

Vásquez Quilodrán is of

Mapuche The Mapuche ( (Mapuche & Spanish: )) are a group of indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina, including parts of Patagonia. The collective term refers to a wide-ranging ethnicity composed of various groups who sha ...

descent. He graduated as a football manager at (National Football Institute), while playing for

, alongside his fellows

César Cortés César Alexis Cortés Pinto (born January 9, 1984) is a Chilean Association football, footballer who plays for Chilean Primera División club Deportes Magallanes, Magallanes as a midfielder. International career Cortés made 4 appearances for th ...

and Alberto Acevedo.

Honours

Club

;Universidad Católica * Primera División de Chile: 2005 Clausura

References

External links

Audax official profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vasquez, Ivan 1985 births Living people Chilean people of Mapuche descent People from Lautaro Chilean footballers Chile under-20 international footballers Chilean Primera División players Primera B de Chile players Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers Cobreloa footballers O'Higgins F.C. footballers Audax Italiano footballers Deportes Magallanes footballers Magallanes footballers Association football midfielders Chilean football managers Mapuche sportspeople Indigenous sportspeople of the Americas