Luis Alberto Vidal Gajardo (born 22 May 1952) is a Chilean former

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 ...

who played as a centre-back for clubs in Chile and Ecuador.

Club career

A defender from youth system, Vidal played for several clubs in the Chilean football. In the top division, he made appearances for Audax Italiano (1971),

Unión San Felipe Unión San Felipe is a Chilean Football club, their hometown is San Felipe in the V Región of Valparaíso. They play in the second level of the Chilean football league, the Primera B. They were the Copa Chile champions, and played the 2010 C ...

(1973–74),

Santiago Morning Club de Deportes Santiago Morning (popularly known as Chaguito Morning or Morning) is a Chilean professional football club based in Recoleta, Santiago. They compete in the Primera B. Santiago Morning was one of Primera División de Chile found ...

(1975), and Naval (1979). In the second level, he played for San Antonio Unido (1972),

Santiago Wanderers Club de Deportes Santiago Wanderers is a football club based in Valparaíso, a founding member of the Chilean Football Federation. Their home ground, Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, is in the north-west of the city. Wanderers have played thei ...

(loan from Naval, 1981) San Luis de Quillota (1983),

Deportes Puerto Montt Club Deportes Puerto Montt is a Chilean football club based in the city of Puerto Montt, Los Lagos Region. The club was founded on May 6, 1983, and currently plays in the Primera B de Chile, the second division of the country. Their home games ar ...

(1984, 1986), among others. Abroad, he played for 9 de Octubre in the

Ecuadorian Serie A The Liga Pro Betcris, simply known as the Liga Pro, or the Serie A, is a professional football league in Ecuador. At the top of the Ecuadorian football league system, it is the country's premier football competition. Contested by sixteen clubs, i ...

in 1982. At international level, he took part of a Chile youth team coached by José Santos Arias, alongside players such as

Mario Galindo Mario Enrique Galindo Calist'' (born 10 August 1951 in Punta Arenas) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a right-back. Career During his playing career, Galindo played at the club level for Colo Colo. He also represented the Chile natio ...

, Luis Araneda, Héctor Pinto and Carlos Rivas.

Personal life

Vidal has worked as a caretaker for Colegio Marista ( Marista School) from

Curicó Curicó (), meaning "Black Waters" in Mapudungun (originally meaning "Land of Black Water"), is the capital city of the Curicó Province, part of the Maule Region in Chile's central valley. The province lies between the provinces of Colchagu ...

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Luis Vidal
at MemoriaWanderers.cl 1952 births Living people Footballers from Santiago Chilean men's footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chile men's under-20 international footballers Primera B de Chile players Chilean Primera División players Audax Italiano footballers San Antonio Unido footballers Unión San Felipe footballers Santiago Morning footballers Malleco Unido footballers Naval de Talcahuano footballers Curicó Unido footballers Santiago Wanderers footballers San Luis de Quillota footballers Deportes Puerto Montt footballers Deportes Valdivia footballers Ecuadorian Serie A players Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador Expatriate men's footballers in Ecuador Men's association football defenders People from Santiago Province, Chile {{Chile-footy-defender-stub