Manuel Segundo Ulloa Ravanales (born 28 February 1945) is a Chilean former
footballer
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who played as a
centre-back
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring.
Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
for clubs in Chile and abroad.
Career
Born in
Valparaíso, Chile, as a youth player Ulloa was with both Club Caupolicán and Deportivo Playa Ancha in his hometown.
At professional level, he spent eleven seasons in the Chilean football playing for two teams at the
top division:
Santiago Wanderers (1967–71) and
Rangers de Talca (1972–77).
Ulloa made his professional debut with Santiago Wanderers in the match against
Unión San Felipe on 9 April 1967
and was considered the replaicing player of
Elías Figueroa after his retirement. He was an important member of the squad that won the
1968 league title, the second one for the club, alongside teammates such as
Juan Álvarez,
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 ...
,
Nibaldo Alegre, among others, a team known as ''
The Panzers''.
In the late 1970s, he moved to Guatemala and played for
Comunicaciones and
Suchitepéquez.
His last club was
Houston Hurricane in the United States.
Personal life
Ulloa is nicknamed ''Profesor'' (Teacher).
He has served as secretary of "Los Panzers 1968", a group of players from the 1968 season that cooperates with the Santiago Wanderers Corporation.
In August 2023, he was honored as a historical player of Santiago Wanderers alongside another former players by the Santiago Wanderers Corporation.
References
External links
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Manuel Ulloaat MemoriaWanderers.cl
* on Puro Wander
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1945 births
Living people
Footballers from Valparaíso
Chilean men's footballers
Chilean expatriate men's footballers
Santiago Wanderers footballers
Rangers de Talca footballers
Chilean Primera División players
Primera B de Chile players
Comunicaciones F.C. players
C.D. Suchitepéquez players
Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala players
Houston Hurricane players
North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
Expatriate men's footballers in Guatemala
Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Guatemala
Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
Chilean expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Men's association football defenders