Michael Chacón Ibargüen (born 11 April 1994) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for Dutch club

Helmond Sport Helmond Sport is a professional association football club based in the city of Helmond, North Brabant, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system. The club was founded on 27 June 1967, as ...

. Born in Colombia, he represented youth teams of the Netherlands.

Club career

Chacón came through the

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youth academy and joined

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in 2015. He made his professional debut in the

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the ...

for Dordrecht on 7 August 2015 in a game against

FC Eindhoven FC Eindhoven is a Dutch football club based in Eindhoven, North Brabant. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie (second tier of Dutch football), and are one of two professional clubs which are based in the city of Eindhoven, the other one bei ...

. On 17 August 2021, he returned to the Netherlands and signed a two-year contract with

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. On 31 August 2022, Chacón joined

. He signed a loan contract for the 2022–23 season, and an additional two-year contract that came into effect at the end of the season upon the expiration of his contract with Excelsior.

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* 1994 births Living people People from Palmira, Valle del Cauca Dutch men's footballers Colombian men's footballers Dutch people of Colombian descent Colombian emigrants to the Netherlands Men's association football midfielders Netherlands men's youth international footballers FC Dordrecht players FC Emmen players Excelsior Rotterdam players Helmond Sport players Atlético Nacional footballers Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Categoría Primera A players Footballers from Valle del Cauca Department {{Colombia-footy-midfielder-stub