Paulo Andrés Garcés Contreras (born 2 August 1984) is a
Chilean footballer
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who plays for
Chilean Segunda División
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* Chilean people
* Chilean Spanish
* Chilean culture
* Chilean cuisine
* Chilean Americans
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*List of Chileans
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club
Deportes Valdivia as a
goalkeeper
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.
Career
![PauGarc](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/PauGarc.png)
Garcés made his debut in 2003 against
Santiago Wanderers
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in the closing championship at
San Carlos de Apoquindo Stadium
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. He was loaned out to
Deportes Puerto Montt
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Their home games ar ...
in 2004 and 2007
After returning from the loan Deportes Puerto Montt,
Universidad Católica loaned him to
Lobos de la BUAP
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of Primera "A" of Mexican soccer. After his experience in Mexico, he returns to Chile to play in
Everton de Viña del Mar
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The club was founded 24 June 1909 after a group of Anglo-Chilean teenagers formed a football club and named it after the English team Everton who had re ...
team in which he was on the starting eleven sometimes. In 2009, he returns to
Universidad Católica willing to win a place on the starting eleven of coach
Marco Antonio Figueroa.
In 2013, he won the
Apertura 2013–14 with
O'Higgins. In the tournament, he played 16 matches receiving 12 goals; including the final versus
Universidad Católica, where he was a key player after made saves in the final minutes.
In 2014, he won the
Supercopa de Chile against
Deportes Iquique
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Iquique has spent ...
, but did not play because he was called up for the
Chile national team.
He participated with the club in the
2014 Copa Libertadores where they faced
Deportivo Cali,
Cerro Porteño
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and
Lanús
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, being third and being eliminated in the group stage.
In 2021, after playing six matches for
Primera B club
San Luis de Quillota, he resigned. At the same year, he joined
Deportes Valdivia in the
Segunda División Profesional de Chile
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.
Personal life
Garcés is married with the model Joyce Castiblanco. The couple have three children: Florencia, BenjamÃn and Paulo.
Although his father, Patricio, was a goalkeeper, from his paternal line his relatives are mainly inclined towards arts and music: His older brother, Óscar, is an actor and former goalkeeper of
Colo-Colo
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at youth level and both his younger brother, Miguel, and his cousins,
Andrés de León (stage name of Christian Garcés) and Patricio Garcés, are singers.
Honours
Club
;Universidad Católica
*
Primera División de Chile
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:
2005–A,
2010
;Universidad de Chile
*
Primera División:
2012–A
;O'Higgins
*
Primera División:
2013–A
*
Supercopa de Chile:
2014
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;Colo Colo
*
Primera División:
2015–A
Individual
*
2012 Copa Sudamericana Team of the Tournament
*
2013 Jugador Experto Easy del Año
* Medalla Santa Cruz de Triana (1): 2014
References
External links
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1984 births
Living people
People from Linares Province
Footballers from Maule Region
Chilean men's footballers
Chile men's international footballers
Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers
Deportes Puerto Montt footballers
Lobos BUAP footballers
Everton de Viña del Mar footballers
Club Universidad de Chile footballers
Unión La Calera footballers
O'Higgins F.C. footballers
Colo-Colo footballers
C.D. Antofagasta footballers
Curicó Unido footballers
San Luis de Quillota footballers
Deportes Valdivia footballers
Chilean Primera División players
Ascenso MX players
Primera B de Chile players
Segunda División Profesional de Chile players
2011 Copa América players
2015 Copa América players
Copa América-winning players
Chilean expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
Chilean expatriates in Mexico
Men's association football goalkeepers