Paulo Andrés Garcés Contreras (born 2 August 1984) is a Chilean

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who plays for

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club Deportes Valdivia as a

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Career

Garcés made his debut in 2003 against

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in the closing championship at

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. He was loaned out to

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 ...

in 2004 and 2007 After returning from the loan Deportes Puerto Montt, Universidad Católica loaned him to

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of Primera "A" of Mexican soccer. After his experience in Mexico, he returns to Chile to play in

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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

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, 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,

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and

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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

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Personal life

Garcés is married with the model Joyce Castiblanco. The couple have three children: Florencia, Benjamín 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

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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 *

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: 2005–A, 2010 ;Universidad de Chile * Primera División: 2012–A ;O'Higgins * Primera División: 2013–A * Supercopa de Chile:

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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

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Garcés, Paulo 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