Yerson Opazo (born 24 December 1984) is a

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an footballer that currently plays for the

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club

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. He has previously played for

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, O'Higgins,

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and San Luis de Quillota.

Club career

Universidad de Chile

Opazo began his career at Chilean club,

. After of play many years in the youth teams of this club, he was promoted to the first team in January 2005 and then was loaned to

in June of that year. With the 'papayas', he was a key player in the starting XI, so that did reach the semi-finals against Universidad Católica, thanks to the good performance of the team. For the next season, Opazo returned to Universidad de Chile, but he was on many occasions at the bench, because the experimentates players Waldo Ponce and Julio Moreyra played in his position as frequency players in the team's lineup. In the 2006 Clausura, second semestral tournament, Opazo scored his first competitive goal in his career, in a 2–0 win over

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on 22 October, scoring the first goal of the game at 14th minute. In 2007, he had an opaque moment in his career and his life, he only played 3 games for the Apertura tournament and protagonizated a scandal with his team-mate

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at a disco, being fired the next day Pinilla and Opazo by the coach

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, club in where completed a good season in the Clausura 2005 tournament. On 26 January 2008, he made his club debut for a league game against

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in a 0–0 away draw at Estadio Monumental. He completed a good season at Serena, playing all games of his club and contributing much at the scheme of the coach

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. Because his performance, this made that Yerson would have a chance of be transferred to

, rival of his former club Universidad de Chile.

Colo-Colo

On 31 December 2008, it was confirmed that Opazo joined Colo-Colo for play the national tournament and the

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. However, he suffered an injury that made miss to the player the first games of the season, Yerson including only played 7 games in his stady, being after fired by the coach

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O'Higgins

In 2012, Opazo was runner-up with O'Higgins, after lose the final against

in the penalty shoot-out, and he was selected as the best right back of the tournament and the year. In 2013, he won the Apertura 2013-14 with O'Higgins. In the tournament, he played in 16 of 18 matches. In 2014, he won the

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against

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. He participated with the club in the

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where they faced

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and

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, being third and being eliminated in the group stage. In the tournament, Opazo scored two goals, both against

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Club

;O'Higgins *

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: 2013 Apertura *

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Individual

;O'Higgins *Medalla Santa Cruz de Triana: 2014

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Opazo, Yerson 1984 births Living people People from Villarrica Chilean men's footballers Deportes La Serena footballers O'Higgins F.C. footballers Club Universidad de Chile footballers Colo-Colo footballers C.D. Huachipato footballers San Luis de Quillota footballers Curicó Unido footballers Men's association football defenders