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's assistant coach. He formerly played as a defensive midfielder for clubs as Colo-Colo, São Paulo, Cruzeiro, Santos, Fenerbahçe,

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and Corinthians.

Playing career

Early career

As a child, Maldonado was with Escuela de Fútbol Municipal de Curicó (Municipal Football Academy of Curicó), later named Juventud 2000, what was founded by the former professional footballer

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. Next, he moved to Colo-Colo youth ranks after being seen by Néstor Pékerman.

São Paulo

He spent three seasons with São Paulo making 36

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appearances with the team.

Cruzeiro

In May 2003, Vanderlei Luxemburgo, then coach of Cruzeiro, bought the services of Maldonado. At the time of the purchase, Maldonado's then girlfriend was Luxemburgo's daughter. Nevertheless, while with Cruzeiro, Maldonado experienced the most success of his career. In 2003, he played for the first team in the history of Brazilian football to win the triple crown.

Santos

For the 2006 season, Maldonado was reunited with former Cruzeiro's coach Luxemburgo at Santos However at the end of the Brazilian season was scheduled to have ankle surgery which caused him to miss up to two months. After recuperating Maldonado continued playing for Santos reaching the semi-finals of the

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. Currently Santos has completed the

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in second place and are eligible to compete in the upcoming Copa Libertadores 2008. He was being tracked by Fenerbahçe, Milan,

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and Ajax but no firm offers better than Fenerbahçe have been made. At 28 he was at the peak of his potential and European teams wanted to capitalise on this, but they were probably put off by the 8 red cards that he had received in the previous 3 years at club level.

Fenerbahçe

On the beginning of 2008 Maldonado signed with Fenerbahçe in -year contract, at that time managed by Zico. The transaction was via

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, which the proxy club paid Santos R$2,225,040. He struggled with injuries and spend a little more than a year in the Turkish club.

Flamengo

On August 27, 2009,

signed a 1-year contract with Maldonado. His debut for his new club was as a substitute in a 3-0 win against Santo André, but since his second match became a first team player. In his first ten matches Flamengo did not suffer any goals, nine of those playing along with

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which signed with Flamengo at the same time, proving his was back at his high level. He scored his first goal for Flamengo after just few matches on November 8 against Atlético Mineiro. His good moment made

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coach Marcelo Bielsa call him up to national team after a period absent. But his return to national team, on November 17 against Slovakia, wasn't as expected, Maldonado played well as a starter, although in the second half he suffered a serious injury in his left knee ligaments leaving out of the fields for four months. Maldonado signed a new 6-month contract in August 2010 and a 2-year contract in January 2011.

Coaching career

In 2018, Maldonado started his coaching journey as an assistant coach to

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at Colo-Colo, the club where he began his professional career and retired from three years prior. He followed Tapia to

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in 2019. In 2020, he joined

as his assistant coach at

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, continuing to work together at Red Bull Bragantino and later at

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. In 2024, he followed him to Mexican club Juárez.

Career statistics

International

Along with

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, he won the L'Alcúdia Tournament in 1998. Maldonado was selected to represent his country, Chile, at the

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as a part of the Under-23 team that won the bronze medal. Maldonado made his international debut on February 12, 2000, in a match versus Bulgaria. Since then Maldonado has appeared in 41 games with the senior squad and has netted one goal. For

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, Maldonado was a regular with the first team and has since gained the captaincy of the national team. As of recent Maldonado has been called up to serve on the Chile national team that is managed by Marcelo Bielsa.

International goals

Honours

Player

;Colo-Colo *

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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

, 2014 Clausura ;São Paulo *

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: 2000, 2002 ;Cruzeiro *

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: 2004 ;Santos *

: 2006, 2007 ;Flamengo *

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;Corinthians *

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;Chile U20 * L'Alcúdia International Tournament (1):

;Chile Olympic * Sydney Olympic Games: Bronze medal

References

External links

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@ Flamengo.com.br * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Maldonado, Claudio 1980 births Living people Footballers from Curicó Chilean men's footballers Chile men's international footballers Chile men's youth international footballers Chile men's under-20 international footballers Olympic footballers for Chile Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Chile Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in football 2001 Copa América players Chilean Primera División players Colo-Colo footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players São Paulo FC players Santos FC players CR Flamengo footballers Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers Süper Lig players Men's association football midfielders Chilean football managers Chilean expatriate football managers Red Bull Bragantino managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A managers Expatriate football managers in Brazil Expatriate football managers in Peru Expatriate football managers in Mexico Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Peru Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico