Claudio Andrés del Tránsito Maldonado Rivera (born 3 January 1980) is a

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an professional football coach and former

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. Since 2020, he has been working as Maurício Barbieri's assistant coach. He formerly played as a

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for clubs as

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, Cruzeiro, Santos, Fenerbahçe,

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and

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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 Luis Hernán Álvarez. Next, he moved to

youth ranks after being seen by Néstor Pékerman.

São Paulo

He spent three seasons with

making 36 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A appearances with the team.

Cruzeiro

In May 2003,

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, 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

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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 2007 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in second place and are eligible to compete in the upcoming

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. He was being tracked by Fenerbahçe,

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, Real Madrid and

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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

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, 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 Álvaro 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

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. His good moment made Chile national team coach

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call him up to national team after a period absent. But his return to national team, on November 17 against

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, 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 Héctor Tapia at

, 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 Maurício Barbieri as his assistant coach at

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, continuing to work together at

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and later at Vasco da Gama. In 2024, he followed him to Mexican club Juárez.

Career statistics

International

Along with Chile U20, 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

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. 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

International goals

Honours

Player

;Colo-Colo * Primera División:

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, 2014 Clausura ;São Paulo * Campeonato Paulista: 2000, 2002 ;Cruzeiro * Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2003 * Campeonato Mineiro: 2004 ;Santos * Campeonato Paulista: 2006, 2007 ;Flamengo * Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2009 * Campeonato Carioca: 2011 ;Corinthians * Recopa Sudamericana:

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

;Chile Olympic *

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: Bronze medal

References

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