The 2008 Colo-Colo season players and competition. "Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo" () is a

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an professional

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club based in Macul,

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, founded in 1925.

Players

Squad information

Transfers

Apertura

In * Lucas Barrios from

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(On Loan) * Ricardo Rojas from América * Daniel González from O'Higgins * José Domingo Salcedo from Racing Club de Avellaneda * Cristobal Jorquera from Unión Española (Loan return) *

Fernando Meneses Fernando Andrés Meneses Cornejo (born 27 September 1985) is a Chilean footballer who last played for Chilean Segunda División side Rodelindo Román as a midfielder. Football career In 2004, he debuted in Colo-Colo. In those years, he also stu ...

from

Cobreloa Club de Deportes Cobreloa S.A.D.P. (), commonly referred to as Cobreloa, is a Chilean football professional club based in Calama, Región de Antofagasta, Chile. That competes in the Primera B. The club's home ground is the Estadio Zorros del ...

(Loan return) *

Raúl Olivares Raúl Alejandro Olivares Gálvez (born 17 April 1988) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Bolivian club Universitario de Vinto. Club career After ending his contract with Colo-Colo, on 2015 he signed with Estudiantes de B ...

from Santiago Morning (Loan return) *

José Pedro Fuenzalida José Pedro Fuenzalida Gana (; born 22 February 1985) is a Chilean footballer who currently plays as forward for Universidad Católica. Club career A product of the Universidad Católica youth set-up, Fuenzalida was promoted to the first-adu ...

from Universidad Católica *

John Jairo Castillo John Jairo Castillo (born April 20, 1984) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a striker, most recently for Cultural Santa Rosa in the Peruvian Segunda División. Castillo's first name is sometimes spelled Jhon and his nickname is "Tigrillo". ...

from Guaros FC * Carlos Eduardo Salazar from

Deportes Tolima Club Deportes Tolima S.A., commonly known as Deportes Tolima, or simply as Tolima, is a Colombian professional football club based in Ibagué, Tolima Department that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. Founded in 1954, the club has wo ...

Out *

Giovanni Hernandez Giovanni may refer to: * Giovanni (name), an Italian male given name and surname * Giovanni (meteorology), a Web interface for users to analyze NASA's gridded data * ''Don Giovanni'', a 1787 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, based on the legend of ...

to Atlético Junior *

David Henriquez David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

to Dorados de Sinaloa * Miguel Aceval to

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Rodrigo Millar Rodrigo Javier Millar Carvajal (born 3 November 1981) is a Chilean footballer who last played as a midfielder for Primera B de Chile club Coquimbo Unido. He played for Chile in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He also holds Mexican citizenship. Clu ...

to Once Caldas * Claudio Bieler to LDU Quito *

to Dorados de Sinaloa * Boris González to Universidad Católica * Richard Leyton to

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(Loaned) *

Ariel Salinas Ariel Alberto Salinas Salinas (born 9 March 1989) is Chilean footballer that currently plays for Chilean Second Division club Independiente de Cauquenes. Club career Salinas came up through Colo-Colo's youth ranks and made his debut for the c ...

to Unión San Felipe (Loaned) * Juan Pablo Arenas to Deportes Melipilla (Loaned)

Clausura

In *

Macnelly Torres Macnelly Torres Berrío (born 1 November 1984) is a former Colombian footballer former professional footballer who played mainly as an attacking midfielder. A playmaker and known for his technical abilities with the ball he was able to win 16 t ...

from

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from Deportes Concepción *

Gerardo Cortés Gerardo Elías Cortés Hermosilla (born 17 May 1988) is a Chilean footballer who currently plays for Chilean Segunda División side San Antonio Unido. Honours Club ;Colo-Colo * Primera División de Chile (1): 2009 Clausura International ;Chil ...

from Deportes Concepción *

Juan Gonzalo Lorca Juan Gonzalo Lorca Donoso (born 15 January 1985) is a Chilean former Association football, footballer who played as a forward. Club career Lorca began his career with Colo-Colo's youth squad when he turned twelve years old. He began as an attack ...

from

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Luis Pedro Figueroa Luis Pedro Figueroa Sepúlveda (born May 14, 1983) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career He was born in Concepción, and made his debut for U. de Concepción in 2002 (just 18 years old) and was bought by Univer ...

from

from Once Caldas Out * José Luis Cabión to Everton *

to Everton * Eduardo Rubio to

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* Carlos Eduardo Salazar to

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from Deportes Concepción *

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to O'Higgins *

Rafael Caroca Rafael Antonio Caroca Cordero (; born 19 July 1989) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chilean Primera División club Ñublense. Club career Born in Curicó, Maule Region, Caroca arrived in Colo-Colo's youth aca ...

to O'Higgins * Daniel González to

(loan) *

to Universidad de Concepción (loan) *

Boris Sagredo Boris Alexis Sagredo Romero (, born 21 March 1989) is a Chilean footballer that currently plays for A.C. Barnechea as an attacking midfielder. Club career Colo-Colo He made his debut on October 3, 2007, against Everton. His name became somew ...

to Palestino (loan) *

Gonzalo Fierro Gonzalo Antonio Fierro Caniullán (born 21 March 1983) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a defender or midfielder. Club career Fierro began his career at Chilean giants Colo-Colo, being promoted to first-adult team in 2002. Along ...

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Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Torneo Apertura

Regular season table

;Group 3

Regular season matches

Play-offs

;Quarter-finals ;Semi-finals ;Finals

Torneo Clausura

Regular season table

;Group 1

Regular season matches

Play-offs

;Quarter-finals ;Semi-finals ;Finals

Copa Chile

Copa Libertadores

References

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Colo Chilean football clubs 2008 season