Eduardo Enrique Vilches Arriagada (born 21 April 1963) is a former Chilean

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who played as a defender.

Club career

Vilches began his professional career with

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, before moving to Universidad Católica and Colo-Colo, with a brief step on loan at Malleco Unido. He also played for

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in the

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. In 1999 he returned to Chile and joined Unión Española, winning the 1999 Primera B.

International career

Vilches made 30 appearances for the senior Chile national football team from 1990 to 1998. He made his debut on October 17, 1990 in a friendly match against Brazil (0-0).

Coaching career

In 2014, he coached Malleco Unido in the

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Honours

Club

;Universidad Católica *

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(1):

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;Colo-Colo *

(4):

1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of Humankind, humanity on Earth, Astroph ...

1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phil ...

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ...

* Copa Chile (3):

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...

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(1):

* Copa Interamericana (1):

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(1):

1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...

;Necaxa *

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(3): 1994–95, 1995–96, Invierno 1998 * Copa México (1): 1994–95 * Campeón de Campeones (1): * CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup (1):

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(1):

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...

;Unión Española *

Primera B de Chile Campeonato Primera B ( en, Chilean First B Division) is the second tier in the Chilean football league system, and is organized by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional. It was established in 1952 as ''Segunda División'', and later renam ...

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International

;Chile * Copa Expedito Teixeira (1):

Individual

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Best Defender: 1994–95

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* * 1963 births Living people Footballers from Santiago Chilean men's footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chile men's international footballers Deportes Magallanes footballers Malleco Unido footballers Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers Colo-Colo footballers Club Necaxa footballers Unión Española footballers C.D. Cobreloa footballers Primera B de Chile players Chilean Primera División players Liga MX players Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico 1991 Copa América players 1993 Copa América players 1995 Copa América players Men's association football defenders Footballers from Santiago Metropolitan Region Chilean football managers Segunda División Profesional de Chile managers {{Chile-footy-defender-stub