Rubén Alberto Espinoza Molina (born 1 June 1961) is a retired
Chilean international football midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Playing career
Espinoza was
capped
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31 times for the Chile national team between 1983 and 1991. This year he won the Libertadores de América Cup, with Colo-Colo. He made his debut for the national squad on 1983-04-28 in a friendly against Brazil.
Espinoza spent most of his career playing club football in Chile, and spent nine years with the Chile national team. He played one season with Mexican side
Cruz Azul
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, helping the club reach the semi-finals where they lost to León. He finished his career playing in the
USISL Select League
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for the
Richmond Kickers.
Coaching career
In 2001 he had a stint as coach of
O'Higgins. In 2006 he coached
Unión San Felipe
Unión San Felipe is a Chilean Football club, their hometown is San Felipe in the V Región of Valparaíso. They play in the second level of the Chilean football league, the Primera B.
They were the Copa Chile champions, and played the 2010 C ...
in the
Primera B de Chile.
In 2015 he came to
Ñublense
Club Deportivo Ñublense () is a professional football team based in Chillán, Ñuble Region, Chile. The club was formed in 1916 under the name of Liceo Fútbol Club. They compete in Chile's Primera División league.
History
Amateur era
Ñub ...
as
Sport Manager, assuming as interim coach in 2017.
References
External links
RSSSF*
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1961 births
Living people
People from Tomé
Chilean footballers
Chilean expatriate footballers
Chile international footballers
Association football midfielders
1983 Copa América players
1987 Copa América players
1991 Copa América players
Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers
Colo-Colo footballers
Cruz Azul footballers
O'Higgins F.C. footballers
Everton de Viña del Mar footballers
Unión Española footballers
Richmond Kickers players
Chilean Primera División players
Liga MX players
USISL Select League players
Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
Chilean expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Expatriate footballers in Mexico
Expatriate soccer players in the United States
Chilean football managers
O'Higgins F.C. managers
Unión San Felipe managers
Ñublense managers
Chilean Primera División managers
Primera B de Chile managers