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2020 Club Deportivo Universidad Católica Season
The 2020 Club Deportivo Universidad Católica season was the 80th season and the club's 46th consecutive season in the top flight of Chilean football. In addition to the 2020 Chilean Primera División, domestic league, Universidad Católica participated in the season's editions of the 2020 Supercopa de Chile, Supercopa de Chile, the 2020 Copa Libertadores, Copa Libertadores and the 2020 Copa Sudamericana, Copa Sudamericana Squad Transfers In Out Loans in Loans out New contracts Competitions Overview Primera Division League table Results summary Results by round Matches Supercopa de Chile Copa Libertadores Group stage The group stage draw was held on 17 December 2019, 20:30 Time in Paraguay, PYST (UTC−03:00, UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay. Copa Sudamericana Second stage Knockout phase =Round of 16= =Quarter-finals= Statistics Squad statistics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Club Deportivo Universidad Católica
Club Deportivo Universidad Católica, known as Universidad Católica, is a professional association football, football club based in Santiago, Chile. Founded in 1937 they play in the Chilean Primera División, Primera División, the top flight of Chilean football league system, Chilean football. The team has played its home games at Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo since 1988. Universidad Católica has won the third most league championships at a national level. In domestic football, the club has won 28 trophies; a record 16 Chilean Primera División, Primera División de Chile titles, 2 Segunda División Profesional de Chile, Segunda División de Chile, 4 Copa Chile, 4 Supercopa de Chile, a Copa Apertura, a 1983 Copa República, Copa República. In international competitions, Universidad Católica have won 1 trophies; Copa Interamericana (1994). In 1993 Copa Libertadores, 1993, Universidad Católica was the runner-up in the most important international tournament in South Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matías Dituro
Matías Ezequiel Dituro Curto (born 8 May 1987) is an Argentine naturalized Chilean professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He played top-flight football in Peru with CNI; Bolivia with Club Aurora, Jorge Wilstermann and Bolívar; Chile with Antofagasta and Universidad Católica; and in Spain with Celta Vigo. As a goalkeeper, Dituro scored six professional goals. Four were penalty kicks, one a long kick from his own penalty area, and the sixth a header. Club career Early years Born in Bigand in the Caseros Department of Santa Fe Province, Dituro began his career with Independiente and had a loan with Almagro. After playing for CNI in the Peruvian Primera División in 2010, he signed for Alavés of the Spanish Segunda División B in January 2011. That August, he moved to Celta Vigo on a one-year deal with the option of one more, being assigned to the B-team. Dituro's place at third-tier Celta B was taken by youngster Rubén Blanco halfway through the season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estudiantes De La Plata
( lit. "La Plata Students"), simply referred to as Estudiantes de La Plata, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its history. The club is a successful team in Argentina. In 1967, Estudiantes was the first team outside the traditional " big five" to win a professional league title. It has won four additional league titles and has had greater international success, having won six international titles. Estudiantes' international title championships are four Copa Libertadores (including three straight from 1968 to 1970), an Intercontinental Cup, and an Interamerican Cup. The club was founded in 1905 when a group of players and fans decided to break away from Gimnasia de La Plata, which favored indoor sport rather than football. Matches between the two clubs are known as the '' Clásico Platense''. Other sports where Estudiantes competes are basketball, team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defensive Midfielder
In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. 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 boundaries, with mobility and passing ability, they are often referred to as deep-lying midfielders, play-makers, box-to-box midfielders, or holding midfielders. There are also attacking midfielders with limited defensive assignments. The size of midfield units on a team and their assigned roles depend on which formation is used; the unit of these players on the pitch is commonly referred to as the midfield. Its name derives from the fact that midfield units typically make up the in-between units to the defensive units and forward units of a formation. Managers frequently assign one or more midfielders to disrupt the opposing team's attacks, while others may be tasked with creating goals, or have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Fuentes (Chilean Footballer)
Juan Eduardo Fuentes Jiménez (born 21 March 1995) is a Chilean footballer that currently plays for the Primera Division club Deportes La Serena as a midfielder. Career Fuentes started his career in 2009 at Primera División de Chile club O'Higgins. He progressed from the under categories club all the way to the senior team. Fuentes won the Apertura 2013-14 with O'Higgins, in the 2013–14 Súper Final Apertura against Universidad Católica, being the first title for O'Higgins. In 2014, he won the Supercopa de Chile against Deportes Iquique, in the match that O'Higgins won at the penalty shoot-out. He participated with the club in the 2014 Copa Libertadores where they faced Deportivo Cali, Cerro Porteño and Lanús, being third and being eliminated in the group stage. In 2020, Fuentes signed for the Chilean club Universidad Católica on loan for a year with a buy option clause. In 2025, Fuentes signed with Deportes La Serena. International career He was part of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Right Back (association Football)
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers, and wing-backs. The centre-back and full-back positions are most common in modern formations. The sweeper and wing-back roles are more specialised, often limited to certain formations dependent on the manager's style of play and tactics. Centre-back The centre-back (also known as a central defender or centre-half, as the modern role of the centre-back arose from the centre-half position) defends in the area directly in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players, particularly centre-forwards, from scoring. Centre-backs accomplish this by blocking shots, tackling, intercepting passes, contesting headers and marking forwards to discourage the opposing team from passing to them. Centre-backs are often tall and positioned f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomás Asta-Buruaga
Tomás Pablo Asta-Buruaga Montoya (born 11 October 1996) is a Chilean footballer who plays for Universidad Católica as a central defender. Club career Unión Española Born in Santiago, Asta-Buruaga was an Unión Española youth graduate. On 29 July 2012, aged just 15, he made his senior debut for the reserve team by playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 Segunda División Profesional de Chile away loss against Deportes Iberia. Asta-Buruaga made his first team debut on 23 July 2013, starting in a 3–0 Copa Chile home win against Palestino. A regular figure for the B-team in the following campaigns, he made his Primera División debut on 22 February 2014, starting in a 3–1 home defeat to Everton de Viña del Mar. Deportes Antofagasta For the 2016–17 season, Asta-Buruaga was loaned to fellow top tier club Deportes Antofagasta. Rarely used, he scored his first goal 20 November 2016, netting his team's only in a 5–1 loss at Universidad Católica. Bought outright in mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valber Huerta
Valber Roberto Huerta Jerez (born 26 August 1993) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Chilean Primera Division club Universidad Católica. Club career Born in Melipilla, Huerta graduated from Universidad de Chile's youth setup, and was promoted to the main squad in 2012 by manager Jorge Sampaoli. He made his professional debut on 6 May 2012, starting in a 0–2 away loss against Universidad de Concepción for the Torneo Apertura championship. Huerta only acted as a fourth-choice during his spell at ''La U'', behind Roberto Cereceda, Albert Acevedo and José Rojas. On 28 August 2014 he moved abroad for the first time in his career, signing a five-year deal with Granada CF and being assigned to the reserves in Segunda División B. In July 2017 he joined English Premier League side Watford and was immediately loaned out to Huachipato. In February 2022 he joined Mexican Liga MX side Deportivo Toluca from Universidad Catolica being a starter & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Salomón
Carlos Antonio Salomón Tapia (born 18 February 2002) is a Chilean professional association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football)#Centre-back, centre-back for Deportes Copiapó. Career Salomón debuted with Club Deportivo Universidad Católica, Universidad Católica the year 2020 in the match against Everton de Viña del Mar, Everton in Estadio Sausalito. In 2024, he was loaned out to A.C. Barnechea, Barnechea, after his stints with Santiago Morning and Deportes Santa Cruz in 2022 and 2023, respectively. Salomón ended his contract with Universidad Católica in 2024. The next year, he joined Deportes Copiapó. Career statistics Club Honours ;Universidad Católica *Chilean Primera División, Primera División de Chile: 2020 Chilean Primera División, 2020, 2021 Chilean Primera División, 2021 * Supercopa de Chile: 2020 Supercopa de Chile, 2020, 2021 Supercopa de Chile, 2021 References External links * 2000 births Living people Peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristóbal Finch
Cristóbal Ignacio Finch Barrios (born 1 June 2002) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Croatian club . Career Finch made his professional debut playing for Universidad Catolica in a 2021 Copa Chile match against Everton de Viña del Mar on 3 July 2021. In 2023, he was loaned out to Barnechea in the Primera B. A free agent during the first half of 2024, Finch moved to Croatia and joined in July of the same year. Career statistics Club Honours ;Universidad Católica * Primera División: 2020, 2021 * Supercopa de Chile: 2020, 2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ... References External links * 2002 births Living people Footballers from Santiago, Chile Chilean men's footballers 21st-century Chilean sportsmen Chilea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centre Back (association Football)
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers, and wing-backs. The centre-back and full-back positions are most common in modern formations. The sweeper and wing-back roles are more specialised, often limited to certain formations dependent on the manager's style of play and tactics. Centre-back The centre-back (also known as a central defender or centre-half, as the modern role of the centre-back arose from the centre-half position) defends in the area directly in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players, particularly centre-forwards, from scoring. Centre-backs accomplish this by blocking shots, tackling, intercepting passes, contesting headers and marking forwards to discourage the opposing team from passing to them. Centre-backs are often tall and positioned f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germán Lanaro
Germán Andrés Lanaro Contreras (born March 21, 1986, in Villa Regina, Rio Negro), known as Germán Lanaro, is an Argentine-Chilean retired footballer. Career His last club was Universidad Católica in 2022. Personal life He's the twin brother of Gustavo Lanaro. They both naturalized Chilean by descent, since their grandmother is Chilean. Career statistics Club Honours ;Universidad Católica * Primera División de Chile: 2016–C, 2016–A, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 * Supercopa de Chile: 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ... References External links * * 1986 births Living people People from Villa Regina Footballers from Río Negro Province Argentine sportspeople of Chilean descent Argentine sportspeople of Italian descen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
