Alfredo Andrés Calderón Rosales (born 24 February 1986) is a Chilean

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who plays as a striker for Curacaví FC.

Club career

As a child, Calderón was with Villa Independencia and Club Miraflores in his hometown. Then he joined

Coquimbo Unido Coquimbo Unido is a Chilean football club based in the city of Coquimbo. The club was founded in 1958 and has played in the Chilean Primera División since being promoted in 2022. Their home games are played at the Estadio Municipal Francisco Sán ...

youth system. A young player yet, he scored a goal versus Everton in the 2005 Torneo Apertura of the Primera División, becoming an important piece in the championship, where his club was the runner-up. He also is well remembered by the club fans after scored a goal versus

Deportes La Serena Club de Deportes La Serena S.A.D.P., is a Chilean football club based in the city of La Serena, Coquimbo Region. The club was founded 9 December 1955 and plays in the second division of the Chilean football league. Their home games are play ...

, the traditional rival, in a 2–2 draw what was played in two parts due to incidents from both clubs fans. In 2007, he played on loan at

Deportes Ovalle Club Deportes Ovalle is a Chilean football club who currently play in the fourth level of Chilean football, the Segunda División Profesional de Chile. The club's stadium is the Estadio Municipal de Ovalle. Their main rivals are Deportes La Se ...

and was chosen as the best player of the

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. In 2009, he joined

Santiago Wanderers Club de Deportes Santiago Wanderers is a football club based in Valparaíso, a founding member of the Chilean Football Federation. Their home ground, Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, is in the north-west of the city. Wanderers have played their ...

in the

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, getting promotion to Primera División after the club was the runner-up of the 2009 Primera B. In 2012 he played for

San Luis de Quillota San Luis de Quillota is a Chilean professional football club based in Quillota, that competes in the Primera B. The club's home stadium is the Estadio Bicentenario Lucio Fariña. Managers Interim coaches appear in italics. * Frank Powell (19 ...

and

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in the Primera B. For Lota Schwager, he just scored one goal versus Coquimbo Unido in the last matchday of the 2012 Clausura, where his club could stay at the category. In 2013 he played for

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in Argentina, what was coached by Víctor Comisso, a former coach of Coquimbo Unido in 2008. He left the football activity during 2014. After playing for

Deportes Valdivia Deportes Valdivia is a Chilean football club in the town of Valdivia, Chile. It currently plays in Segunda División, the third level of Chilean football. The club was founded on June 5, 1983, and re-founded on December 19, 2003. Honours *Chile ...

in 2015, he left the football activity again until October 2016, when he signed with

in the Segunda División Profesional, scoring eight times. In June 2017 he tried to sign with Coquimbo Unido, but the coach

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rejected him. So he joined Deportes Pintana, his last club. by CDO After his retirement, he made his home in

Coquimbo Coquimbo is a port List of cities in Chile, city, Communes of Chile, commune and capital of the Elqui Province, located on the Pan-American Highway, in the Coquimbo Region of Chile. Coquimbo is situated in a valley south of La Serena, Chile, La S ...

and has played for amateur clubs such as Deportivo Caupolicán and Fedenort, where he coincided with other former professional footballers such as Félix Cortés and Miguel Ángel Estay. In 2025, Calderón returned to football in the Chilean league system by signing with Curacaví FC.

Personal life

In 2017, he began to study for becoming a football manager) at the (National Football Institute).

Honours

Tercera División de Chile Tercera División de Chile (Third Division of Chile), is the fourth tier of Chilean football (soccer). It is organized by the Federación de Fútbol de Chile and the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Amateur de Chile. It is both the fourth level of ...

Best Player: 2007

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Alfredo Calderón
at PlaymakerStats {{DEFAULTSORT:Calderón, Alfredo 1986 births Living people People from Marga Marga Province Footballers from Valparaíso Region Chilean men's footballers 21st-century Chilean sportsmen Chilean expatriate men's footballers Coquimbo Unido footballers Deportes Ovalle footballers Santiago Wanderers footballers San Luis de Quillota footballers Lota Schwager footballers Racing de Olavarría footballers Deportes Valdivia footballers Deportes Pintana footballers Chilean Primera División players Tercera División de Chile players Primera B de Chile players Torneo Argentino A players Segunda División Profesional de Chile players Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina Men's association football forwards