David Andrés Henríquez Espinoza (born 12 July 1977) is a Chilean former professional

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who played as centre back. Henríquez played for clubs in the Primera División,

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, and the

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. He was known for his strength, marking and heading ability.

Club career

Colo-Colo

At the end of 2007, Henríquez contract was not renewed with Chilean

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. After the 2007 Clausura championship game, he did not celebrate much with the team as he knew the team was not going to renew his contract. He was injured and could not finish his last game with Colo-Colo. He left the club as one of the most decorated players in club history and was the team's captain. In the 2006 Clausura Tournament, Henríquez led them to the championship, which was the twenty-fifth in Colo-Colo's storied history. He made his professional debut playing defender for Colo-Colo on 11 February 1995.

International career

Henríquez also made appearances with the Chile national team from 2001 to 2003. He was a member of the national squad competing at the

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, which won the bronze medal. Previously, he took part in the Pre-Olympic Tournament.

Outside of football

He was a candidate for the

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in the 2017 Chilean general election, supported by Progressive Party of Chile.

Honours

Colo-Colo *

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1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

, 1997–C,

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

, 2002–C, 2006–A, 2006–C, 2007–A, 2007–C *

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: 1996 *

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runner–up:

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

Universidad Católica *

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

Chile * Olympic Bronze Medal:

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Henriquez, David 1977 births Living people Footballers from Santiago, Chile Chilean men's footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chile men's international footballers Chile men's youth international footballers Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Chile Olympic bronze medalists for Chile Chilean Primera División players Colo-Colo footballers Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers Primeira Liga players S.C. Beira-Mar players Liga MX players Atlético Morelia players Ascenso MX players Dorados de Sinaloa footballers 2001 Copa América players Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Olympic medalists in football Men's association football defenders Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Chilean sportsperson-politicians Politicians from Santiago, Chile