Diego Alejandro Oyarzún Carrasco (born 19 January 1993), commonly known as Diego Oyarzún, is a Chilean professional
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
who plays for
Everton de Viña del Mar
Everton de Viña del Mar is a Football in Chile, Chilean football club based in the city of Viña del Mar.
The club was founded 24 June 1909 after a group of British Chilean, Anglo-Chilean teenagers formed a football club and named it after th ...
as a
central defender
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 ...
.
Career
Diego did all lower in
Universidad Católica but his debut was in
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 ...
.
On 1 July 2017 Oyarzún joined Lithuanian champions
Žalgiris. After 2018 season he left
FK Žalgiris
Futbolo klubas Žalgiris, commonly known as FK Žalgiris, Žalgiris Vilnius or simply Žalgiris, is a Lithuanian professional association football, football club based in Vilnius. The club competes in the A Lyga, the top flight of Football in L ...
.
Personal life
He is the son of
Marcelo Oyarzún, a Fitness Coach who was a member of technical staff of
Colo-Colo
Colo-Colo (), officially Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo, is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano, it competes in the Chilean Primera División, from which the club has never been ...
at the
1991 Copa Libertadores
The 1991 Copa Libertadores was won by Colo-Colo of Chile after defeating Olimpia of Paraguay with a 3–0 aggregate score in the finals. The championship would mark a first for a Chilean club team in an international tournament. Twenty-one clubs ...
, among others football teams, and grandson of
Nelson Oyarzún
Nelson Oyarzún Arenas (21 March 1943 – 10 September 1978), known as ''Consomé'' (Consomme), was a Chilean people, Chilean Manager (association football), football manager.
Club career
Oyarzún was born in Valparaíso in 1942, moving years ...
, commonly known as ''Consomé'' (Consomme), a historical Chilean football manager who used to serve a portion of broth to his players and whose name was given to the
municipal stadium of Chillán.
References
External links
alyga.lt official(lt)
UC profile
*
1993 births
Living people
Chilean men's footballers
21st-century Chilean sportsmen
Chilean expatriate men's footballers
Unión La Calera footballers
San Marcos de Arica footballers
Deportes Valdivia footballers
Club Deportivo Palestino footballers
Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers
FK Žalgiris players
Coquimbo Unido footballers
Huachipato FC footballers
Everton de Viña del Mar footballers
Chilean Primera División players
A Lyga players
Expatriate men's footballers in Lithuania
Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania
Men's association football central defenders
Footballers from Santiago, Chile
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