Paulo Andrés Garcés Contreras (born 2 August 1984) is a Chilean

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who plays as a

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for

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Career

Garcés made his debut in 2003 against

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in the closing championship at San Carlos de Apoquindo Stadium. He was loaned out to Deportes Puerto Montt in 2004 and 2007 After returning from the loan Deportes Puerto Montt, Universidad Católica loaned him to

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of Primera "A" of Mexican soccer. After his experience in Mexico, he returns to Chile to play in

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team in which he was on the starting eleven sometimes. In 2009, he returns to Universidad Católica willing to win a place on the starting eleven of coach Marco Antonio Figueroa. In 2013, he won the Apertura 2013–14 with O'Higgins. In the tournament, he played 16 matches receiving 12 goals; including the final versus Universidad Católica, where he was a key player after made saves in the final minutes. In 2014, he won the

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against

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, but did not play because he was called up for the Chile national team. He participated with the club in the

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where they faced

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and

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, being third and being eliminated in the group stage. In 2021, after playing six matches for

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club

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, he resigned. At the same year, he joined

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 the

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. On 25 January 2024, Deportes Linares announced the signing of Garcés, but five days later, he gave up. He finally renewed with Deportes Valdivia. In June of the same year, he switched to

Personal life

Garcés is married with the model Joyce Castiblanco. The couple have three children: Florencia, Benjamín and Paulo. Although his father, Patricio, was a goalkeeper, from his paternal line his relatives are mainly inclined towards arts and music: His older brother, Óscar, is an actor and former goalkeeper 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 youth level and both his younger brother, Miguel, and his cousins, Andrés de León (stage name of Christian Garcés) and Patricio Garcés, are singers.

Honours

;Universidad Católica *

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: 2005–A,

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;Universidad de Chile * Primera División: 2012–A ;O'Higgins * Primera División: 2013–A *

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

;Colo Colo * Primera División: 2015–A ;Individual * 2012 Copa Sudamericana Team of the Tournament * 2013 Jugador Experto Easy del Año * Medalla Santa Cruz de Triana (1): 2014

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Garces, Paulo 1984 births Living people People from Linares Province Footballers from Maule Region Chilean men's footballers 21st-century Chilean sportsmen Chile men's international footballers Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers Deportes Puerto Montt footballers Lobos BUAP footballers Everton de Viña del Mar footballers Club Universidad de Chile footballers Unión La Calera footballers O'Higgins F.C. footballers Colo-Colo footballers C.D. Antofagasta footballers Curicó Unido footballers San Luis de Quillota footballers Deportes Valdivia footballers Unión San Felipe footballers Chilean Primera División players Ascenso MX players Primera B de Chile players Segunda División Profesional de Chile players 2011 Copa América players 2015 Copa América players Copa América–winning players Chilean expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Men's association football goalkeepers