Carlos Verdugo

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Carlos Verdugo

| fullname = Carlos Israel Verdugo Concha

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|9|6|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Concepción, Chile

| height = 1.74 m

| position = Forward

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Deportes Concepción

| years1 = 1997–2001 | clubs1 = Deportes Concepción | caps1 = 61 | goals1 = 13

| years2 = 1998 | clubs2 = → Ñublense (loan)

| years3 = 2002–2003 | clubs3 = Universidad Católica | caps3 = 57 | goals3 = 4

| years4 = 2004–2005 | clubs4 = Universidad de Concepción | caps4 = 55 | goals4 = 5

| years5 = 2006 | clubs5 = Unión San Felipe | caps5 = 17 | goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2006 | clubs6 = Águila

| years7 = 2007–2008 | clubs7 = Provincial Osorno | caps7 = 38 | goals7 = 2

| years8 = 2009 | clubs8 = San Marcos

| nationalyears1 = 2001

| nationalteam1 = Chile

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

Carlos Israel Verdugo Concha (born 6 September 1975) is a Chilean professional former footballer who played as a forward for clubs in Chile and El Salvador.

Club career

Born in Concepción, Chile, he began his career with Deportes Concepción. Along with the club, he took part in the 2001 Copa Libertadores, a well remembered championship by the club fans where Verdugo scored two goals{{cite web |last1=Maureira |first1=Nicolás |title=Un club con historia: a 15 años de participación de D. Concepción en la Libertadores 2001 |url=https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/2016/05/15/un-club-con-historia-a-15-anos-de-la-participacion-de-concepcion-en-la-libertadores-2001.shtml |website=BioBioChile |publisher=Radio Bío-Bío |access-date=31 August 2022 |language=es |date=15 May 2016}} and the team was knocked out in round of 16 by Brazilian club Vasco da Gama.{{cite web |last1=González |first1=Marcelo |title=Columna de Cristián Arcos: Los 55 años del "León de Collao" |url=https://www.adnradio.cl/futbol/2021/04/15/columna-de-cristian-arcos-los-55-anos-del-leon-de-collao.html |website=ADN |publisher=ADN Radio Chile |access-date=31 August 2022 |language=es |date=15 April 2021}} In Chile, he also played for Ñublense, Universidad Católica, Universidad de Concepción, Unión San Felipe, Provincial Osorno and San Marcos de Arica.{{cite web |title=Carlos Verdugo |url=https://www.livefutbol.com/ficha_jugador/carlos-verdugo/ |website=livefutbol.com |access-date=31 August 2022 |language=es}}

From 2002 to 2003 he played for Universidad Católica, winning the 2002 Apertura Championship in the Chilean Primera División.{{cite tweet|user=cruzados|number=718521062078738432|title=Carlos Verdugo, campeón con #LosCruzados en el Apertura 2002|date=8 April 2016|access-date=31 August 2022|language=es}}

From 2004 to 2005 he played for Universidad de Concepción, where he coincided with great players such as Esteban Paredes, the top goalscorer of the Chilean Primera División,{{cite web |last1=Ramírez |first1=Homero |last2=Bernucci |first2=Carla |title=Paredes, el último ídolo de Colo Colo: el detalle de los 221 goles del Tanque |url=https://www.goal.com/es/noticias/paredes-el-ultimo-idolo-de-colo-colo-el-detalle-de-los-219-goles-del-tanque/1k16cs07yw4v5zdbbm1yqy6fz |website=www.goal.com |publisher=Goal |access-date=31 August 2022 |language=es |date=26 May 2022}} Hugo Droguett and Luis Pedro Figueroa.{{cite web |title=Plantel de Primera A del Fútbol del Club Deportivo Universidad de Concepción |url=http://www.clubdeportivo.udec.cl/~futbol/plantel2004/plantel2004.htm |website=www.clubdeportivo.udec.cl |access-date=31 August 2022 |language=es}}

Abroad, he had a step with Águila from El Salvador in second half 2006.{{cite web |title=Águila vs Alianza: Mucho más que un juego: 23 de septiembre de 2006/ - El Diario de Hoy en elsalvador.com :: |url=http://archivo.elsalvador.com/noticias/2006/09/23/deportes/dep2.asp |website=archivo.elsalvador.com |access-date=31 August 2022 |language=es |date=23 September 2006}}

In 2007, he joined Provincial Osorno and got promotion to Chilean Primera División after winning the 2007 Primera B.{{cite tweet|user=futboldeantescl|number=1128768965721907203|title=Plantel de Provincial Osorno en 2007|date=15 May 2019|access-date=31 August 2022|language=es}} His last club was San Marcos de Arica in the Primera B in 2009.{{cite web |title=Cristian Montecinos practicó con los titulares de San Marcos de Arica |url=https://www.alairelibre.cl/noticias/deportes/futbol/primera-b/cristian-montecinos-practico-con-los-titulares-de-san-marcos-de-arica/2009-11-05/221315.html |website=alairelibre.cl |publisher=Radio Cooperativa |access-date=31 August 2022 |language=es |date=5 November 2009}}

International career

Verdugo made an appearance for the Chile national team in the friendly match against Catalonia on 28 December 2001.{{cite web |last1=Morrison |first1=Neil |title=International Matches 2001 - Other |url=https://www.rsssf.org/intldetails/2001oth.html |website=RSSSF |access-date=31 August 2022 |date=2 February 2005}} He had replaced Jaime González in the squad after González ignored the call-up.{{cite web |title=Carlos Verdugo, el nuevo nominado de Garcés |url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/deportes/2001/12/21/74495/carlos-verdugo-el-nuevo-nominado-de-garces.html |website=Emol |publisher=El Mercurio |access-date=31 August 2022 |language=es |date=21 December 2001}}

Personal life

He was nicknamed Lulo.[https://web.facebook.com/CSDConcepcion/videos/el-lulo-el-ex-delantero-lila-carlos-verdugo-también-saludó-al-leóndecollao-en-su/156904915697307 ¡El Lulo!] Club Social y de Deportes Concepción on Facebook

He has worked for the Universidad Católica youth system as coordinator of the football academy in San Pedro de la Paz, Biobío Region, just like another former players such as René Valenzuela, Juan José Ribera, Luciano Saavedra, Ian Mac-Niven, among others.{{cite journal |title=ESCUELAS DE FÚTBOL UC |journal=Cruzados: Memoria Anual 2016 |date=2016 |page=41 |url=https://cruzados.cl/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Memoria-Cruzados-SADP-2016.pdf |access-date=5 December 2023 |location=Santiago, Chile |language=es |format=PDF}}

Honours

Universidad Católica

Chilean Primera División: 2002 Apertura

Provincial Osorno

Primera B de Chile: 2007

References

External links

{{Soccerway|carlos-israel-verdugo/21815}}
{{BDFA|CARLOS-ISRAEL-VERDUGO-26368}}
{{WorldFootball.net|carlos-verdugo}}
[https://www.playmakerstats.com/player.php?id=258156 Carlos Verdugo] at playmakerstats.com

Category:1975 births

Category:Living people

Category:Footballers from Concepción, Chile

Category:Chilean men's footballers

Category:21st-century Chilean sportsmen

Category:Chilean expatriate men's footballers

Category:Chile men's international footballers

Category:Men's association football forwards

Category:Deportes Concepción (Chile) footballers

Category:Ñublense footballers

Category:Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers

Category:C.D. Universidad de Concepción footballers