Claudio Abarca

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Claudio Abarca

| image =

| fullname = Claudio Antonio Abarca Gálvez

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|1|7|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Santiago, Chile

| height = 1.81 m

| currentclub = Deportes Rengo

| clubnumber =

| position = Goalkeeper

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Palestino

| years1 = 2011–2016 | clubs1 = Palestino | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 2013 | clubs2 = → Barnechea (loan) | caps2 = | goals2 =

| years3 = 2013–2014 | clubs3 = → Trasandino (loan) | caps3 = 1 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2014–2015 | clubs4 = → San Antonio Unido (loan) | caps4 = | goals4 =

| years5 = 2016 | clubs5 = General Velásquez | caps5 = | goals5 =

| years6 = 2017 | clubs6 = Universidad Central | caps6 = | goals6 =

| years7 = 2019 | clubs7 = La Pintana Unida | caps7 = | goals7 =

| years8 = 2021 | clubs8 = Iberia | caps8 = 19 | goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2022 | clubs9 = Rodelindo Román | caps9 = 22 | goals9 = 0

| years10 = 2023 | clubs10 = Real San Joaquín | caps10 = 13 | goals10 = 0

| years11 = 2023–2024 | clubs11 = San Marcos | caps11 = 14 | goals11 = 0

| years12 = 2025– | clubs12 = Deportes Rengo | caps12 = 1 | goals12 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2010

| nationalteam1 = Chile U17

| club-update = 2 July 2023

}}

Claudio Antonio Abarca Gálvez (born 7 January 1994) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for San Marcos de Arica in the Primera B de Chile.

Club career

A product of Palestino youth system, Abarca played on loan at Barnechea, Trasandino and San Antonio Unido.{{cite web |title=Claudio Abarca :: Claudio Abarca Galvez |url=https://www.ceroacero.es/player.php?id=187817 |website=www.ceroacero.es |access-date=25 January 2023 |language=es}}

After leaving Palestino, he played for General Velásquez before moving to Venezuelan side Universidad Central in 2017.{{cite web |title=El inesperado presente del arquero castigado por 4 años |url=https://chile.as.com/chile/2017/02/08/futbol/1486589225_755212.html |website=Diario AS |publisher=AS Chile |access-date=25 January 2023 |language=es |date=9 February 2017}}

Back in Chile, he played for {{ill|La Pintana Unida|es|vertical-align=sup}},{{cite web |title=La Pintana Unida amargó el debut en casa de Pumas FC |url=https://3division.cl/la-pintana-unida-amargo-el-debut-en-casa-de-pumas-fc/ |website=Portal 3Division.cl |access-date=25 January 2023 |language=es |date=1 April 2019}}{{cite web |title=Claudio Abarca - Sifup |url=https://sifup.cl/player/claudio-abarca/ |website=sifup.cl |access-date=25 January 2023 |language=es}} Iberia{{cite web |last1=Matus |first1=Norman |title=Bajo las órdenes del DT. Eduardo Lobos, el nuevo Iberia 2021 ya entrena con miras al próximo campeonato |url=https://www.latribuna.cl/deportes/2021/04/01/bajo-las-ordenes-del-dt-eduardo-lobos-el-nuevo-iberia-2021-ya-entrena-con-miras-al-proximo-campeonato.html |website=La Tribuna |access-date=25 January 2023 |language=es |date=1 April 2021}} and Rodelindo Román in 2022.(Sifup Chile) [https://www.facebook.com/sifupchile/photos/a.1967185910184284/3134971873405676/ Todo el éxito para Claudio Abarca] on Facebook {{in lang|es}}. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2023.

In the first half of 2023, he played for Real San Joaquín, and switched to San Marcos de Arica for the second half of the same year.{{cite web |title=(Oficial) Tendrá su revancha: San Marcos de Arica tiene a su primer refuerzo para la segunda rueda |url=https://primerabchile.cl/noticias/oficial-claudio-abarca-arquero-tendra-su-revancha-san-marcos-de-arica-tiene-a-su-primer-refuerzo-para-la-segunda-rueda/ |website=PrimeraBChile.cl |access-date=1 July 2023 |language=es |date=23 June 2023}}

=Controversies=

In 2016, as a player of General Velásquez, Abarca kicked on the head to Diego Díaz, player of Deportivo Estación Central,{{cite web |title=Esta es la patada criminal que escandaliza al fútbol chileno |url=https://as.com/videos/2016/09/28/informativoschile/1475071231_693513.html?autoplay=1 |website=AS.com |publisher=Diario AS |access-date=25 January 2023 |language=es |date=28 September 2016}} and was punished with four years with no playing for a Chilean club.

International career

Abarca represented Chile U17 at the 2010 South American Games.{{cite web |title=Nóminas de Chile para Juegos Suramericanos |url=https://www.partidosdelaroja.com/1970/01/nominas-de-chile-para-juegos-suramericanos.html |website=Partidos de La Roja |access-date=10 November 2023 |language=es}}

References

External links

{{WorldFootball.net|claudio-abarca}}
{{Soccerway|claudio-abarca/181111}}
[https://espanol.eurosport.com/futbol/claudio-abarca_prs442028/person.shtml Claudio Abarca] at Eurosport.com {{in lang|es}}

Category:1994 births

Category:Living people

Category:Footballers from Santiago, Chile

Category:Chilean men's footballers

Category:21st-century Chilean sportsmen

Category:Chile men's youth international footballers

Category:Chilean expatriate men's footballers

Category:Club Deportivo Palestino footballers

Category:A.C. Barnechea footballers

Category:Trasandino de Los Andes footballers

Category:San Antonio Unido footballers

Category:General Velásquez footballers