Eduardo Vilches

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Eduardo Vilches

| image =

| fullname = Eduardo Enrique Vilches Arriagada

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|04|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Colina, Santiago, Chile

| height =

| position = Defender

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| years1 = 1979–1986

| years2 = 1981

| years3 = 1987

| years4 = 1989–1994

| years5 = 1994–1999

| years6 = 1999

| years7 = 2000

| clubs1 = Magallanes

| clubs2 = → Malleco Unido (loan)

| clubs3 = Universidad Católica

| clubs4 = Colo-Colo

| clubs5 = Necaxa

| clubs6 = Unión Española

| clubs7 = Cobreloa

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| caps5 = 169 | goals5 = 0

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| nationalyears1 = 1990–1998

| nationalteam1 = Chile

| nationalcaps1 = 30 | nationalgoals1 = 1

| manageryears1 = 2014

| managerclubs1 = Malleco Unido

}}

Eduardo Enrique Vilches Arriagada (born 21 April 1963) is a former Chilean footballer who played as a defender.

Club career

Vilches began his professional career with Magallanes, before moving to Universidad Católica and Colo-Colo,{{cite web|publisher=BDFA|title=Ficha de EDUARDO ENRIQUE VILCHES|url=http://www.bdfa.com.ar/jugadores-EDUARDO-ENRIQUE-VILCHES-61427.html|access-date=2009-03-09}} with a brief step on loan at Malleco Unido. He also played for Necaxa in the Primera División de Mexico.{{cite web |url=http://www.mediotiempo.com/jugador.php?id_jugador=9905 |title=Liga MX player profile and statistics |website=MedioTiempo.com }}{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} In 1999 he returned to Chile and joined Unión Española, winning the 1999 Primera B.{{cite web |last1=Santibáñez |first1=Felipe |title=Eduardo Vilches: la historia del chileno que supera en títulos a Sánchez y Vidal |url=https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/deportes/adlp/2017/08/13/eduardo-vilches-la-historia-del-chileno-que-supera-en-titulos-a-sanchez-y-vidal.shtml |website=BioBioChile |publisher=Radio Bío-Bío |access-date=28 July 2022 |language=es |date=13 August 2017}}

International career

Vilches made 30 appearances for the senior Chile national football team from 1990 to 1998.{{cite web|title=Chile - Record International Players|website=RSSSF|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/chil-recintlp.html|access-date=2009-03-09}} He made his debut on October 17, 1990 in a friendly match against Brazil (0-0).

Coaching career

In 2014, he coached Malleco Unido in the Segunda División Profesional de Chile.{{cite web |title=GERARDO SILVA REEMPLAZÓ A EDUARDO VILCHES EN LA BANCA DE MALLECO UNIDO |url=https://www.anfp.cl/noticia/22815/gerardo-silva-reemplazo-a-eduardo-vilches-en-la-banca-de-malleco-unido |publisher=ANFP |access-date=28 July 2022 |language=es |date=30 December 2014}}

Personal life

Vilches was a candidate to councillor for La Reina commune in the 2024 Chilean regional elections.{{cite web |title=Elecciones 2024: ¿Cómo les fue a los exfutbolistas que postularon a cargos? |url=https://www.cnnchile.com/pais/elecciones-2024-como-les-fue-exfutbolistas-en-los-comicios_20241028/ |website=CNN Chile |access-date=24 June 2025 |language=es |date=28 October 2024}}

Honours

;Universidad Católica

Chilean Primera División (1): 1987

;Colo-Colo

Chilean Primera División (4): 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993
Copa Chile (3): 1989, 1990, 1994
Copa Libertadores (1): 1991
Copa Interamericana (1): 1991
Recopa Sudamericana (1): 1992

;Necaxa

Primera División (3): 1994–95, 1995–96, Invierno 1998
Copa México (1): 1994–95
Campeón de Campeones (1): {{ill|lt=1994–95|Campeón de Campeones 1994-95|es|vertical-align=sup}}
CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup (1): 1994
CONCACAF Champions' Cup (1): 1999

;Unión Española

Primera B de Chile (1): 1999

;Chile

Copa Expedito Teixeira (1): 1990{{cite web |author = José Luis Pierrend |year = 1998 |url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/teixeira90.html|title = Copa Expedito Teixeira |website = RSSSF |access-date = 28 July 2022}}

;Individual