Esteban Moreira
{{Short description|Chilean footballer (born 2002)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{family name hatnote|Moreira|Soto|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Esteban Moreira
| fullname = Esteban Ignacio Moreira Soto
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2002|2|17|df=yes}}
| image = Esteban Moreira, jugador de O'Higgins.jpg
| caption = Moreira with O'Higgins in 2024
| birth_place = Rancagua, Chile
| position = Striker
| currentclub = Deportes La Serena
(on loan from O'Higgins)
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 2019–2020
| youthclubs1 = O'Higgins
| years1 = 2020– | clubs1 = O'Higgins | caps1 = 50 | goals1 = 6
| years2 = 2025– | clubs2 = → Deportes La Serena (loan) | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2020
| nationalteam1 = Chile U20
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2022
| nationalteam2 = Chile U23
| nationalcaps2 = 1
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| pcupdate = 30 December 2024
| ntupdate = 27 March 2023
}}
Esteban Ignacio Moreira Soto (born 17 February 2002) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a striker for Chilean Primera División club Deportes La Serena on loan from O'Higgins.
Club career
Born in Rancagua, Chile, Moreira joined O'Higgins at the age of seventeen from an amateur team from Graneros. In 2020, he was promoted to the first team and made his debut in a Primera División match against Cobresal in 8 October.{{cite web |last1=Ortega |first1=Pablo |title=La particular historia del ‘goleador tardío’ de la Roja |url=https://chile.as.com/futbol/la-particular-historia-del-goleador-tardio-de-ohiggins-n/ |website=Diario AS |publisher=AS Chile |access-date=27 March 2023 |language=es |date=22 June 2022}} He scored his first goal in a match against Colo-Colo on 22 May 2022.{{cite web |title=Esteban Moreira: de una larga lesión a celebrar su primer gol como profesional gracias a Cortés |url=https://tntsports.cl/nacional/Esteban-Moreira-De-una-larga-lesion-a-celebrar-su-primer-gol-como-profesional-gracias-a-Cortes-20220522-0022.html |website=TNT Sports |publisher=TNT Sports Chile |access-date=27 March 2023 |language=es |date=22 May 2022}} He was loaned out to Deportes La Serena for the 2025 season.{{cite news |last1=Vera |first1=Pablo |title=Fue el ‘9′ promesa del fútbol chileno y tiene nuevo club: una figura de la U reaccionó al fichaje |url=https://chile.as.com/futbol/fue-el-9-promesa-del-futbol-chileno-y-tiene-nuevo-club-una-figura-de-la-u-reacciono-al-fichaje-n/ |access-date=30 December 2024 |work=Diario AS |date=30 December 2024 |language=es}}
International career
Moreira represented Chile U20 at the Granja Comary International Tournament played in Teresópolis, Brazil, making two appearances against Peru U20,{{cite web |title=La Roja Sub 20 se estrenó en Teresópolis con un trabajado triunfo sobre Perú |url=https://www.anfp.cl/noticia/36500/la-roja-sub-20-se-estreno-en-teresopolis-con-un-trabajado-triunfo-sobre-peru |publisher=ANFP |access-date=27 March 2023 |language=es |date=12 December 2020}} and Brazil U20.{{cite web |title=La Roja Sub 20 empató con Brasil y es subcampeón del Torneo Granja Comary |url=https://www.anfp.cl/noticia/36549/la-roja-sub-20-empato-con-brasil-y-es-subcampeon-del-torneo-granja-comary |publisher=ANFP |access-date=27 March 2023 |language=es |date=18 December 2020}}
On 31 August 2022, he made an appearance for Chile at under-23 level in a 1–0 win against Peru U23.{{cite web |last1=Jeria |first1=Diego |title=La selección chilena sub 23 derrota a Perú: Eduardo Berizzo gana su primer partido en la Roja de la mano del recambio |url=https://redgol.cl/seleccionchilena/Chile-vs-Peru-Sub-23-por-amistoso-preparatorio-para-los-Juegos-Panamericanos-Santiago-2023-20220831-0029.html |website=RedGol |access-date=27 March 2023 |language=es |date=1 September 2022}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Soccerway|esteban-moreira/655501}}
- [https://www.ohigginsfc.cl/primerequipo/plantel.php?id=158 Esteban Moreira] at OHigginsFC.cl {{inlang|es}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Moreira, Esteban}}
Category:Footballers from Rancagua
Category:Chilean men's footballers
Category:Chile men's under-20 international footballers
Category:O'Higgins F.C. footballers
Category:Deportes La Serena footballers
Category:Chilean Primera División players
Category:Men's association football forwards
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