Kormac Valdebenito
{{Short description|Chilean footballer (born 1982)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{family name hatnote|Valdebenito|Gómez|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Kormac Valdebenito
| image =
| fullname = Kormac Sidney Valdebenito Gómez
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|2|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = Valdivia, Chile
| height =
| position = Midfielder
| youthyears1 = 1995–2011 |youthclubs1 = Universidad Católica
| years1 = 2001–2004 |clubs1 = Universidad Católica |caps1 = 12 |goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2004 |clubs2 = Deportes Melipilla |caps2 = 0 |goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2005 |clubs3 = Deportes Puerto Montt |caps3 = |goals3 =
| years4 = 2005 |clubs4 = Virginia Beach Mariners |caps4 = |goals4 =
| years5 = 2005–2006 |clubs5 = Deportes Melipilla |caps5 = 1 |goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2006 |clubs6 = Puerto Rico Islanders |caps6 = 19 |goals6 = 5
| years7 = 2007 |clubs7 = Unión Española |caps7 = 1 |goals7 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1999 |nationalteam1 = Chile U17
}}
Kormac Sidney Valdebenito Gómez (born 1 February 1982) is a Chilean former football player who played as a midfielder.
Club career
Born in Valdivia, Valdebenito came to Universidad Católica youth system in 1995, after being watched by Jorge Alvial, a football agent, in a championship in his city of birth called Mundialito (Little World Cup), joining the first team thanks to coach Juvenal Olmos in 2001,{{YouTube |id=T-cYVKKyK3s |title=Entrevista a Kormac Valdebenito (Sección "Fueron campeones")}} Cruzados: Canal Oficial de Universidad Católica {{inlang|es}} with whom he won the Chilean Primera División title in 2002 Apertura.{{cite web |title=2002 Plantel CAMPEÓN de Club Deportivo Universidad |url=https://www.bdfa.com.ar/campeones-nacionales-2002-Apertura-Universidad-Catolica-397.html |website=www.bdfa.com.ar |access-date=4 October 2022 |language=es}}
In Chile he also played for Deportes Melipilla,[https://www.facebook.com/deportesmelipillaoficial/posts/1215730958480054/ 25 ANIVERSARIO!] Deportes Melipilla on Facebook {{inlang|es}} Deportes Puerto Montt and Unión Española.{{cite web |title=Ficha Estadistica de KORMAC VALDEBENITO |url=https://www.bdfa.com.ar/jugadores-KORMAC-VALDEBENITO-26366.html |website=www.bdfa.com.ar |access-date=4 October 2022 |language=es}}
Abroad he played for USL First Division clubs Virginia Beach Mariners and Puerto Rico Islanders, where he was recommended by Jorge Alvial.{{cite web |title=Jorge Alvial, el DT que lleva futbolistas chilenos a Puerto Rico |url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/deportes/2006/03/06/212758/jorge-alvial-el-dt-que-lleva-futbolistas-chilenos-a-puerto-rico.html |website=Emol |publisher=El Mercurio |access-date=4 October 2022 |language=es |date=6 March 2006}}
International career
He represented Chile at under-17 level in the 1999 South American Championship.{{cite web |title=Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Sub-17 |url=https://www.partidosdelaroja.com/1970/01/nominas-de-chile-para-sudamericanos-sub17.html |website=Partidos de La Roja |access-date=4 October 2022 |language=es}}
Post-retirement
He graduated as a football manager at the {{ill|lt=INAF|Instituto Nacional del Fútbol|es|vertical-align=sup}} (National Football Institute).{{LinkedIn URL |url=https://cl.linkedin.com/in/kormac-valdebenito-94a49463 |name=Kormac Valdebenito}}
He works as a football agent, having been the representative of players such as Felipe Jaramillo,{{cite web |title=Deportes La Serena ganó la puja y fichó al colombiano Felipe Jaramillo |url=https://tntsports.cl/nacional/La-Serena-gano-la-puja-y-ficho-un-volante-colombiano-20210308-0011.html |publisher=TNT Sports Chile |access-date=4 October 2022 |language=es |date=8 March 2021}} Jean Beausejour, Marco Estrada, Carlos Carmona, among others.{{cite web |title=Kormac Valdebenito: “Necesitábamos de una persona con un trabajo serio” |url=http://www.triunfo.cl/prontus_triunfo/site/artic/20100111/pags/20100111095642.html |website=www.triunfo.cl |publisher=La Nación |access-date=4 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209233340/http://www.triunfo.cl/prontus_triunfo/site/artic/20100111/pags/20100111095642.html |archive-date=9 February 2010 |language=es |date=11 January 2010}}
In 2010, he also worked as Sport Manager of Sportverein Jugendland Fussball from Peñaflor in the Chilean Tercera B, with Eduardo Bonvallet as coach.
Honours
Universidad Católica
Deportes Melipilla
References
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External links
- {{WorldFootball.net|kormac-valdebenito}}
- {{BDFA|KORMAC-VALDEBENITO-26366}}
- [https://www.playmakerstats.com/player.php?id=406452 Kormac Valdebenito] at PlaymakerStats
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Category:Chilean men's footballers
Category:21st-century Chilean sportsmen
Category:Chilean expatriate men's footballers
Category:Chile men's youth international footballers
Category:Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers
Category:Deportes Melipilla footballers
Category:Deportes Puerto Montt footballers
Category:Virginia Beach Mariners players
Category:Puerto Rico Islanders players
Category:Unión Española footballers
Category:Chilean Primera División players
Category:Primera B de Chile players
Category:USL First Division players
Category:Chilean expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Category:Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Puerto Rico
Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Puerto Rico
Category:Men's association football midfielders