Nelson Cereceda

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Nelson Cereceda

| image =

| fullname = Nelson Alejandro Cereceda Cabello

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|8|8|df=y}}

| birth_place = Santa Cruz, Chile

| position = Full-back

| height = 1.66 m

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Colo-Colo

| years1 = 2009–2014 | clubs1 = Colo-Colo | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2011 | clubs2 = → Deportes Copiapó (loan) | caps2 = 25 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2012 | clubs3 = → Deportes Temuco (loan) | caps3 = 14 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2013 | clubs4 = → Santiago Morning (loan) | caps4 = 2 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2013–2014 | clubs5 = → Lota Schwager (loan) | caps5 = 18 | goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2014 | clubs6 = → Magallanes (loan) | caps6 = 1 | goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2015 | clubs7 = Magallanes | caps7 = 6 | goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2015–2016 | clubs8 = Colchagua | caps8 = 0 | goals8 = 0

| totalcaps = 66

| totalgoals = 1

}}

Nelson Alejandro Cereceda Cabello (born 8 August 1991) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a full-back.

Career

A product of the Colo-Colo youth system,{{cite web |title=MAGALLANES TRABAJA LA ERA UBEDA CON CUATRO INCORPORACIONES |url=https://www.anfp.cl/noticia/21407/magallanes-trabaja-la-era-ubeda-con-cuatro-incorporaciones |website=ANFP |access-date=21 November 2023 |language=es |date=5 July 2014}} Cereceda played on loan for Deportes Copiapó,{{cite web |title=La 'Roja' de Primera B que citó Borghi a Juan Pinto Durán |url=https://chile.as.com/chile/2015/11/05/album/1446757488_539113.html |website=AS Chile |access-date=21 November 2023 |language=es |date=6 November 2015}} Deportes Temuco, Santiago Morning, Lota Schwager and Magallanes.{{cite web |title=Mercado de pases: Conoce las movidas de cara al torneo 2014-2015 {{!}} PrimeraBChile.cl - El Portal del fútbol de ascenso de Chile |url=https://primerabchile.cl/noticias/mercado-de-pases-conoce-las-movidas-de-cara-al-torneo-2014-2015/ |website=PrimeraBChile.cl |access-date=21 November 2023 |language=es |date=17 July 2014}}

His last club was Colchagua.{{cite web |title=Las movidas de cara a la nueva temporada de Segunda División |url=https://www.melipilladeportes.cl/3.0/?p=4823 |website=Melipilla Deportes |access-date=21 November 2023 |language=es |date=31 August 2015}}

At international level, he was part of a Chile under-25 squad in a training session led by Claudio Borghi in May 2011, being a player of Deportes Copiapó.{{cite web |title=Claudio Borghi nomina a 28 jugadores para selección de Primera B |url=https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/2011/05/02/claudio-borghi-nomina-a-28-jugadores-para-seleccion-de-primera-b.shtml |website=BioBioChile |publisher=Radio Bío-Bío |access-date=20 November 2023 |language=es |date=2 May 2011}}{{cite web |title=Selección sub 25 cumplió su primera práctica bajo el mando de Claudio Borghi |url=https://www.alairelibre.cl/noticias/deportes/futbol/seleccion-chilena/seleccion-sub-25-cumplio-su-primera-practica-bajo-el-mando-de-claudio/2011-05-16/135200.html |website=alairelibre.cl |publisher=Radio Cooperativa |access-date=20 November 2023 |language=es |date=16 May 2011}}

Personal life

He and his teammate in Magallanes, Nikolás Altamirano, had a serious traffic accident while they went to train to San Bernardo in August 2014. Cereceda suffered a TBI with no aftereffects.{{cite web |title=Dos jugadores de Magallanes sufrieron accidente de tránsito |url=https://www.alairelibre.cl/noticias/deportes/futbol/magallanes/dos-jugadores-de-magallanes-sufrieron-accidente-de-transito/2014-08-11/120111.html |website=alairelibre.cl |publisher=Radio Cooperativa |access-date=21 November 2023 |language=es |date=11 August 2014}}