Sergio Ahumada

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|fullname = Sergio Alberto Ahumada Bacho

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1948|10|2}}

|birth_place = Coquimbo, Chile

|height = 1.76 m

|position = Forward

|youthyears1 =

|youthclubs1 = Cantera Alta

|youthyears2 =

|youthclubs2 = Deportes La Serena

|years1 = 1966–1969 |clubs1 = Deportes La Serena | caps1 = 67 | goals1 = 14

|years2 = 1967 |clubs2 = → San Antonio Unido (loan) | caps2 = | goals2 =

|years3 = 1970–1974 |clubs3 = Colo-Colo | caps3 = 107 | goals3 = 39

|years4 = 1974–1975 |clubs4 = Unión Española | caps4 = 36 | goals4 = 19

|years5 = 1975 |clubs5 = Tecos | caps5 = 13 | goals5 = 0

|years6 = 1976–1978 |clubs6 = Everton | caps6 = 76 | goals6 = 31

|years7 = 1979–1980 |clubs7 = O'Higgins | caps7 = 26 | goals7 = 4

|years8 = 1980–1981 |clubs8 = Deportes La Serena

|years9 = 1981 |clubs9 = Coquimbo Unido

|nationalyears1 = 1973–1977

|nationalteam1 = Chile

|nationalcaps1 = 29

|nationalgoals1 = 6

|manageryears1 = 1991–2020

|managerclubs1 = Coquimbo Unido (assistant)

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Sergio Alberto Ahumada Bacho (born 2 October 1948) is a retired Chilean footballer, who played for Deportes La Serena, Colo-Colo, Tecos, Unión Española, among others clubs.{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/sergio-ahumada/ |title=Sergio Ahumada |work=worldfootball.net |access-date=17 July 2021}}

Club career

Born in La Cantera town, Coquimbo, Chile, Ahumada was trained at local team Club Deportivo Cantera Alta{{cite web |title=Homenaje al futbolista Sergio Ahumada |url=https://www.memoriasdelsigloxx.cl/601/w3-article-75707.html |website=Memorias del Siglo XX |access-date=18 June 2025 |language=es}} and Deportes La Serena. He made his professional debut with Deportes La Serena in 1966{{cite web |title=Sergio Ahumada: Un atacante, una leyenda |url=https://www.diarioeldia.cl/noticias/2013/10/21/14729-sergio-ahumada-un-atacante-una-leyenda |website=Diario El Día |access-date=18 June 2025 |language=es |date=21 October 2013}}{{cite web |title=Sergio Ahumada: Goleador de Chile en el Mundial de Alemania 1974 |url=https://laroja.cl/new/sergio-ahumada-goleador-de-chile-en-el-mundial-de-alemania-1974 |website=La Roja |publisher=FFCh |access-date=18 June 2025 |language=es}} and was loaned out to San Antonio Unido in the Chilean second level the next year.{{cite web |title=Los 10 grandes ídolos de Club Deportes La Serena |url=https://www.elobservatodo.cl/noticia/listado/los-10-grandes-idolos-de-club-deportes-la-serena |website=El Observatodo.cl |access-date=18 June 2025 |language=es |date=12 September 2015}}

Following Deportes La Serena, Ahumada continued his career with Colo-Colo, Unión Española, Everton de Viña del Mar and O'Higgins in the Chilean Primera División.

Abroad, Ahumada played for Mexican club Tecos in the second half of 1975.{{cite web |title=Estudiantes Tecos : Jugadores Extranjeros (1975-76 /Apertura 2010) |url=https://www.archivosfutmex.com/wordpress/archivos/267 |website=Archivosfutmex.com |access-date=18 June 2025 |language=es}}{{cite web |title=🔴⚪ Tecos 🦉 Primera División 1975-1976. |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=530421013154089 |publisher=Pelota Azteca |access-date=18 June 2025 |language=es |date=5 November 2024}}

Ahumada ended his career with Deportes La Serena and Coquimbo Unido in the Chilean second level in 1980 and 1981, respectively.

International career

He earned 29 caps and scored 6 goals for the Chile national football team, and scored the only Chilean goal in the 1974 FIFA World Cup in a 1–1 draw against East Germany.{{cite web |last1=Schiappacasse |first1=Aldo |title=La historia del goleador chileno que se enamoró de un arco |url=https://www.encancha.cl/prime/cronicas/2025/06/17/sergio-ahumada-el-goleador-que-se-enamoro-de-un-arco/ |website=En Cancha |access-date=18 June 2025 |language=es |date=18 June 2025}}

Coaching career

In 1991, Ahumada joined the technical staff of José Sulantay in Coquimbo Unido as an assistant coach. He continued serving the club for almost twenty years.{{cite web |last1=Alarcón |first1=Matías |title=El misterio del Negro Ahumada |url=https://www.latercera.com/el-deportivo/noticia/misterio-del-negro-ahumada/31944/ |website=La Tercera |access-date=18 June 2025 |language=es |date=4 December 2017}}{{cite web |title=Club de Deportes COQUIMBO UNIDO |url=https://historiascoperas.blogspot.com/2015/12/club-de-deportes-coquimbo-unido.html |website=Fútbol en América |access-date=18 June 2025 |language=es |date=8 April 2021}}{{cite web |title=FOTO OFICIAL 2019 |url=https://www.coquimbounido.cl/noticia/369/foto-oficial-2019 |website=Coquimbo Unido |access-date=18 June 2025 |language=es |date=2019}}

Personal life

Ahumada is better known by his nickname Negro (Black).

Honours

;Colo-Colo

Primera División (2): 1970, 1972

;Unión Española

Primera División (1): 1975

;Everton

Primera División (1): 1976

References

External links

{{NFT player|22208}}
[https://archive.today/20130106063945/http://www.weltfussball.de/spieler_profil.php?id=14764 Profile]
[https://www.partidosdelaroja.com/1973/04/sergio-ahumada.html Sergio Ahumada] at PartidosdeLaRoja.cl {{inlang|es}}
[http://www.solofutbol.cl/seleccion%20chilena/jugadores%20seleccion%20chilena%20A/ahumada,%20sergio.html Sergio Ahumada] at SoloFutbol.cl {{inlang|es}}
[https://coquimbopatrimonial.cl/proyectos/grandes-coquimbanos/ Grandes Coquimbanos] at CoquimboPatrimonial.cl {{inlang|es}}

Category:1948 births

Category:Living people

Category:Footballers from Coquimbo

Category:Chilean men's footballers

Category:Chilean expatriate men's footballers

Category:Chile men's international footballers

Category:1974 FIFA World Cup players

Category:1975 Copa América players

Category:Deportes La Serena footballers

Category:San Antonio Unido footballers

Category:Colo-Colo footballers

Category:Unión Española footballers