Carlos Vásquez (Chilean footballer)

Carlos Honorindo Vásquez Palma (born 20 June 1950) is a Chilean former football player who played as a right winger. Besides Chile, he played in Bolivia.

Carlos Vásquez
Personal information
Full name Carlos Honorindo Vásquez Palma
Date of birth (1950-06-20) 20 June 1950
Place of birth Valparaíso, Chile
Position(s) Right winger
Youth career
Unión Edwards
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1968 Everton 3 (0)
1970 San Antonio Unido
1971–1973 Santiago Wanderers 56 (11)
1973 Naval 3 (0)
1974 Everton
1975 Deportes Ovalle
1977 Jorge Wilstermann
Ayacucho Festaco
1984 Iván Mayo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Born in Valparaíso, Chile, Vásquez was with his hometown's club Unión Edwards before making his professional debut with Everton de Viña del Mar in the 1968 season.[1][2]

In 1970, he switched to San Antonio Unido, winning the Copa Isidro Corbinos[3][4] and becoming the top goalscorer with nine goals alongside his teammate Juan Soto.[5]

In the Chilean top division, he also played for Santiago Wanderers (1971–73)[6][7][8] and Naval (1973).[9]

In the second level, he played for Everton (1974), Deportes Ovalle (1975) and Iván Mayo (1984). As a member of Everton, he got promotion to the top division.[1]

Abroad, he played for Bolivian club Jorge Wilstermann in 1977,[10] coinciding with his compatriot Juan Miguel Amaya and Víctor Villalón, and Ayacucho Festaco.[11]

Personal life

As a football player, he was nicknamed Burro (Donkey).[1]

His older brother, Nelson, was a Chile international in the 1970s and they coincided in Unión Edwards at youth level and Everton in 1968.[12][2]

He made his home in La Serena[13] and his grandnephew of the same name, Carlos, grandson of Nelson, is a striker from the Deportes La Serena youth system.[14]

References
  1. "Carlos VÁSQUEZ". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  2. "Everton 1968 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  3. Muñoz, David (18 July 2020). "Hace 50 años San Antonio Unido ganó el único título de toda su historia". aquisanantonio.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  4. (San Antonio Unido OFICIAL) Hoy se cumplen 48 años de aquella gesta donde gritamos campeones! on Facebook (in Spanish). 18 July 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  5. Muñoz, Ricardo (13 May 2020). "San Antonio Unido Campeón Copa Isidro Corbinos". Asifuch (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  6. "Campeonato Nacional 1972 Primera División". eseaene.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  7. Campos Castro, Carlos (13 October 2016). "Historias de 100 años de Clásicos Porteños". S. Wanderers Patrimonial (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  8. Campos, Carlos (14 September 2021). "1973: La aventura europea de Santiago Wanderers". Asifuch (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  9. "Naval 1973 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  10. (Wilstermann Cuestión de Orgullo) AÑO 1977 on Facebook (in Spanish). 30 September 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  11. (Futbolistas. Chilenos en el Exterior) Carlos Vázquez y Juan Miguel Amaya en Jorge Wilstermann on Facebook (in Spanish). 1 February 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  12. Chomsky (18 June 2018). "Nelson Vásquez, el Cañón". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  13. "NOMINA DE BENEFICIARIOS DE SUBSIDIO DE AGUA POTABLE URBANO" (PDF). transparencia.laserena.cl (in Spanish). La Serena, Chile: Municipality of La Serena. December 2022. p. 16. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  14. "CARLOS VÁSQUEZ, GOLEADOR DE LA SUB 18: »QUEREMOS LLEGAR LO MÁS LEJOS POSIBLE»". cdlaserena.cl (in Spanish). 21 September 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2023. Mi abuelo Nelson Vásquez y mi tío Carlos Vásquez jugaron en varios equipos de Chile como Santiago Wanderers y Everton.
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