Erick Wiemberg

Erick Andrés Wiemberg Higuera (born June 20, 1994) is a Chilean footballer who currently plays for Chilean club Colo-colo as a defender.

Erick Wiemberg
Wiemberg with Unión La Calera in 2019
Personal information
Full name Erick Andrés Wiemberg Higuera
Date of birth (1994-06-20) June 20, 1994
Place of birth Valdivia, Chile
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Colo-colo
Number 21
Youth career
0000–2013 Deportes Valdivia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2020 Deportes Valdivia 157 (9)
2019 → Unión La Calera (loan) 19 (0)
2020– Unión La Calera 44 (0)
2023– → Colo-colo (loan) 0 (0)
International career‡
2021– Chile 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 September 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2021

Club career

Deportes Valdivia

He began his career playing for Deportes Valdivia at the Segunda División, the third level of the Chilean football. Along with Valdivia, he obtained the promotion to the Primera B after winning the 2015-16 season.[1] Playing at the Primera B, he stayed at the club until July 2020 - loaned to Unión La Calera during 2019 season - solving a judicial conflict with It.[2]

Unión La Calera

On 2019 season, he played on loan from Valdivia at the cement club in Primera División, appearing also in three Copa Sudamericana matches against Chapecoense and Atlético Mineiro.[3]

After a contract conflict between Deportes Valdivia and Unión La Calera, he played for Valdivia[4] during the first half of the 2020 Primera B, going back to La Calera in July 2020.[2][5]

International career

After being called up to training microcycles of the Chile senior team by both Reinaldo Rueda[6] and Martín Lasarte,[7] he made his international debut at the friendly match against Bolivia on March 26, 2021.[8]

Honours

Club
Deportes Valdivia

    References
    1. "DEPORTES VALDIVIA ES EL CAMPEÓN DE LA SEGUNDA DIVISIÓN 2015-2016" [DEPORTES VALDIVIA IS THE 2015-16 SEGUNDA DIVISIÓN'S CHAMPION] (in Spanish). ANFP. 8 May 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
    2. "Erick Wiemberg regresa a Primera División" [Erick Wiemberg returns to Primera División] (in Spanish). CDF. 30 July 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
    3. "La Calera cae en los penales frente a Atlético Mineiro y no logra pasar de fase" [La Calera is defeated by penalties by Atlético Mineiro and fails to continue to the next stage] (in Spanish). ANFP. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
    4. "Erick Wiemberg tras renovar en Deportes Valdivia: Estoy pagando un asunto que no me incumbe" [Erick Wiemberg after renewing with Deportes Valdivia: I'm paying for an issue that does not concern me] (in Spanish). alairelibre.cl. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
    5. "¡Vuelve a casa!" [Back to home!] (in Spanish). @ulcsadpoficial. 30 July 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
    6. Parker, Matías (12 September 2020). "Erick Wiemberg, lateral de La Calera: "No sabía que Rueda me estaba siguiendo"" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
    7. "Martín Lasarte inicia su primer microciclo con la Selección Chilena Local". LaRoja.cl. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
    8. Barrera, Cristian (27 March 2021). "El uno a uno de Chile: Jiménez, Alarcón y Wiemberg aprueban en la Roja" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 27 March 2021.


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