Fernando Vergara

Luis Fernando Vergara Meyland (born 13 May 1970), known as Fernando Vergara, is a retired Chilean football forward, who was nicknamed El Zamorano de los Pobres during his career. He is currently coaching Universidad de Concepción in the Primera B de Chile.[1]

Fernando Vergara
Personal information
Full name Luis Fernando Vergara Meyland
Date of birth (1970-05-13) 13 May 1970
Place of birth Santiago,, Chile
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Universidad de Concepción (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1989 Audax Italiano
1990 Brüttisellen
1991 Universidad de Chile
1992 Fernández Vial 26 (8)
1993 Colo-Colo
1994 Deportes Antofagasta 21 (4)
1995–1998 Colo-Colo
1998–1999 Rayo Vallecano
1999 Colo-Colo
2001 Universitario
2002 Unión Española
International career
19961997 Chile 6 (3)
Managerial career
2005 Barnechea
2005–2006 Instituto Nacional
2007 Magallanes
2008–2009 Huachipato
2011 Deportes La Serena
2011–2012 Deportes Iquique
2014 Deportes Temuco
2014 Cobreloa
2015 San Marcos
2015–2016 Unión Española
2016–2017 Deportes Antofagasta
2018–2019 Deportes Puerto Montt
2020–2021 Magallanes
2021– Universidad de Concepción
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

A product of Audax Italiano youth system, in 1990 he played for Swiss side FC Brüttisellen-Dietlikon before returning to Chile and joining Universidad de Chile.[2]

Vergara obtained a total number of six caps for the Chile national team, scoring three goals between 1996 and 1997.

Following his playing career, Vergara became a football manager and led C.D. Huachipato to the quarter-finals in the 2008 Torneo Clausura.[3]

In 1997, he had a trial with English Premier League club Crystal Palace and then had talks with Everton, but nothing came of either of these approaches and Vergara never played a competitive game in England.[4]

Career statistics

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.4 January 1997Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar, Chile Armenia7–0WinFriendly
2.4 January 1997Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar, Chile Armenia7–0WinFriendly
3.17 June 1997Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba, Bolivia Ecuador2–1Loss1997 Copa América
Correct as of 7 October 2015[5][6]

Personal life

From 2009 to 2010 he performed as a football commentator for the channel Canal del Fútbol.[7]

Honours

Player

Colo-Colo

References

  1. "Universidad de Concepción presentó a su nuevo entrenador" (in Spanish). TNT Sports. 27 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  2. "Beccacece entre los tres técnicos en Chile que no fueron jugadores profesionales". Deportes13 (in Spanish). Canal 13. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  3. "Fernando Vergara está confiado en su escuadra" (in Spanish). Cooperativa.cl. 13 November 2008.
  4. Metcalf, Rupert (8 August 1997). "pounds 1.5m Platt ponders Boro move". The Independent. London.
  5. 1997 MATCHES INTERCONTINENTAL
  6. Copa América 1997
  7. "Panelistas de "En el nombre del fútbol" harán la previa del Mundial en la Universidad San Sebastián". www.universia.net (in Spanish). 11 August 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
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