Luis Pedro Figueroa

Luis Pedro Figueroa Sepúlveda (born May 14, 1983) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Luis Pedro Figueroa
Figueroa in 2014
Personal information
Full name Luis Pedro Figueroa Sepúlveda
Date of birth (1983-05-14) May 14, 1983
Place of birth San Pedro de la Paz, Chile
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Universidad de Concepción
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2005 Universidad de Concepción 52 (8)
2005–2006 Universidad de Chile 40 (10)
2007 Arsenal de Sarandí 7 (1)
2007 Banfield 3 (0)
2008 Cobreloa 20 (3)
2008–2009 Colo-Colo 31 (6)
2009–2010 Palmeiras 13 (1)
2010–2011 Unión Española 19 (0)
2011 Olhanense 10 (1)
2012–2014 O'Higgins 85 (11)
2015–2017 Colo-Colo 42 (1)
2018–2019 Universidad de Concepción 20 (1)
2020–2021 Coquimbo Unido 20 (0)
Total 362 (43)
International career
2003 Chile U20 4 (0)
2004 Chile U23 7 (1)
2004–2013 Chile 16 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

He was born in Concepción, and made his debut for U. de Concepción in 2002 (just 18 years old) and was bought by Universidad de Chile in 2005. In 2007, he signed for the Argentine club Club Atlético Banfield before returning to Chile in 2008 to play for Cobreloa. He then moved to Colo-Colo to play in the Clausura 2008.

Palmeiras

After playing against Palmeiras twice in the group stage of the Copa Libertadores 2009 he transferred to the Brazilian club in September 2009. His debut for Palmeiras was on a 2–1 win over Cruzeiro on September 24, 2009. And with good appearances with Palmeiras in 2009, Figueroa was the first choice player for right back position in the 2010 club's season. Unfortunately, Figueroa performed below it was expected from him due to leg injury in late February 2010. During recovery, Palmeiras announced the arrival of Vítor, who would be the first choice as right back following Figueroa's recovery. Palmeiras announced that they would not renew Figueroa's contract, expiring on 31 July 2010, and Figueroa moved back to Chile, this time joining Unión Española.

O'Higgins

In 2013, he won the Apertura 2013-14 with O'Higgins. In the tournament, he played in 15 of 18 matches, and scored two goals in the win 1:2 against Universidad Católica.[1]

In 2014, he won the Supercopa de Chile against Deportes Iquique, and scored a goal at the 38 minutes in the match that won O'Higgins in the penalty shoot-out.[2]

He participated with the club in the 2014 Copa Libertadores where they faced Deportivo Cali, Cerro Porteño and Lanús, being third and being eliminated in the group stage. [3]

Coquimbo Unido

In 2020, he joined Coquimbo Unido for the 2020 Chilean Primera División,[4] also playing in the 2020 Copa Sudamericana,[5] but the Pirates were relegated to the Primera B for the 2021 season.

In June 2021, he announced his retirement from the football activity after having played for 22 years.[6]

International career

Figueroa represented Chile U20 at the 2003 South American U-20 Championship and Chile U23 at the 2004 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament. At senior level, he debuted in the national Chilean team in 2004 during the Copa América 2004 in Peru. Figueroa has also played friendlies during the 2006 and he scored his first goal for Chile against Paraguay (3–2 victory).

International goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.16 November 2006Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar Paraguay3–2WinFriendly

Honours

Club
Colo-Colo
O'Higgins

Individual
O'Higgins

References
  1. "El cielo se tiñó de celeste: ¡O'Higgins campeón!".
  2. "O'higgins Ganó la Supercopa al Vencer a Deportes Iquique".
  3. "O'Higgins se quedó en blanco con Lanús y fue eliminado de la Copa Libertadores".
  4. "Ex promesa de la U y Luis Pedro Figueroa llegan a Coquimbo" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 26 December 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  5. González, Christian (6 January 2021). "El misterio Coquimbo: las contradicciones de un superviviente que hace historia al abordaje" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  6. "Luis Pedro Figueroa dice adiós al fútbol tras 22 años de carrera". Prensa Fútbol (in Spanish). 16 June 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  7. "ANFP Y SIFUP PREMIARON A LOS MEJORES EN UNA BRILLANTE GALA DEL FÚTBOL" (in Spanish). ANFP. 27 May 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
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