Miguel Riffo

Miguel Augusto Riffo Garay (born 21 June 1981) is a former Chilean professional football player and the current assistant manager of Coquimbo Unido.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Riffo and the second or maternal family name is Garay.
Miguel Riffo
Personal information
Full name Miguel Augusto Riffo Garay
Date of birth (1981-06-21) 21 June 1981
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Coquimbo Unido (assistant)
Youth career
1992–2001 Colo-Colo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2010 Colo-Colo 212 (10)
2011 Santiago Morning 30 (4)
Total 242 (14)
International career
2007 Chile 9 (0)
Managerial career
2013–2015 Colo-Colo (assistant)
2015–2016 Unión La Calera
2018 Deportes Iquique
2020–2021 Deportes Antofagasta (assistant)
2021– Coquimbo Unido (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Product of Colo-Colo youth ranks, he won eight titles in his career with that club. In the 2000s, alongside his teammates Claudio Bravo, Luis Mena and Fernando Meneses, he also studied a technical-professional career in physical activity at the University of the Americas.[1]

His most successful moment with the coach Claudio Borghi, when he also was named during the 2007 season at the Chilean Primera División Best Eleven. Although Riffo was born with a club foot, that complicated him very much, because he had to make several operations in his foot.[2] In the 2010 season, he abandoned the club, because the Argentine coach Diego Cagna not considered him for the next season and in January 2011, he signed for Santiago Morning.

In March 2012, he announced his retirement from professional football, because Morning was relegated to the Primera B and also Riffo was titled as football coach at the ANFP, the last season that he played.

International career

He also has represented the Chilean national team on several occasions. He played in one game during the Copa América 2007 versus Brazil in which he committed a penalty. Later in the match Riffo was injured for the tournament. Riffo played in the first four games of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification for Chile. Riffo started the first four games receiving a yellow card against Argentina. However, he was not recalled after the fourth match for the rest of the qualification process.[3]

Honours

Club

Colo-Colo

Individual

References
  1. González Lucay, Carlos (23 June 2014). "Estos son los ilustrados de la Roja". La Tercera. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  2. Article about Riffo chronic injury
  3. Riffo Statistics
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