Edson Puch
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Edson Raúl Puch Cortés | ||
| Date of birth | 9 April 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Iquique, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Playing position |
Attacking midfielder Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | LDU Quito | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2003 | Deportes Iquique | ||
| 2003–2005 | Huachipato | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2005–2006 | Huachipato | 18 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | Deportes Iquique | 74 | (22) |
| 2009–2011 | Universidad de Chile | 65 | (17) |
| 2011–2014 | Al-Wasl | 16 | (2) |
| 2012–2013 | → Dep. Iquique (loan) | 26 | (2) |
| 2015 | Huracán | 6 | (0) |
| 2016– | LDU Quito | 10 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009– | Chile | 6 | (0) |
| 2012 | Chile U23 | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of April 29, 2016. | |||
Edson Raúl Puch Cortés (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈeθson ˈputʃ], born 9 April 1986) is a Chilean footballer who plays for Ecuadorian club LDU Quito.
Club career
Born in Iquique, Puch began his career at hometown Deportes Iquique youth ranks, then moving to Huachipato reserve team in 2003.
In 2008, after two years playing in Talcahuano based–side, he returned his homeland for play for Iquique where achieved a third-tier title that season as well as the first-tier promotion the coming year. After an impressive season during the 2009 Torneo Apertura being a key player alongside Cristian Bogado, on mid-year, Puch reached a four-year deal with Chilean powerhouse Universidad de Chile which invested US$850.000 for his rights.[1]
He quickly settled as starter playing for The Owls where celebrated a league title in 2011 with Jorge Sampaoli as head coach. However, on 14 May, he accepted an offer from Emirati club Al-Wasl FC for a US$4 million fee.[2][3] There Puch was coached by Diego Maradona and only scored a goal in six league games.
In 2012 he returned to Deportes Iquique on loan. Nevertheless, Puch after completing the six-month loan spell in June, didn't any game during the year second half because due to after he initially returned to Al-Wasl, he was loaned back to Iquique but the team didn't registered him in time. However he officially re-joined in January 2013 after being trained that period with the team, reappearing in a 1–1 away draw with León for the Copa Libertadores first stage.
In June 2013 he definitely returned to Al-Wasl. This time Puch scored one goal in ten UAE Arabian Gulf League games. In August 2014, he ended his contract with Emirati club and then signed for Argentina's Huracán as a free agent in January 2015.
International career
In 2009, Puch received a call-up from Marcelo Bielsa for play the Kirin Cup, debuting in a 4–0 loss with Japan as a 46th-minute substitute for Jorge Valdivia. After his first international participation, he was recalled in November for a game with Slovakia at Bratislava. In 2011, during Bielsa's last match as national team coach against United States he played his first full international game during a 1–1 draw.
Puch was named in the 2015 Copa America squad but had to withdraw through injury being replaced by Francisco Silva.[4]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Huachipato | 2005 | 9 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 9 | 0 |
| 2006 | 9 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Total | 18 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Deportes Iquique | 2007 | 38 | 6 | – | – | – | – | 38 | 6 |
| 2008 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 22 | 11 | |
| 2009 | 17 | 6 | – | – | – | – | 17 | 6 | |
| Total | 74 | 22 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 77 | 23 | |
| Universidad de Chile | 2009 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 3 |
| 2010 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 46 | 7 | |
| 2011 | 22 | 8 | – | – | – | – | 22 | 8 | |
| Total | 65 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 86 | 18 | |
| Al Wasl | 2011–12 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 1 |
| 2013–14 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 1 | |
| Total | 16 | 2 | 7 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 2 | |
| → Deportes Iquique (loan) | 2012 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 2 |
| 2013 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 33 | 2 | |
| Huracán | 2015 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| Total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | |
| LDU Quito | 2016 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 3 |
| Total | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 3 | |
| Career total | 215 | 45 | 14 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 261 | 49 | |
| Chile national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 6 | 0 |
Honours
Club
- Universidad de Chile
- Huracán
References
- ↑ "Edson Puch fue presentado en sociedad como nuevo refuerzo de la U". Radio Cooperativa. 2009-01-07.
- ↑ "Al Wasl signs Chilean midfielder Edson Puch". Gulf Daily News. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
- ↑ "La 'U' busca a Hernández ante la partida de Puch". Prensa Fútbol. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
- ↑ "Soccer-Chile's Puch out of Copa America, replaced by Silva". sports.yahoo.com. 5 June 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
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