Fernando Vergara

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Vergara and the second or maternal family name is Meyland.
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)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
San Marcos de Arica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991 Universidad de Chile
1992 Arturo Fernández Vial
1993 Colo-Colo
1994 Deportes Antofagasta 26 (8)
1995–1998 Colo-Colo
1998–1999 Rayo Vallecano 21 (4)
1999 Colo-Colo
2001 Universitario de Deportes
2002 Unión Española
National team
19961997 Chile 6 (3)
Teams managed
2008 Huachipato
2011 Deportes La Serena
2011 Deportes Iquique

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Luis Fernando Vergara Meyland (born 13 May 1970 in Santiago, Chile) is a retired Chilean football forward, who was nicknamed El Zamorano de los Pobres during his career. He is currently coaching San Marcos de Arica.

Career

Vergara obtained a total number of six caps for the Chilean 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.[1]

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.[2]

Honours

Club

References

  1. "Fernando Vergara está confiado en su escuadra" (in Spanish). Cooperativa.cl. 13 November 2008.
  2. Metcalf, Rupert (8 August 1997). "pounds 1.5m Platt ponders Boro move". The Independent (London).

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