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.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luis Fernando Vergara Meyland | ||
| Date of birth | 13 May 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 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 | |||
| 1996–1997 | Chile | 6 | (3) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2008 | Huachipato | ||
| 2011 | Deportes La Serena | ||
| 2011 | Deportes Iquique | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
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
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Colo-Colo
- Primera División de Chile: 1996, 1997, 1998
References
- ↑ "Fernando Vergara está confiado en su escuadra" (in Spanish). Cooperativa.cl. 13 November 2008.
- ↑ Metcalf, Rupert (8 August 1997). "pounds 1.5m Platt ponders Boro move". The Independent (London).
External links
- Fernando Vergara at National-Football-Teams.com
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