Paulo Garcés
Personal information | |||||||||||
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Full name | Paulo Andrés Garcés Contreras | ||||||||||
Date of birth | 2 August 1984 | ||||||||||
Place of birth | Parral, Chile | ||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||
Current team | Curicó Unido | ||||||||||
Number | 1 | ||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||
1999–2003 | Universidad Católica | ||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
2003–2011 | Universidad Católica | 66 | (0) | ||||||||
2004 | → Puerto Montt (loan) | 18 | (0) | ||||||||
2007 | → Puerto Montt (loan) | 13 | (0) | ||||||||
2008 | → Lobos BUAP (loan) | 17 | (0) | ||||||||
2008 | → Everton (loan) | 6 | (0) | ||||||||
2011–2013 | Universidad de Chile | 5 | (0) | ||||||||
2011 | → Unión La Calera (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||
2013–2014 | O'Higgins | 30 | (0) | ||||||||
2014–2017 | Colo-Colo | 32 | (0) | ||||||||
2017–2019 | Deportes Antofagasta | 45 | (0) | ||||||||
2020– | Curicó Unido | 7 | (0) | ||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||
2011– | Chile | 1 | (0) | ||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 April 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 January 2011 |
Paulo Andrés Garcés Contreras (born 2 August 1984) is a Chilean footballer who as of 2015[update] played for Primera División club Curicó Unido as a goalkeeper.
Career
Garcés made his debut in 2003 against Santiago Wanderers in the closing championship at San Carlos de Apoquindo Stadium. He was loaned out to Deportes Puerto Montt in 2004 and 2007
After returning from the loan Deportes Puerto Montt, Universidad Católica loaned him to Lobos de la BUAP of Primera "A" of Mexican soccer. After his experience in Mexico, he returns to Chile to play in Everton de Viña del Mar team in which he was on the starting eleven sometimes. In 2009, he returns to Universidad Católica willing to win a place on the starting eleven of coach Marco Antonio Figueroa.
In 2013, he won the Apertura 2013–14 with O'Higgins. In the tournament, he played 16 matches receiving 12 goals; including the final versus Universidad Católica, where he was a key player after made saves in the final minutes.
In 2014, he won the Supercopa de Chile against Deportes Iquique, but he do not played because was called up for the Chile national team.[1]
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. [2]
Personal life
Garcés is married with the model Joyce Castiblanco. The couple have three children: Florencia, Benjamín and Paulo.[3][4]
Honours
Club
- Universidad Católica
- Universidad de Chile
- O'Higgins
- Colo Colo
Individual
- 2012 Copa Sudamericana Team of the Tournament
- 2013 Jugador Experto Easy del Año
- Medalla Santa Cruz de Triana (1): 2014
References
- ^ http://www.anfp.cl/noticia/20957/ohiggins-gano-la-supercopa-al-vencer-a-deportes-iquique
- ^ http://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/deportes/copa-libertadores/ohiggins/oa-higgins-se-quedo-en-blanco-con-lanus-y-fue-eliminado-de-la-copa-libertadores/2014-04-08/235905.html
- ^ http://www.chilevision.cl/sqp/revelacion/estos-son-los-lazos-que-unen-a-las-mujeres-de-la-roja/2015-06-24/162346.html
- ^ http://entretenimiento.terra.cl/famosos/joyce-castiblanco-tiene-cinco-meses-de-embarazo,9eb37373971f4310VgnVCM20000099f154d0RCRD.html
External links
- Paulo Garcés at ESPN FC
- Paulo Andres Garces at BDFA (in Spanish)
- 1984 births
- Living people
- Chilean footballers
- Chile international footballers
- Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers
- O'Higgins F.C. footballers
- Everton de Viña del Mar footballers
- Puerto Montt footballers
- Colo-Colo footballers
- Universidad de Chile footballers
- C.D. Antofagasta footballers
- Lobos BUAP footballers
- Chilean Primera División players
- 2011 Copa América players
- 2015 Copa América players
- Copa América-winning players
- Chilean expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Mexico
- Association football goalkeepers