Héctor Raúl Mancilla Garcés (12 November 1980) is a Chilean former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who played as a striker. A true striker, Mancilla is not "the fastest or most skillful striker but his true threat is his ability to finish the play in short spaces.". He also holds Mexican citizenship.

Club career

Mancilla began his career with

Malleco Unido Club de Deportes Malleco Unido is a Chilean football club from Angol, Chile. The club was founded on March 25, 1974 and currently play in the Chilean Segunda División, the third tier of the Chilean football league system. The club has 1 offici ...

in the Chilean Tercera División. Next he joined

Huachipato Club Deportivo Huachipato is a Chilean football club based in Talcahuano that is a current member of the Chilean Primera División. The club was founded 7 June 1947 and plays its home games at the Estadio CAP, which has a capacity of 10,500 p ...

in 2000. He spent six seasons with Huachipato scoring 37 goals in 106 appearances. Before the 2006 Apertura in Chile, Mancilla was sold to popular Chilean club

Colo-Colo Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo () is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano they play in the Chilean Primera División, from which they have never been relegated. The team has pla ...

. That season, Mancilla scored twelve goals on the way to a championship. Subsequently, Colo-Colo sold many of their players and Mancilla was one of them. He was sold to

CD Veracruz Club Deportivo Veracruz, commonly known as Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz, was a Mexican professional football club based in the city of Veracruz. ''El Aston'' was founded in 1943, and played in the Liga MX of Mexico. Their nickname, "Tiburones Ro ...

for $800,000. He was sold on 16 June 2008 for an undisclosed price to

CD Toluca Deportivo Toluca Fútbol Club S.A. de C.V. (), commonly known as Club Deportivo Toluca, is a Mexican football club, playing in the Primera División de México, the top-flight of Mexican football. Toluca's stadium, Estadio Nemesio Díez Riega is ...

. He is now one of the top scorers of The Mexican league with 11 goals. He won the Apertura 2008 golden boot for most goals scored. He also became the top scorer in Clausura 2009 with 14 goals.Mancilla: "Me quieren más en México que en mi país"
/ref> On 2011, he became a key player for the Apertura 2011 championship of

Tigres UANL Club de Fútbol Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, simply known as Tigres UANL or Tigres, is a Mexican professional football club based in San Nicolás de los Garza, a city in the Monterrey metropolitan area, Nuevo León. Found ...

. On 2012, he was sold to

Atlas de Guadalajara Atlas Fútbol Club () is a Mexican professional football club based in Guadalajara, Jalisco that currently plays in Liga MX. It plays home matches at the Estadio Jalisco. Founded in 1916, Atlas has won three league titles and four domestic cups ...

. On 2013, he was transferred to Monarcas Morelia. Mancilla ended his career with Malleco Unido in the Segunda División Profesional de Chile in 2018, as a way to hnor his mother.

International career

Mancilla was part of the Copa America 2004 squad of Chile. After leaving Chile to play in Mexico, he lost his spot in the national team of Chile due to the lack of playing time in Mexico. His great form at Toluca earned him a recall to the Chile national team. He came in as a replacement in the 2–0 victory against

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on 6 June 2009, earning his 4th cap with the national team, and his first in almost five years. He also played three days later against Bolivia.

Honours

Club

;Colo-Colo *

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: 2006 Apertura ;Toluca * Primera División de México: 2008 Apertura, 2010 Bicentenario ; Tigres UANL * Primera División de México: 2011 Apertura ;Morelia *

Copa MX The Copa MX (formerly called Copa Tower Monterrey, Copa Eliminatoria, Copa México and Copa Corona MX (for sponsorship reasons)) was a Mexican football cup competition that was established in 1907. After a lengthy hiatus that began in 1997, it wa ...

: 2013 Apertura

Individual

* Mexican Golden Boot: Primera División de México Apertura 2008 * Mexican Golden Boot:

Primera División de México Clausura 2009 The 2009 Primera División Clausura was the second football tournament of the Mexican Primera División 2008−09 season. The tournament began on January 16, 2009 and ended on May 31, 2009. Necaxa was relegated to the Primera División A after ...

* Best Forward of the tournament: Primera División de México Apertura 2008 * Best Forward of the tournament:

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