Óscar Mauricio Opazo Lara (; born 18 October 1990) is a

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who currently plays for

Colo-Colo Colo-Colo (), officially Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo, is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano, it competes in the Chilean Primera División, from which the club has never been ...

in the Chilean First División as a defender.

Club career

In December 2022, he joined

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side Racing Club for the 2023 season.

International career

Opazo got his first call up to the senior

side for

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qualifiers against

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and

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in October 2016.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first.''

Personal life

Opazo is nicknamed ''Torta'' (Cake).

Honours

Club

;Colo-Colo * Primera División (1): Transición 2017 *

Supercopa de Chile The Supercopa de Chile (''Supercup of Chile'') is an annual one-match football official competition in Chile organised by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (ANFP). This competition serves as the season opener and is played between t ...

(2):

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, 2018

International

;Chile *

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* * 1990 births Living people People from Concón Footballers from Valparaíso Region Chilean men's footballers 21st-century Chilean sportsmen Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chile men's international footballers 2019 Copa América players Santiago Wanderers footballers Colo-Colo footballers Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers Chilean Primera División players Primera B de Chile players Argentine Primera División players Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina Men's association football defenders {{Chile-footy-defender-stub