Adán Jonathan Vergara Villagra (born 9 May 1981 in

Iquique Iquique () is a port city and commune in northern Chile, capital of both the Iquique Province and Tarapacá Region. It lies on the Pacific coast, west of the Pampa del Tamarugal, which is part of the Atacama Desert. It has a population of 191 ...

) is a

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an football player and who currently plays for

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. He is an experienced and powerful central defender.

Club career

Vergara started his career with

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in 1988. In 1993, he moved to Cobreloa where he had his professional debut in the first division in 1998. He played at Cobreloa, in the first division for six years, winning three Chilean Championships. He participated in five

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. He first played outside Chile for

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. After this, he played the Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol in 2005 with

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, in a team that also counted the national famous player,

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, until end of season. He came back to Chile and played for

Unión Española Club Unión Española S.A.D.P. is a professional football club based in the Independencia neighborhood, commune of Santiago, Chile. They currently participate in the Primera División de Chile. It has a branch of women's football, and compete ...

in 2006, he impressed with his abilities. On February, 2008, he signed a contract with

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, beginning a career in European football. In 2009, Adan went to loan by FC Lucerne, also in Switzerland, to strengthen their defense. In 2009, after 2 matches, he received a propose to play in Asia with Chinese club

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making it one of the Chilean players with more experience of the current. In 2010, he signed with Universidad Católica, in Chile. In 2011, he go to

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and 2012 playing in

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, Venezuela.

International career

Vergara made his debut Chile National Team in 2001, in the

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. He played many tournament in the National Team with U20 and U23 until 2004.

Coaching career

He graduated as a

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in 2017. Since 2018 he has worked in the

Cobreloa Club de Deportes Cobreloa S.A.D.P. (), commonly referred to as Cobreloa, is a Chilean football professional club based in Calama, Región de Antofagasta, Chile. That competes in the Primera B. The club's home ground is the Estadio Zorros del ...

youth system, being also confirmed as coach of the women under-17 team in 2020.

Personal life

Vergara is married to Cherry de Paula, a Brazilian dancer who came to Chile along with his dancing group Porto Seguro at the beginning of the

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Honours

Club

;Cobreloa *

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(3): 2003 Apertura, 2003 Clausura, 2004 Clausura ;Universidad Católica *

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References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vergara, Adan 1981 births Living people People from Iquique Chilean footballers Chilean expatriate footballers Chile under-20 international footballers Association football defenders Cobreloa footballers Atlante F.C. footballers CR Vasco da Gama players Unión Española footballers FC Zürich players FC Luzern players Dalian Shide F.C. players Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers Santiago Wanderers footballers A.C.C.D. Mineros de Guayana players Ñublense footballers Deportes Temuco footballers San Antonio Unido footballers Chilean Primera División players Ascenso MX players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Swiss Super League players Chinese Super League players Venezuelan Primera División players Primera B de Chile players Segunda División Profesional de Chile players Expatriate footballers in Mexico Expatriate footballers in Brazil Expatriate footballers in China Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Expatriate footballers in Venezuela Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Chilean expatriate sportspeople in China Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Venezuela Chilean football managers