Bastián Alejandro Roco González (born 24 October 2003) is a Chilean professional

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who plays as a

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for

Chilean Primera División The Chilean Primera División () is a professional association football league in Chile and the highest level of the Chilean football league system. Founded in 1933, it is organized by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (ANFP). The l ...

side

Unión Española Club Unión Española S.A.D.P. is a professional football club based in the Independencia neighborhood, commune of Santiago, Chile currently participating in the Primera División de Chile. History Foundation, Amateur Era and First seasons ...

Club career

A product of

Unión San Felipe Unión San Felipe is a Chilean football club, their hometown is San Felipe in the V Región of Valparaíso. They play in the second level of the Chilean football league, the Primera B. The club was founded on October 16, 1956 with the merger ...

youth team, Roco was a substitute in the Primera B match against

Deportes La Serena Club de Deportes La Serena S.A.D.P., is a Chilean football club based in the city of La Serena, Coquimbo Region. The club was founded 9 December 1955 and plays in the second division of the Chilean football league. Their home games are play ...

on 2 June 2019, at the age of 15. In 2020, he was in a brief trial step with

Estudiantes de La Plata ( lit. "La Plata Students"), simply referred to as Estudiantes de La Plata, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its histo ...

. In second half of 2020, he was transferred to

Huachipato Huachipato FC is a Chilean football club based in Talcahuano that currently plays in the Chilean Primera División. Huachipato was founded on 7 June 1947 by workers of the homonymous steel mill in Talcahuano, and it currently plays its home g ...

youth system, making his professional debut in the 2021 Copa Chile match against

San Antonio Unido Club Social y Deportivo San Antonio Unido, usually referred to as SAU is a football club located in the port city of San Antonio, Chile, situated in the Valparaíso Region. It was founded on July 21, 1961. Its football team currently plays in Segu ...

on 23 June 2021. He left Huachipato in December 2023, then the Chilean champions. In 2024, he joined

International career

Roco was part of the Chile U15 squad at the UEFA U-16 Development Tournament in Finland in April 2019. In December 2021, he represented Chile U20 at the friendly tournament Rául Coloma Rivas, playing the three matches. In July 2022, he made two appearances for Chile U20 against Peru U20.

Personal life

Roco belongs to a football family from San Felipe since both his father, Sebastián, a former Chile international footballer, and his grandfather, Marcial, played for

. In addition, the cousin of Marcial, Héctor Roco Lucero, is a historical player of Unión San Felipe and was the assistant coach of his son, Héctor Roco Leiva, from 2020 to 2021.

Honours

Huachipato *

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Roco, Bastian 2003 births Living people 21st-century Chilean sportsmen Chilean men's footballers Footballers from San Felipe, Chile Men's association football central defenders Chile men's under-20 international footballers Chile men's youth international footballers Chilean Primera División players Primera B de Chile players Unión San Felipe footballers Huachipato FC footballers Unión Española footballers