Carlos Israel Verdugo Concha (born 6 September 1975) is a Chilean professional former

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who played as a forward for clubs in Chile and El Salvador.

Club career

Born in

Concepción, Chile Concepción (; originally: ''Concepción de la Madre Santísima de la Luz'', "Conception of the Blessed Mother of Light") is a city and Communes of Chile, commune in south-central Chile, and the geographical and demographic core of the Greater Co ...

, he began his career with Deportes Concepción. Along with the club, he took part in the 2001 Copa Libertadores, a well remembered championship by the club fans where Verdugo scored two goals and the team was knocked out in

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by Brazilian club

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. In Chile, he also played for

Ñublense Club Deportivo Ñublense () is a professional Association football, football team based in Chillán, Ñuble Region, Chile. The club was formed in 1916 under the name of Liceo Fútbol Club. They compete in Chile's Chilean Primera División, Primer ...

, Universidad Católica,

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Provincial Osorno Provincial Osorno is a football club based in Osorno, Los Lagos Region, Chile. The club is currently playing at the third tier of the Chilean football system, the Segunda División. The club were founded on 5 June 1983 and then re-founded on 3 ...

and

San Marcos de Arica Club Deportivo San Marcos de Arica, also known as San Marcos, is a Chilean professional football club based in Arica, that is a current member of the Primera B of Chile. The club was founded on February 14, 1978. Between 1978 and 2005, the club ...

. From 2002 to 2003 he played for Universidad Católica, winning the 2002 Apertura Championship in the

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. From 2004 to 2005 he played for Universidad de Concepción, where he coincided with great players such as Esteban Paredes, the top goalscorer of the Chilean Primera División, Hugo Droguett and Luis Pedro Figueroa. Abroad, he had a step with Águila from

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in second half 2006. In 2007, he joined Provincial Osorno and got promotion to Chilean Primera División after winning the 2007 Primera B. His last club was San Marcos de Arica in the Primera B in 2009.

International career

Verdugo made an appearance for the Chile national team in the friendly match against

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on 28 December 2001. He had replaced Jaime González in the squad after González ignored the call-up.

Personal life

He was nicknamed ''Lulo''. He has worked for the Universidad Católica youth system as coordinator of the football academy in San Pedro de la Paz,

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, just like another former players such as René Valenzuela,

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, Luciano Saavedra, Ian Mac-Niven, among others.

Honours

Universidad Católica *

: 2002 Apertura Provincial Osorno *

Primera B de Chile Campeonato Primera B () is the second tier in the Chilean football league system, and is organized by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional. It was established in 1952 as ''Segunda División'', and later renamed in 1996 to the current n ...

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References

External links

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Carlos Verdugo
at playmakerstats.com 1975 births Living people Footballers from Concepción, Chile Chilean men's footballers 21st-century Chilean sportsmen Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chile men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Deportes Concepción (Chile) footballers Ñublense footballers Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers C.D. Universidad de Concepción footballers Unión San Felipe footballers C.D. Águila footballers Provincial Osorno footballers San Marcos de Arica footballers Chilean Primera División players Primera B de Chile players Salvadoran Primera División players Chilean expatriate sportspeople in El Salvador Expatriate men's footballers in El Salvador {{Chile-footy-forward-stub