Claudio Antonio Abarca Gálvez (born 7 January 1994) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a

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for

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in the

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Club career

A product of

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youth system, Abarca played on loan at Barnechea, Trasandino and

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. After leaving Palestino, he played for

General Velásquez General Velásquez is a Chilean football club, their home town is San Vicente de Tagua Tagua, Chile. They currently play in the third level of Chilean football, the Segunda Division. The club was founded on January 8, 1908, as ''General Velá ...

before moving to Venezuelan side Universidad Central in 2017. Back in Chile, he played for ,

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and Rodelindo Román in 2022. In the first half of 2023, he played for Real San Joaquín, and switched to

for the second half of the same year.

Controversies

In 2016, as a player of General Velásquez, Abarca kicked on the head to Diego Díaz, player of Deportivo Estación Central, and was punished with four years with no playing for a Chilean club.

International career

Abarca represented Chile U17 at the

2010 South American Games The IX South American Games (Spanish: ''Juegos Sudamericanos''; Portuguese: ''Jogos Sul-Americanos'') was a multi-sport event held between 19 and 30 March 2010 in Medellín, Colombia. The Games were organized by the South American Sports Organi ...

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Claudio Abarca
at Eurosport.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Abarca, Claudio 1994 births Living people Footballers from Santiago, Chile Chilean men's footballers 21st-century Chilean sportsmen Chile men's youth international footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Club Deportivo Palestino footballers A.C. Barnechea footballers Trasandino de Los Andes footballers San Antonio Unido footballers General Velásquez footballers Universidad Central de Venezuela F.C. players Deportes Iberia footballers Rodelindo Román footballers Real Juventud San Joaquín footballers San Marcos de Arica footballers Deportes Rengo footballers Chilean Primera División players Primera B de Chile players Segunda División Profesional de Chile players Venezuelan Segunda División players Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Venezuela Expatriate men's footballers in Venezuela Men's association football goalkeepers Competitors at the 2010 South American Games South American Games competitors for Chile