Luis Fernando Vergara Meyland (born 13 May 1970), known as Fernando Vergara, is a retired Chilean football forward, who was nicknamed ''El Zamorano de los Pobres'' during his career. He is currently coaching

Universidad de Concepción Universidad (Spanish for "university") may refer to: Places * Universidad, San Juan, Puerto Rico * Universidad (Madrid) Football clubs * Universidad SC, a Guatemalan football club that represents the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala ...

in the

Primera B de Chile Campeonato Primera B ( en, Chilean First B Division) 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 rena ...

Career

A product of

Audax Italiano Audax Club Sportivo Italiano () is a Chilean football club based in La Florida. Founded in 1910, it plays in the Campeonato Nacional and has spent most of its history in the top tier of Chilean football. Audax has been national champions four ...

youth system, in 1990 he played for Swiss side before returning to Chile and joining

Universidad de Chile The University of Chile ( es, Universidad de Chile) is a public research university in Santiago, Chile. It was founded on November 19, 1842, and inaugurated on September 17, 1843.

. Vergara obtained a total number of six caps for the

Chile national team Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the eas ...

, scoring three goals between 1996 and 1997. Following his playing career, Vergara became a football manager and led C.D. Huachipato to the quarter-finals in the 2008 Torneo Clausura. In 1997, he had a trial with

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national id ...

Premier League The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...

club

Crystal Palace Crystal Palace may refer to: Places Canada * Crystal Palace Complex (Dieppe), a former amusement park now a shopping complex in Dieppe, New Brunswick * Crystal Palace Barracks, London, Ontario * Crystal Palace (Montreal), an exhibition buildin ...

and then had talks with Everton, but nothing came of either of these approaches and Vergara never played a competitive game in England.

Career statistics

International goals

Personal life

From 2009 to 2010 he performed as a football commentator for the channel Canal del Fútbol.

Honours

Player

;Colo-Colo *

Primera División de Chile Primera may refer to * Nissan Primera The is a large family car which was produced by the Japanese automaker Nissan from 1990 to 2007, for the markets in Japan and Europe. In Japan, it replaced the Auster/Stanza, and was exclusive to '' N ...

(3):

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 800, causing the plane to crash and killing everyone on b ...

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vergara, Fernando 1970 births Living people Footballers from Santiago Chilean footballers Chilean expatriate footballers Chile international footballers 1997 Copa América players Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Peru Audax Italiano footballers Universidad de Chile footballers C.D. Arturo Fernández Vial footballers Colo-Colo footballers C.D. Antofagasta footballers Rayo Vallecano players Club Universitario de Deportes footballers Unión Española footballers Primera B de Chile players Chilean Primera División players Segunda División players Peruvian Primera División players Association football forwards Chilean football managers Chilean Primera División managers Primera B de Chile managers Magallanes managers Huachipato managers Deportes La Serena managers Deportes Iquique managers Deportes Temuco managers Cobreloa managers San Marcos de Arica managers Unión Española managers Deportes Antofagasta managers Deportes Puerto Montt managers Universidad de Concepción managers Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Spain Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Peru Association football commentators Chilean association football commentators Canal del Fútbol color commentators