Ian Patricio Mac-Niven Carlsson (born 25 October 1971) is a Chilean former professional

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who played as an

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Career

A product of Universidad Católica youth system, Mac-Niven made his debut thanks to the coach

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in 1991 and stayed with them until 1996, with stints on loan at Deportes Concepción (1993) and

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(1994).(Pelotudos Chile
Ian Mac Niven, el gerente de la Roja que sintió no ser tan buen futbolista
on Facebook . 25 April 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2023. In 1997, he joined Colombian side

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, but he didn't make any appearance. At youth international level, he represented Chile at under-20 level in the 1991 South American Championship and at under-23 level in the 1992 Pre-Olympic Tournament. At senior international level, he represented Chile in two friendlies in 1995.

After football

Mac-Niven graduated as a journalist and got a degree in

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at the

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. He worked for the

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as head of logistics of the Chile senior team from 2017 to 2021. Mac-Niven has also been in charge of football academies affiliated to Universidad Católica in Recoleta,

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and

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, just like another former players such as René Valenzuela,

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, Luciano Saavedra,

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, among others. Since March 2024, he performs as co-host of the program ''Fútbol y Parrilla'' (Football and Grill) on

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alongside the former footballer

Fernando Vergara Luis Fernando Vergara Meyland (born 13 May 1970), known as Fernando Vergara, is a Chilean football coach and former player. Nicknamed ''El Zamorano de los Pobres'' during his career, he played as a forward. Playing career A product of Audax I ...

. . 7 March 2024.

Honours

Universidad Católica *

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1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mac Niven, Ian 1971 births Living people Footballers from Santiago, Chile Chilean men's footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chile men's under-20 international footballers Chile men's international footballers Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers Deportes Concepción (Chile) footballers C.D. Antofagasta footballers Deportes Tolima footballers Chilean Primera División players Categoría Primera A players Men's association football midfielders Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Colombia Expatriate men's footballers in Colombia Chilean journalists Chilean sports journalists 20th-century Chilean sportsmen