Ricardo Antonio Escobar Acuña (born 30 March 1998) is a Chilean

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who plays as a defender for Andorran club Penya Encarnada.

Career

A product of

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youth system, Escobar was loaned to

Coquimbo Unido Coquimbo Unido is a Chilean football club based in the city of Coquimbo. The club was founded in 1958 and has played in the Chilean Primera División since being promoted in 2022. Their home games are played at the Estadio Municipal Francisco Sán ...

in the 2021 season. In 2023, Escobar was loaned to

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in the

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. In 2024, Escobar joined

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in the

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. In January 2025, Escobar moved to Europe and signed with Andorran club Atlètic Amèrica alongside his compatriots

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and . In June of the same year, he switched to Penya Encarnada in the

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Personal life

Escobar studied and got a degree in

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at the same time he played professional football.

Honours

;Coquimbo Unido *

(1):

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Escobar, Ricardo 1998 births Living people Footballers from Santiago, Chile Chilean men's footballers Chile men's youth international footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers 21st-century Chilean sportsmen Audax Italiano footballers Deportes Magallanes footballers Coquimbo Unido footballers Deportes Valdivia footballers Deportes Limache footballers CF Atlètic Amèrica players Penya Encarnada d'Andorra players Chilean Primera División players Primera B de Chile players Segunda División Profesional de Chile players Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Andorra Expatriate men's footballers in Andorra Men's association football defenders Andrés Bello National University alumni