Roberto Andrés Cereceda Guajardo (born 10 October 1984) is a Chilean

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, who currently plays for Chilean club

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Club career

Audax Italiano

Cereceda started in the youth ranks of Colo-Colo before moving to another Santiago club, Audax Italiano. In 2002, Cereceda made his professional debut with Chilean club

. Cereceda made 93 caps with Audax and scored six goals in the five years he played with the first team. Audax made their first appearance in international competition in 2007, in which Cereceda participated. In the third group match against Alianza Lima of Peru, Cereceda scored his first goal in international competition in the 3-1 victory. The team along with Cereceda tied with

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of Brazil with 11 points in group play but failed to make the second round due to goal differential. His play in the tournament and in the national tournament led him to return to his former club

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Colo-Colo

Prior to the 2007 Torneo Clausura, Cereceda signed with Colo-Colo to replace departed players

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and

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. Cereceda participated in his second international competition in the 2007 Copa Sudamericana where Colo-Colo would play against his former team Audax in the preliminary round. Cereceda and Colo-Colo would be eliminated in the round of 16 of the Copa Sudamericana but would go on to win the national championship with Cereceda inserted in the starting line up for most of the tournament. In 2008, Cereceda participated in his second straight Copa Libertadores edition, but this time with Colo-Colo. However the result would be the same for Cereceda, with his team being eliminated in the group stage once again. In the national competition, Cereceda failed to win his second straight national championship with Colo-Colo losing in the final against Everton. Cereceda would lift his second and third national championship at the end of the

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and 2009 Torneo Clausura. In 2009, Cereceda participated in his third straight Copa Libertadores and his team was eliminated in the group stage for the third straight time.

Universidad Católica

He was confirmed to be the new player in San Carlos de Apoquindo, in July 2011.

International career

Cereceda was called up to the

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friendlies in 2007 by coach

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. In May 2008, Cereceda was called to the Chilean U-23 squad that played in a tournament in Malaysia, where he scored a goal. During this tournament in Malaysia, Cereceda caught the eye of Chile national team coach

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and to the surprise of many people in Chile, Cereceda was called up to play in the

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matches against Bolivia and Venezuela. Wearing number 3, Cereceda started both games playing fullback. Ever since that Cereceda was regularly called up for other qualification matches. In total leading up to Chile's qualification to the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Cereceda capped ten times for Chile starting in seven matches and receiving three yellow cards.

Honours

Club

; Colo-Colo *

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(3): 2007 Clausura, 2008 Clausura, 2009 Clausura ; Universidad Católica *

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(1): 2011

International goals

References

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