Rodrigo Eduardo Cuevas González (born 18 September 1973 in
Quintero
Quintero is a Chilean city and commune in Valparaíso Province, in the Valparaíso Region, 30 kilometers north of Valparaíso. The commune spans an area of . It was the first port in the country, created during the expedition of Diego de Al ...
) is a Chilean former
footballer
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who played as a
goalkeeper
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.
Career
Cuevas played for Chilean clubs
Santiago Wanderers
Club de Deportes Santiago Wanderers is a football club based in Valparaíso, a founding member of the Chilean Football Federation. Their home ground, Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, is in the north-west of the city. Wanderers have played their ...
(1994–1997 and 2000),
Santiago Morning
Club de Deportes Santiago Morning (popularly known as Chaguito Morning or Morning) is a Chilean professional football club based in Recoleta, Santiago. They compete in the Primera B. Santiago Morning was one of Primera División de Chile foundi ...
(1998–1999 and 2001–2004) and
Unión San Felipe
Unión San Felipe is a Chilean Football club, their hometown is San Felipe in the V Región of Valparaíso. They play in the second level of the Chilean football league, the Primera B.
They were the Copa Chile champions, and played the 2010 Cop ...
(2005).
At international level, he took part of a Chile national under-23 squad made up by players from the
Segunda División.
Following his retirement as a football player, he represented the
Chile beach soccer team in both the
2008
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and the
2009 South American Championships, alongside retired professional footballers such as
Rodrigo Sanhueza,
Germán Osorio,
Cristian Olivares, and Carlos Medina, with
Miguel Ángel Gamboa as coach.
In 2010, he also won the XI Copa Latina.
Honours
Santiago Wanderers
*
Segunda División:
1995
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Chile (beach soccer)
*
Copa Latina
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: 2010
References
External links
Rodrigo Cuevasat MemoriaWanderers.cl
1973 births
Living people
People from Valparaíso Province
Footballers from Valparaíso Region
Chilean men's footballers
Chile men's youth international footballers
Chilean expatriate men's footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
Santiago Wanderers footballers
Santiago Morning footballers
C.D. Arturo Fernández Vial footballers
PS Mitra Kukar players
Unión San Felipe footballers
Chilean Primera División players
Primera B de Chile players
Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia
Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia
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