Rubén Alberto Espinoza Molina (born 1 June 1961) is a retired Chilean international football

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Playing career

Espinoza was

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31 times for the Chile national team between 1983 and 1991. This year he won the Libertadores de América Cup, with Colo-Colo. He made his debut for the national squad on 1983-04-28 in a friendly against Brazil. Espinoza spent most of his career playing club football in Chile, and spent nine years with the Chile national team. He played one season with Mexican side

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, helping the club reach the semi-finals where they lost to León. He finished his career playing in the

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for the

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Coaching career

In 2001 he had a stint as coach of O'Higgins. In 2006 he coached

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 ...

in the

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. In 2015 he came to

Ñublense Club Deportivo Ñublense () is a professional football team based in Chillán, Ñuble Region, Chile. The club was formed in 1916 under the name of Liceo Fútbol Club. They compete in Chile's Primera División league. History Amateur era Ñub ...

as Sport Manager, assuming as interim coach in 2017.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Espinoza, Ruben 1961 births Living people People from Tomé Chilean footballers Chilean expatriate footballers Chile international footballers Association football midfielders 1983 Copa América players 1987 Copa América players 1991 Copa América players Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers Colo-Colo footballers Cruz Azul footballers O'Higgins F.C. footballers Everton de Viña del Mar footballers Unión Española footballers Richmond Kickers players Chilean Primera División players Liga MX players USISL Select League players Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Chilean expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate footballers in Mexico Expatriate soccer players in the United States Chilean football managers O'Higgins F.C. managers Unión San Felipe managers Ñublense managers Chilean Primera División managers Primera B de Chile managers