Alfredo Calderón (footballer)

Alfredo Andrés Calderón Rosales (born 24 February 1986) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a striker for clubs in Chile and Argentina.

Alfredo Calderón
Personal information
Full name Alfredo Andrés Calderón Rosales
Date of birth (1986-02-24) 24 February 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Limache, Chile
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Villa Independencia
Miraflores
2001–2005 Coquimbo Unido
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 Coquimbo Unido 54 (13)
2007Deportes Ovalle (loan)
2009–2010 Santiago Wanderers 18 (3)
2012 San Luis 10 (3)
2012 Lota Schwager 8 (1)
2013 Racing de Olavarría 15 (3)
2015 Deportes Valdivia 4 (2)
2016–2017 Lota Schwager 18 (8)
2017 Deportes Pintana 17 (6)
Total 144 (39)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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As a child, Calderón was with Villa Independencia and Club Miraflores in his hometown.[1] Then he joined Coquimbo Unido youth system.[2] A young player yet, he scored a goal versus Everton in the 2005 Torneo Apertura of the Primera División, becoming an important piece in the championship, where his club was the runner-up.[3] He also is well remembered by the club fans after scored a goal versus Deportes La Serena, the traditional rival, in a 2–2 draw what was played in two parts due to incidents from both clubs fans.[4] In 2007, he played on loan at Deportes Ovalle and was chosen as the best player of the Tercera División.[1]

In 2009, he joined Santiago Wanderers in the Primera B,[5] getting promotion to Primera División after the club was the runner-up of the 2009 Primera B.[1] In 2012 he played for San Luis de Quillota and Lota Schwager in the Primera B. For Lota Schwager, he just scored one goal versus Coquimbo Unido in the last matchday of the 2012 Clausura, where his club could stay at the category.[6]

In 2013 he played for Racing de Olavarría in Argentina, what was coached by Víctor Comisso, a former coach of Coquimbo Unido in 2008.[7]

He left the football activity during 2014. After playing for Deportes Valdivia in 2015, he left the football activity again until October 2016, when he signed with Lota Schwager in the Segunda División Profesional, scoring eight times.[8] In June 2017 he tried to sign with Coquimbo Unido, but the coach Patricio Graff rejected him.[9] So he joined Deportes Pintana, his last club.[2]

After his retirement, he made his home in Coquimbo and has played for amateur clubs. In club San Juan he coincided with other former professional footballers such as Félix Cortés and Miguel Ángel Estay.[10]

Personal life

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In 2017, he began to study for becoming a football manager) at the INAF [es] (National Football Institute).[8]

Honours

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Alfredo CALDERÓN". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b Cristopher Penroz y Alfredo Calderón: Las cartas de gol Pintana en Segunda División on YouTube by CDO (in Spanish)
  3. ^ "Coquimbo y Concepción son los últimos clasificados a los playoffs del Apertura". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 2 June 2005. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Coquimbo aprovechó la "reanudación" y empató ante La Serena". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 31 May 2006. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Campeonato Nacional Apertura 2009 Primera B". eseaene.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  6. ^ "LOTA SCHWAGER MANTUVO LA CATEGORÍA, PESE A CAER DE SU VISITA EN COQUIMBO". ANFP (in Spanish). 4 November 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  7. ^ Olavarría, El Popular de (5 January 2013). "Un chileno en Olavarría". mundoascenso.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  8. ^ a b ""DEFENDERÍA ESTA CAMISETA COMO UN HINCHA MÁS"". Diario La Región (in Spanish). 8 June 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  9. ^ "Solo uno de los jugadores a prueba en Coquimbo se queda en el plantel que ya tiene cuatro refuerzos". PrimeraBChile.cl (in Spanish). 10 June 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  10. ^ "Conoce los ex profesionales que animarán la final regional del fútbol amateur". El Observatodo.cl (in Spanish). 4 March 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
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