Claudio Andrés del Tránsito Maldonado Rivera (born 3 January 1980) is a Chilean professional football coach and former player. Since 2020, he has been working as Maurício Barbieri's assistant coach.[1]
 Maldonado in 2006 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name |
Claudio Andrés del Tránsito Maldonado Rivera | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 3 January 1980 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Curicó, Chile | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| Escuela Municipal Curicó | ||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Colo-Colo | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1998–2000 | Colo-Colo | 29 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2000–2003 | São Paulo | 36 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | Cruzeiro | 92 | (4) | |||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Santos | 34 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Fenerbahçe | 17 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2009–2012 | Flamengo | 38 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2013 | Corinthians | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Colo-Colo | 21 | (0) | |||||||||||
| Total | 274 | (7) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1997 | Chile U17 | |||||||||||||
| 1998 | Chile U20 | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | Chile Olympic | |||||||||||||
| 2000–2010 | Chile | 44 | (1) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Colo-Colo (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2019 | Real Garcilaso (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2020 | CSA (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Red Bull Bragantino (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2020 | Red Bull Bragantino (caretaker) | |||||||||||||
| 2023 | Vasco da Gama (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 2024 | Juárez (assistant) | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
He formerly played as a defensive midfielder for clubs as Colo-Colo, São Paulo, Cruzeiro, Santos, Fenerbahçe, Flamengo and Corinthians.
Playing career
editEarly career
editAs a child, Maldonado was with Escuela de Fútbol Municipal de Curicó (Municipal Football Academy of Curicó), later named Juventud 2000, what was founded by the former professional footballer Luis Hernán Álvarez. Next, he moved to Colo-Colo youth ranks after being seen by Néstor Pékerman.[2]
São Paulo
editHe spent three seasons with São Paulo making 36 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A appearances with the team.
Cruzeiro
editIn May 2003, Vanderlei Luxemburgo, then coach of Cruzeiro, bought the services of Maldonado. At the time of the purchase, Maldonado's then girlfriend was Luxemburgo's daughter. Nevertheless, while with Cruzeiro, Maldonado experienced the most success of his career. In 2003, he played for the first team in the history of Brazilian football to win the triple crown.
Santos
editFor the 2006 season, Maldonado was reunited with former Cruzeiro's coach Luxemburgo at Santos for a fee of $4.5 million.[citation needed] However at the end of the Brazilian season was scheduled to have ankle surgery which caused him to miss up to two months. After recuperating Maldonado continued playing for Santos reaching the semi-finals of the 2007 Copa Libertadores. Currently Santos has completed the 2007 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in second place and are eligible to compete in the upcoming Copa Libertadores 2008. He was being tracked by Fenerbahçe, Milan, Real Madrid and Ajax but no firm offers better than Fenerbahçe have been made. At 28 he was at the peak of his potential and European teams wanted to capitalise on this, but they were probably put off by the 8 red cards that he had received in the previous 3 years at club level.
Fenerbahçe
editOn the beginning of 2008 Maldonado signed with Fenerbahçe in 1+1⁄2-year contract, at that time managed by Zico. The transaction was via C.A. Rentistas, which the proxy club paid Santos R$2,225,040.[3] He struggled with injuries and spend a little more than a year in the Turkish club.
Flamengo
editOn August 27, 2009, Flamengo signed a 1-year contract with Maldonado.[4] His debut for his new club was as a substitute in a 3-0 win against Santo André,[5] but since his second match became a first team player. In his first ten matches Flamengo did not suffer any goals, nine of those playing along with Álvaro which signed with Flamengo at the same time, proving his was back at his high level. He scored his first goal for Flamengo after just few matches on November 8 against Atlético Mineiro.[6] His good moment made Chile national team coach Marcelo Bielsa call him up to national team after a period absent.[7] But his return to national team, on November 17 against Slovakia, wasn't as expected, Maldonado played well as a starter, although in the second half he suffered a serious injury in his left knee ligaments leaving out of the fields for four months.[8][9][10][11] Maldonado signed a new 6-month contract in August 2010 and a 2-year contract in January 2011.
Coaching career
editIn 2018, Maldonado started his coaching journey as an assistant coach to Héctor Tapia at Colo-Colo, the club where he began his professional career and retired from three years prior.[12] He followed Tapia to Real Garcilaso in 2019. In 2020, he joined Maurício Barbieri as his assistant coach at CSA, continuing to work together at Red Bull Bragantino and later at Vasco da Gama.[13][14] In 2024, he followed him to Mexican club Juárez.[1]
Career statistics
edit- As of 6 September 2020.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| São Paulo | 2000 | Série A | 11 | 0 | 6 | 1 | – | – | 17 | 1 | ||
| 2001 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 0 | ||||
| 2002 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 0 | ||||
| 2003 | – | 2 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 36 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 1 | ||
| Cruzeiro | 2003 | Série A | 28 | 0 | – | 1[a] | 0 | – | 29 | 0 | ||
| 2004 | 33 | 3 | – | 11[b] | 0 | 13[c] | 0 | 57 | 3 | |||
| 2005 | 31 | 1 | 7 | 0 | – | 11[c] | 0 | 49 | 1 | |||
| Total | 92 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 131 | 4 | ||
| Santos | 2006 | Série A | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 18[d] | 0 | 40 | 0 | |
| 2007 | 15 | 0 | – | 12[e] | 1 | 17[d] | 0 | 44 | 1 | |||
| Total | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 84 | 1 | ||
| Fenerbahçe | 2007-08 | Süper Lig | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[f] | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | |
| 2008-09 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7[f] | 0 | – | 17 | 0 | |||
| Total | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Flamengo | 2009 | Série A | 13 | 1 | – | – | – | 13 | 1 | |||
| 2010 | 17 | 0 | - | - | 6[e] | 0 | 5[g] | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 2011 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 12[g] | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 8[g] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Total | 38 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 75 | 1 | ||
| Corinthians | 2013 | Série A | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 0 | ||
| Colo-Colo | 2014–15 | Primera División | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 245 | 5 | 32 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 84 | 0 | 406 | 7 | ||
- ^ a b Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana.
- ^ Seven appearances in Copa Libertadores, four appearances in Copa Sudamericana.
- ^ a b Appearance(s) in Campeonato Mineiro.
- ^ a b Appearance(s) in Campeonato Paulista.
- ^ a b c Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores.
- ^ a b Appearance(s) in Campeonato Carioca.
- ^ a b c Appearance(s) in Campeonato Carioca.
International
editAlong with Chile U20, he won the L'Alcúdia Tournament in 1998.[15]
Maldonado was selected to represent his country, Chile, at the 2000 Summer Olympics as a part of the Under-23 team that won the bronze medal. Maldonado made his international debut on February 12, 2000, in a match versus Bulgaria. Since then Maldonado has appeared in 41 games with the senior squad and has netted one goal. For 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification, Maldonado was a regular with the first team and has since gained the captaincy of the national team. As of recent Maldonado has been called up to serve on the Chile national team that is managed by Marcelo Bielsa.[citation needed]
International goals
edit| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 9 February 2005 | Viña del Mar, Chile |  Ecuador |
3–0 | Win | Friendly |
Honours
editPlayer
edit- Colo-Colo
- São Paulo
- Campeonato Paulista: 2000, 2002
- Cruzeiro
- Santos
- Campeonato Paulista: 2006, 2007
- Fenerbahçe
- UEFA Champions League Quarter-Finals(1): 2008
- Flamengo
- Corinthians
- Chile U20
- Chile Olympic
- Sydney Olympic Games: Bronze medal
References
edit- ^ a b Fernández, José Tomás (18 February 2024). "Un chileno parte a México". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ ""Juventud 2000": La Academia de los sueños". VLN Radio (in Spanish). 29 September 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ "Relatório da Administração 2008" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Santos FC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
- ^ Fla apresenta os experientes Álavaro e Maldonado, reforços para a defesa (in Portuguese)
- ^ Dupla de 'plebeus' brilha, e Flamengo vence o Santo André no Maracanã (in Portuguese)
- ^ Em 'revival' de emoção dos anos 80, Fla bate o Galo por 3 a 1 e pula para 3º lugar (in Portuguese)
- ^ Maldonado e Fierro devem ser titulares do Chile contra a Eslováquia (in Portuguese)
- ^ Maldonado se destaca em vitória do Chile, mas sai machucado e preocupa Fla (in Portuguese)
- ^ Maldonado lamenta lesão: 'Sei que vai ser uma recuperação longa' (in Portuguese)
- ^ Maldonado desembarca no Rio mancando e com dores Archived 2009-11-22 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
- ^ Maldonado só volta ao Flamengo daqui a pelo menos quatro meses Archived 2009-11-22 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
- ^ "Ex-estagiário de Carille, Maldonado vira auxiliar no Colo-Colo e mira duelo com o Corinthians". ge (in Brazilian Portuguese). 17 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- ^ ""Chileno e brasileiro", Maldonado pode ser trunfo do Vasco para recuperar futebol de Carlos Palacios". ge (in Brazilian Portuguese). 19 December 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- ^ Muratori, Matheus (23 June 2023). "Ex-Cruzeiro também deixa o Vasco com saída de Maurício Barbieri". Rádio Itatiaia (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- ^ Roggero, José (19 August 2015). "¡La Roja sub 20 es campeona en L'Alcúdia!". El Mostrador (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 October 2022.
External links
edit- claudiomaldonado.com Claudio Maldonado Unofficial Fan Website at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-04-26)
- Claudio Maldonado at the Turkish Football Federation
- Player Profile @ Santos.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-01-15) (in Portuguese)
- Player Profile @ Flamengo.com.br (in Portuguese)
- Negociação de Maldonado é investigada at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-07-06) (in Portuguese)
- Claudio Maldonado at Soccerway
- Claudio Maldonado at BDFA (in Spanish)