Darío del Carmen Gálvez Vargas (born 11 July 1975) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder for clubs in Chile and Ecuador.

Darío Gálvez
Personal information
Full name Darío del Carmen Gálvez Vargas
Date of birth (1975-07-11) 11 July 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth Quinta de Tilcoco, Chile
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
Tricolor Quinta
1990–1995 O'Higgins
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996 Rengo (city team) (–)
1996–2001 O'Higgins 138 (3)
1996Ñublense (loan)
2002 Santiago Wanderers 2 (0)
2002Santiago Morning (loan) 11 (0)
2003 O'Higgins
2004 Deportes Arica
2004 Deportivo Quevedo
2007 Rangers 23 (0)
2008 Deportes Copiapó 29 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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Born in Quinta de Tilcoco, Chile, Gálvez represented the Rengo city team and won the 1996 national amateur championship. [1]

At club level, he was with Tricolor Quinta in his hometown before joining the O'Higgins youth system at the age of fifteen. He made his debut in a 1995 Primera División match against Provincial Osorno by replacing Claudio Borghi. The next season, he was loaned out to Ñublense.[2]

Back to O'Higgins, then in the Segunda División,[3] he got promotion to the Primera División after being the runner-up in the 1998 Primera B alongside players such as Mario Núñez, Pedro Rivera, Rolando Azas [es], among others. It is well remembered a goal that Gálvez scored from the middle of the field in a match against Santiago Morning on 30 October 1998.[4][5]

After spending three seasons with O'Higgins in the top division (1999–2001),[6][7][8] he played for Santiago Wanderers[9] and Santiago Morning.[10][11]

In 2003, he rejoined to O'Higgins.[12] The next years, he played for Deportes Arica,[13] Rangers[14] and Deportes Copiapó[15] in his homeland.

Abroad, he had a stint with Deportivo Quevedo in the Ecuadorian second level, getting the promotion to the top division in 2004.[16]

Post-retirement

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Gálvez graduated as a football manager at INAF [es] (National Football Institute) and has worked as coach for children in his hometown.[2]

Personal life

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On his mother side, he is the cousin of former Chile international Alejandro Osorio.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Darío GÁLVEZ". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b c (Somos Energía) Tirando La Talla Cap 17 Darío Gálvez on YouTube (in Spanish). 1 June 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  3. ^ (Retrofutbol Chile) 1997 O Higgins de Rancagua on Facebook (in Spanish). 11 February 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Club Deportivo O'HIGGINS". Fútbol en América (in Spanish). 5 December 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Darío Gálvez recuerda "El Gol de Mi Vida"". O'Higgins FC (in Spanish). 24 August 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Historia - UNA NUEVA CAÍDA". O'Higgins FC (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  7. ^ "O'Higgins sorprendió a todos". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 26 August 2000. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Wanderers en Campeonato de Primera División 2002 Clausura". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Campeonato Nacional Clausura 2002 Primera División". www.eseaene.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Santiago Morning descendió a Primera B tras perder con U. de Chile". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Santiago Morning despidió a 18 jugadores tras el descenso". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 26 November 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  12. ^ "Campeonato Nacional Apertura 2003 Primera División". www.eseaene.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 January 2024. Darío GÁLVEZ (retornó de préstamo desde Santiago Morning y partió a O'Higgins)
  13. ^ "2004 - Primera B". ARICADICTOS (in Spanish). 31 March 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  14. ^ "Historia del Club - SUB CAMPEÓN EN PRIMERA". Rangers de Talca (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  15. ^ "Especiales Emol - Mercado del fútbol chileno 2009". www.emol.com (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  16. ^ "Liga de Loja y Dep. Quevedo ascienden a Primera División de Ecuador". El Universo (in Spanish). 7 November 2004. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
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