Miguel Augusto Riffo Garay (born 21 June 1981) is a former Chilean professional football player and the current manager of Curicó Unido's youth categories.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Miguel Augusto Riffo Garay | ||
| Date of birth | 21 June 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Curicó Unido (youth manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1992–2001 | Colo-Colo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2010 | Colo-Colo | 212 | (10) |
| 2011 | Santiago Morning | 30 | (4) |
| Total | 242 | (14) | |
| International career | |||
| 2007 | Chile | 9 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2013–2015 | Colo-Colo (assistant) | ||
| 2015–2016 | Unión La Calera | ||
| 2018 | Deportes Iquique | ||
| 2020–2021 | Deportes Antofagasta (assistant) | ||
| 2021–2022 | Coquimbo Unido (assistant) | ||
| 2023– | Curicó Unido (youth) | ||
| 2023 | Curicó Unido (interim) | ||
| 2024 | Curicó Unido (interim) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editProduct of Colo-Colo youth ranks, he won eight titles in his career with that club. In the 2000s, alongside his teammates Claudio Bravo, Luis Mena and Fernando Meneses, he also studied a technical-professional career in physical activity at the University of the Americas.[1]
His most successful moment with the coach Claudio Borghi, when he also was named during the 2007 season at the Chilean Primera División Best Eleven. Although Riffo was born with a club foot, that complicated him very much, because he had to make several operations in his foot.[2] In the 2010 season, he abandoned the club, because the Argentine coach Diego Cagna not considered him for the next season and in January 2011, he signed for Santiago Morning.
In March 2012, he announced his retirement from professional football, because Morning was relegated to the Primera B and also Riffo was titled as football coach at the ANFP, the last season that he played.
International career
editHe has appeared in the Chile national team. He played in one game at the Copa América 2007 versus Brazil when he committed a penalty. Later in the match Riffo was injured. Riffo played in the first four games of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification. Riffo started the first four games receiving a yellow card against Argentina; he did not appear in the remainder of the qualification process.[3]
Honours
editClub
editColo-Colo
- Primera División (7): 2002–C, 2006–A, 2006–C, 2007–A, 2007–C, 2008–C, 2009–C
- Copa Sudamericana: Runner-up 2006
Individual
editReferences
edit- ^ González Lucay, Carlos (23 June 2014). "Estos son los ilustrados de la Roja". La Tercera. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ Article about Riffo chronic injury
- ^ Riffo Statistics
External links
edit- Riffo's Profile at DaleAlbo.cl at the Wayback Machine (archived 12 December 2009)
- Miguel Riffo at National-Football-Teams.com