Adán Vergara Explained

Adán Vergara
Fullname:Adán Jonathan Vergara Villagra
Birth Date:1981 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Iquique, Chile
Position:Defender
Youthclubs1:Universidad de Chile
Youthyears2:1993–1998
Youthclubs2:Cobreloa
Years1:1998–2004
Clubs1:Cobreloa
Caps1:98
Goals1:23
Years2:2005
Clubs2:Atlante Neza
Caps2:18
Goals2:0
Years3:2005
Caps3:9
Goals3:1
Years4:2006–2007
Clubs4:Unión Española
Caps4:43
Goals4:4
Years5:2008
Clubs5:Zürich
Caps5:15
Goals5:0
Years6:2009
Clubs6:Luzern (loan)
Caps6:5
Goals6:0
Years7:2009–2010
Clubs7:Dalian Shide
Caps7:25
Goals7:0
Years8:2010–2011
Clubs8:Universidad Católica
Caps8:15
Goals8:2
Years9:2011
Clubs9:Santiago Wanderers
Caps9:12
Goals9:0
Years10:2012–2013
Caps10:10
Goals10:0
Years11:2013–2014
Clubs11:Ñublense
Caps11:20
Goals11:1
Years12:2014–2016
Clubs12:Deportes Temuco
Caps12:9
Goals12:1
Years13:2016–2017
Clubs13:San Antonio Unido
Caps13:31
Goals13:2
Totalcaps:310
Totalgoals:34
Nationalyears1:2001
Nationalteam1:Chile U20
Nationalcaps1:1
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalyears2:2004
Nationalteam2:Chile U23
Nationalcaps2:
Nationalgoals2:
Manageryears1:2018–
Managerclubs1:Cobreloa (youth)
Manageryears2:2020–
Managerclubs2:Cobreloa (youth women)

Adán Jonathan Vergara Villagra (born 9 May 1981 in Iquique) is a Chilean football player and who currently plays for San Antonio Unido in Chile. He is an experienced and powerful central defender.

Club career

Vergara started his career with Universidad de Chile in 1988. In 1993, he moved to Cobreloa where he had his professional debut in the first division in 1998. He played at Cobreloa, in the first division for six years, winning three Chilean Championships. He participated in five Copa Libertadores.

He first played outside Chile for Atlante. After this, he played the Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol in 2005 with Vasco da Gama, in a team that also counted the national famous player, Romário, until end of season.[1] He came back to Chile and played for Unión Española in 2006, he impressed with his abilities. On February, 2008, he signed a contract with FC Zürich, beginning a career in European football. In 2009, Adan went to loan by FC Lucerne, also in Switzerland, to strengthen their defense. In 2009, after 2 matches, he received a propose to play in Asia with Chinese club Dalian Shide making it one of the Chilean players with more experience of the current. In 2010, he signed with Universidad Católica, in Chile. In 2011, he go to Santiago Wanderers and 2012 playing in Mineros de Guayana, Venezuela.

International career

Vergara made his debut Chile National Team in 2001, in the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship. He played many tournament in the National Team with U20 and U23 until 2004.

Coaching career

He graduated as a football manager in 2017.[2] Since 2018 he has worked in the Cobreloa youth system, being also confirmed as coach of the women under-17 team in 2020.[3]

Personal life

Vergara is married to Cherry de Paula, a Brazilian dancer who came to Chile along with his dancing group Porto Seguro[4] at the beginning of the 2000s.[5]

Honours

Club

Cobreloa
Universidad Católica

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bid.HTM . 2010-08-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060529035842/http://www2.uol.com.br/cbf/bide/bid_a.htm . 2006-05-29 .
  2. Web site: Penquistas sacaron nota siete y esperan pizarra propia . Diario Concepción . 21 August 2022 . es . 23 January 2017.
  3. Web site: Cobreloa ratificó a Luis Fuentes y Adán Vergara como DT's del fútbol joven y femenino . . 21 August 2022 . es . 16 April 2021.
  4. Web site: Porto Seguro . MusicaPopular.cl . 21 August 2022 . es.
  5. Web site: Adán Vergara y Cherry hablan de sus 16 años juntos desde el lugar donde todo empezó . FLANLATE . 21 August 2022 . es . 19 June 2020.