Carlos Garrido | |
Fullname: | Carlos Alberto Garrido Opazo |
Birth Date: | January 6, 1977 |
Birth Place: | Talca, Chile |
Position: | Centre-back Defensive midfielder |
Years1: | 1997–2000 |
Years2: | 2001–2003 |
Years3: | 2004–2005 |
Years4: | 2006–2012 |
Years5: | 2013–2014 |
Clubs4: | Audax Italiano |
Caps1: | 22 |
Caps2: | 56 |
Caps3: | 65 |
Caps4: | 197 |
Caps5: | 32 |
Goals1: | 2 |
Goals2: | 1 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Goals4: | 12 |
Goals5: | 2 |
Totalcaps: | 372 |
Totalgoals: | 17 |
Carlos Alberto Garrido Opazo (born January 6, 1977, in Talca, Chile)[1] is a Chilean former footballer who played as a centre-back.
He began his career playing for his hometown team Rangers in 1997.[2] In 2001, he moved to Universidad de Chile before returning to Rangers for a season. In 2006, he moved to Audax Italiano where he was a regular with the first team, returning to Rangers in 2013.[3] Garrido became the team captain of Audax Italiano at the beginning of 2008 when teammate Carlos Villanueva refused to the post because of a dispute he had with the team's administration.[4] In August 2014, he retired from football due to a thrombophilia detected in 2013.[5] In total, he has more than 200 games in the Chilean Primera División.
Since December 2021, he works as Sport Director of Rangers de Talca.[2]