| Darío Gálvez | |
| Fullname: | Darío del Carmen Gálvez Vargas |
| Birth Date: | 11 July 1975 |
| Birth Place: | Quinta de Tilcoco, Chile |
| Position: | Defensive midfielder |
| Youthclubs1: | Tricolor Quinta |
| Youthyears2: | 1990–1995 |
| Youthclubs2: | O'Higgins |
| Years1: | 1996 |
| Clubs1: | Rengo (city team) |
| Caps1: | – |
| Goals1: | – |
| Years2: | 1996–2001 |
| Clubs2: | O'Higgins |
| Caps2: | 138 |
| Goals2: | 3 |
| Years3: | 1996 |
| Clubs3: | → Ñublense (loan) |
| Years4: | 2002 |
| Clubs4: | Santiago Wanderers |
| Caps4: | 2 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2002 |
| Clubs5: | → Santiago Morning (loan) |
| Caps5: | 11 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2003 |
| Clubs6: | O'Higgins |
| Years7: | 2004 |
| Years8: | 2004 |
| Years9: | 2007 |
| Clubs9: | Rangers |
| Caps9: | 23 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Years10: | 2008 |
| Clubs10: | Deportes Copiapó |
| Caps10: | 29 |
| Goals10: | 0 |
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.
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,, 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]
Gálvez graduated as a football manager at (National Football Institute) and has worked as coach for children in his hometown.[2]
On his mother side, he is the cousin of former Chile international Alejandro Osorio.[2]