Claudio Abarca

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Abarca and the second or maternal family name is Gálvez.

Claudio Antonio Abarca Gálvez (born 7 January 1994) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for San Marcos de Arica in the Primera B de Chile.

Claudio Abarca

Personal information
Full name	Claudio Antonio Abarca Gálvez
Date of birth	(1994-01-07) 7 January 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth	Santiago, Chile
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	San Marcos
Youth career
	Palestino
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2016	Palestino
2013	→ Barnechea (loan)
2013–2014	→ Trasandino (loan)	1	(0)
2014–2015	→ San Antonio Unido (loan)
2016	General Velásquez
2017	Universidad Central
2019	La Pintana Unida
2021	Iberia	19	(0)
2022	Rodelindo Román	22	(0)
2023	Real San Joaquín	13	(0)
2023–	San Marcos	0	(0)
International career
2010	Chile U17
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 July 2023

Club career

A product of Palestino youth system, Abarca played on loan at Barnechea, Trasandino and San Antonio Unido.^[1]

After leaving Palestino, he played for General Velásquez before moving to Venezuelan side Universidad Central in 2017.^[2]

Back in Chile, he played for La Pintana Unida ^[es],^[3][4] Iberia^[5] and Rodelindo Román in 2022.^[6]

In the first half of 2023, he played for Real San Joaquín, and switched to San Marcos de Arica for the second half of the same year.^[7]

Controversies

In 2016, as a player of General Velásquez, Abarca kicked on the head to Diego Díaz, player of Deportivo Estación Central,^[8] and was punished with four years with no playing for a Chilean club.^[2]

International career

Abarca represented Chile U17 at the 2010 South American Games.^[9]

References

1. "Claudio Abarca :: Claudio Abarca Galvez". www.ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 January 2023.
2. "El inesperado presente del arquero castigado por 4 años". Diario AS (in Spanish). AS Chile. 9 February 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
3. "La Pintana Unida amargó el debut en casa de Pumas FC". Portal 3Division.cl (in Spanish). 1 April 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
4. "Claudio Abarca - Sifup". sifup.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 January 2023.
5. Matus, Norman (1 April 2021). "Bajo las órdenes del DT. Eduardo Lobos, el nuevo Iberia 2021 ya entrena con miras al próximo campeonato". La Tribuna (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 January 2023.
6. (Sifup Chile) Todo el éxito para Claudio Abarca on Facebook (in Spanish). 22 February 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
7. "(Oficial) Tendrá su revancha: San Marcos de Arica tiene a su primer refuerzo para la segunda rueda". PrimeraBChile.cl (in Spanish). 23 June 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
8. "Esta es la patada criminal que escandaliza al fútbol chileno". AS.com (in Spanish). Diario AS. 28 September 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
9. "Nóminas de Chile para Juegos Suramericanos". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 November 2023.

External links

• Claudio Abarca at WorldFootball.net
• Claudio Abarca at Soccerway
• Claudio Abarca at Eurosport.com (in Spanish)