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 31)
Place of birth	Santiago, Chile
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Deportes Rengo
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)
2023–2024	San Marcos	14	(0)
2025–	Deportes Rengo	1	(0)
International career
2010	Chile U17
* Club domestic league appearances and goals 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]