Mauricio Segovia

Mauricio Salvador Segovia Piffaut (born December 30, 1977) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a defender. He spent nine seasons in the Chilean First Division and two with the Puerto Rico Islanders of USL-1 before transferring to the RailHawks in 2008.

Mauricio Segovia

Segovia with Carolina Railhawks
Personal information
Full name	Mauricio Salvador Segovia Piffaut
Date of birth	(1977-12-30) 30 December 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth	Punta Arenas, Chile
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Position	Defender
Youth career
1994–1997	Universidad Católica
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–2004	Universidad Católica	63	(3)
1999	→ Unión Española (loan)	0	(0)
2000–2001	→ Deportes Antofagasta (loan)	0	(0)
2004–2006	Palestino	40	(0)
2006–2007	Puerto Rico Islanders	43	(0)
2008	Carolina Railhawks	22	(0)
2009	Provincial Osorno	25	(0)
2010	Curicó Unido	13	(1)
2011	Deportes Puerto Montt	24	(2)
2012–2013	San Marcos	45	(3)
2013–2014	Magallanes	11	(0)
Total		286	(9)
Managerial career
2014–2015	Magallanes U17
2015–2018	Curicó Unido (assistant)
2018–2019	Deportes La Serena (assistant)
2020–2021	Rangers (assistant)
2021	Deportes Valdivia (assistant)
2021	Deportes Valdivia (caretaker)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Segovia began his career as a youth player with Universidad Católica in 1994. In 1997, he moved up to the first team and remained with it until he transferred to Unión Española in 1999. He then spent a single season with them and another single season with Antofagasta in 2000–2001.

He was back at Universidad Católica in 2001 and remained until 2004 when he moved to Palestino. In 2006, he left Chile to sign with the Puerto Rico Islanders of the USL First Division. He was the 2006 USL-1 Defender of the Year and a first team All Star. In 2008, he moved to the Carolina RailHawks. In 2009, he moved to Provincial Osorno in the second division from Chile

Coaching career

Following his retirement as a football player, Segovia began coaching at the Magallanes at the under-17 level from 2014 to 2015. Next. He has worked as an assistant coach for several clubs in Chile.^[1] On 12 September 2021, he coached Deportes Valdivia as a caretaker after Luis Marcoleta, the head coach, couldn't make it.^[2]

Honours

Universidad Católica

• Primera División de Chile: 1997 Apertura, 2002 Apertura

Unión Española

• Primera B: 1999

San Marcos de Arica

• Primera B: 2012