Marcelo Vega (footballer, born 1971)

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Marcelo Vega
Personal information
Full name Francisco Marcelo Vega Cepeda
Date of birth (1971-08-12) August 12, 1971 (age 52)
Place of birth Copiapó, Chile
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1988–1990 Regional Atacama 68 (24)
1991–1992 Unión Española 34 (8)
1992–1993 Logroñes 3 (0)
1993–1995 Colo-Colo 42 (12)
1996 Regional Atacama 23 (7)
1997 Santiago Wanderers 7 (2)
1998 MetroStars 17 (1)
1999 San Jose Earthquakes 0 (0)
2000–2001 Racing Club 6 (0)
2002 Unión Española 15 (4)
2003 Cienciano 14 (6)
2003 Universidad de Chile 10 (1)
Total239(65)
International career
1987 Chile U16
1991–1998 Chile 30 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francisco Marcelo Vega Cepeda (Inca de Oro, Chile, August 12, 1971) is a former Chilean footballer and sports commentator, who played as a midfielder and is recognized for being one of the best creative midfielder in Chilean football.

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Club career

Marcelo Vega began his football career defending Regional Atacama, aged 14. At 16 he was a top scorer in the second division. Then he was transferred to Unión Española, in 1991, a club with which he made his debut in the First Division and under the technical direction of Nelson Acosta he had his best performances, thanks to Marcelo they became champions of the Chile Cup for two consecutive years, in 1992 and 1993 Marcelo Vega also holds the record of winning 3 consecutive Chile Cups, 2 with Unión Española and 1 with Colo Colo.

Nicknamed "Guatón" or "Tobi", due to his resemblance to the character of the homonymous children's comic (Toby and his friends), and the Chilean Maradona for his similarity in football on the field, Vega also played in Colo-Colo, Santiago Wanderers, Logroñés from Spain, MetroStars from the United States and Racing Club in Argentina, he also played at Cienciano from Peru, in addition to another stint at Regional Atacama and Unión Española. His last campaigns as a professional were played at the University of Chile.

Selected Chilean since 1986, he participated in the South American sub 16 in Peru, leaving in the FIFA ideal team together with Marco Antonio Etcheverry and other figures of that South American, he also played in the 1991 Copa América in Chile and in the 1993 Copa América in Ecuador. In addition, he was in the Chilean squad that traveled to the 1998 World Cup in France, where he played only half time against Brazil, in fact the Chilean discount from Marcelo Salas was after a pass from Vega and later pivoting from Iván Zamorano, but he did not have a greater performance due to which he reached the World Cup injured. He played 30 times for the Chile National Team between 1991 and 1998, scoring 1 goal.

He was the biggest assistant in the qualifiers for the World Cup in France 98.

International career

Vega represented Chile at under-16 level in the 1986 South American Championship [1]

He was capped 30 times and scored 1 goal for the Chile national team between 1991 and 1998. At the 1998 FIFA World Cup he played 45 minutes in the round of 16 match versus Brazil. [1]

Personal life

He is a panelist in the program Todos Somos Técnicos (We Are All Technicians) from TNT Sports (former CDF), in which he stands out for evaluating Chilean soccer players and for his great sense of humor.

In 2009, he participated in the Chilean reality show called 1810 , but was eliminated. [2]

Honors

Unión Española

Colo-Colo

MetroStars

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References

  1. 1 2 Ogrodnik, Felipe (12 August 2022). "Marcelo Vega: El talentoso volante de las Eliminatorias hacia Francia 1998". laroja.cl (in Spanish). FFCh . Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  2. "13.cl". Archived from the original on 10 August 2011.