Albert Acevedo

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Albert Alejandro Acevedo Vergara
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Acevedo with O'Higgins in 2018
Personal information
Full name Albert Alejandro Acevedo Vergara
Date of birth (1983-05-06) May 6, 1983 (age 42)
Place of birth Conchalí, Santiago, Chile
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 O'Higgins (assistant)
Youth career
Unión Española
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001 Unión Española 0 (0)
2002–2008 Universidad Católica 109 (10)
2006 → Cobreloa (loan) 18 (0)
2009–2010 O'Higgins 61 (2)
2011–2013 Universidad de Chile 79 (4)
2014–2021 O'Higgins 194 (14)
2022–2023 Magallanes 40 (0)
Total501(30)
International career
2003 Chile U20 4 (0)
2009–2014 Chile 2 (0)
Managerial career
2024– O'Higgins (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Albert Alejandro Acevedo Vergara (born May 6, 1983) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a defender.

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Career

Universidad de Chile

In 2011, Acevedo joined Universidad de Chile. [1]

O'Higgins

In 2014, he won the Supercopa de Chile against Deportes Iquique. [2]

He participated with the club in the 2014 Copa Libertadores where they faced Deportivo Cali, Cerro Porteño and Lanús, being third and being eliminated in the group stage. [3]

Magallanes

After spending two seasons with Magallanes and playing the 2023 Copa Chile final match, he retired from professional football. [4]

International career

As a youth, he participated for Chile in the South American U-20 Championship 2003.

Personal life

Acevedo was born in Conchalí, Santiago.

He graduated as a football manager at INAF  [ es ] (National Football Institute), while playing for Magallanes, alongside his fellows César Cortés and Iván Vásquez. [5]

Post-retirement

Following his retirement, he assumed as the youth promotion manager of O'Higgins to support youth players joining the first team. [6]

Honours

Universidad Católica

Universidad de Chile

O'Higgins

Magallanes

References

  1. ↑ Albert Acevedo tiene sellado su acuerdo con la 'U'
  2. ↑ "O'Higgins Ganó La Supercopa Al Vencer A Deportes Iquique". Anfp.cl. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
  3. ↑ "O'Higgins se quedó en blanco con Lanús y fue eliminado de la Copa Libertadores". Cooperativa.cl. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
  4. ↑ Sánchez Sanhueza, Ítalo (13 December 2023). "Un experimentado dice adiós: Albert Acevedo anunció su retiro del fútbol". BioBioChile (in Spanish). Radio Bío-Bío . Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  5. ↑ León, Rafael (14 November 2022). "Tres técnicos dentro de la cancha: Magallanes juega con tres entrenadores titulados entre los titulares". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  6. ↑ Moreno Madrid, Paula (2 January 2024). "O'Higgins sorprende y da el gran golpe con el regreso de Eduardo Berizzo y Albert Acevedo". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 January 2024.
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