Manuel Ulloa

Manuel Ulloa

Personal information
Full name	Manuel Segundo Ulloa Ravanales
Date of birth	(1945-02-28) 28 February 1945 (age 79)
Place of birth	Valparaíso, Chile
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
	Caupolicán
	Deportivo Playa Ancha
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1967–1971	Santiago Wanderers	126	(0)
1972–1977	Rangers	184	(3)
	Comunicaciones
	Suchitepéquez
	Houston Hurricane
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Manuel Segundo Ulloa Ravanales (born 28 February 1945) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a centre-back for clubs in Chile and abroad.

Career

Born in Valparaíso, Chile, ^[1] as a youth player Ulloa was with both Club Caupolicán ^[2] and Deportivo Playa Ancha in his hometown. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

At professional level, he spent eleven seasons in the Chilean football playing for two teams at the top division: Santiago Wanderers (1967–71) ^{[6] [7]} and Rangers de Talca (1972–77). ^[8]

Ulloa made his professional debut with Santiago Wanderers in the match against Unión San Felipe on 9 April 1967 ^[4] and was considered the replaicing player of Elías Figueroa after his retirement. ^[9] He was an important member of the squad that won the 1968 league title, the second one for the club, alongside teammates such as Juan Álvarez, Vicente Cantatore, Nibaldo Alegre, among others, a team known as The Panzers . ^{[10] [11] [12]}

In the late 1970s, he moved to Guatemala and played for Comunicaciones and Suchitepéquez. ^{[13] [14] [4]}

His last club was Houston Hurricane in the United States. ^{[13] [4]}

Personal life

Ulloa is nicknamed Profesor (Teacher). ^{[15] [4]}

He has served as secretary of "Los Panzers 1968", a group of players from the 1968 season that cooperates with the Santiago Wanderers Corporation. ^{[13] [15]}

In August 2023, he was honored as a historical player of Santiago Wanderers alongside another former players by the Santiago Wanderers Corporation. ^[16]

References

1. "Manuel Ulloa". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 November 2023.
2. "CSW jugará con el equipo amateur más antiguo de Chile en el mes aniversario". Corporación Santiago Wanderers (in Spanish). 17 July 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
3. "Campeonato Nacional 1967 Primera División". eseaene.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 November 2023.
4. "Manuel ULLOA". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 November 2023.
5. "Wanderers en Campeonato de Primera División 1968". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 November 2023.
6. "Club de Deportes SANTIAGO WANDERERS". Fútbol en América (in Spanish). 12 December 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
7. Marambio Torres, Luis (June 2010). Valparaíso y Wanderers: Cosmopolitas y pioneros (PDF) (in Spanish). Valparaíso, Chile: Valparaiso University. pp. 135–145. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
8. "Club Social de Deportes RANGERS". Fútbol en América (in Spanish). 17 July 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
9. Campos, Carlos (19 March 2021). "El adiós de Elías y el duelo de pioneros del fútbol sudamericano". Asifuch (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 November 2023.
10. "De la mano de "Los Panzers" Santiago Wanderers logró su segunda estrella". eseaene.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 November 2023.
11. Fernández, Ricardo (5 January 2023). "Un día como hoy Santiago Wanderers se tituló campeón del fútbol chileno". Golazo FM (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 November 2023.
12. Campos, Carlos (6 November 2023). "¡Yo lo vi jugar! Juan 'Tanque' Álvarez". Asifuch (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 November 2023.
13. Moreno, Juan Carlos (9 March 2020). "Manuel Ulloa, un "Panzer 68" que se niega a perder su fuerza" (JPG). El Mercurio de Valparaíso (in Spanish). Valparaíso, Chile: 29. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
14. (Antorcha Deportiva) Suchitepéquez en 1978 on Facebook (in Spanish). 5 March 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
15. "Históricos lideraron Focus Group por un proyecto deportivo para Wanderers". corporacionwanderers.cl (in Spanish). 10 July 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
16. "Corporación Santiago Wanderers reconoce a jugadores históricos en sus 131 años de vida". corporacionwanderers.cl (in Spanish). 29 August 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.

External links

• Manuel Ulloa at WorldFootball.net
• Manuel Ulloa at MemoriaWanderers.cl (in Spanish)
• Manuel Ulloa ex futbolista Wanderers campeón 1968 on YouTube on Puro Wander (in Spanish)