Manuel Villalobos

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Manuel Villalobos
Personal information
Full name Manuel Arturo Villalobos Salvo
Date of birth (1980-10-15) October 15, 1980 (age 42)
Place of birth Iquique, Chile
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1990–1999 Colo-Colo
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997–2001 Colo-Colo 11 (0)
2000 → Fernández Vial (loan) 25 (11)
2001 → O'Higgins (loan) 8 (0)
2001 → Deportes Talcahuano (loan) 17 (7)
2002 Deportes Iquique 32 (20)
2003 Dragões Sandinenses 10 (2)
2003 Deportes Arica 14 (3)
2004 Deportes Copiapó 18 (4)
2005–2007 Ñublense 103 (45)
2008–2009 Universidad de Chile 70 (27)
2010–2012 Huachipato 99 (38)
2013–2017 Deportes Iquique 129 (45)
2018 Santiago Wanderers 10 (0)
Total546(202)
International career
1997 Chile U17 3 (1)
2013 Chile 1 (0)
Managerial career
2022– Deportes Iquique (youth)
2022 Deportes Iquique (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Manuel Arturo Villalobos Salvo (born October 15, 1980) is a Chilean former footballer and current manager. [1]

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Playing career

Villalobos joined Colo-Colo's youth squad at the age of ten in 1990. In 1997, he made his professional debut. In 2000, he was loaned to Fernández Vial to gain more playing time and experience. During his time with Fernández Vial he was the second leading scorer of the Primera B (Chilean Second Division). After his impressive season Villalobos was loaned six months to Primera División (Chilean First Division) squad O'Higgins. He then spent the next six months with Deportes Talcahuano. During these two years Villalobos was rejected a chance to return to his original club, Colo-Colo. In 2002 Colo-Colo's coach Jaime Pizarro released him from his contract due to indiscipline.

In 2002 Villalobos signed with Deportes Iquique. The following year Villalobos signed with Portuguese club S.C. Dragões Sandinenses, where he was primarily used as a reserve. The following two years Villalobos spent in the Chilean Third Division where he scored in abundance. However, since he was not owned by any first-tier club, his accomplishments were not taken seriously. During this time he thought about leaving football for good.

Ñublense, another third division squad, signed Villalobos. Ñublense quickly gained promotion to the Primera B and Villalobos began to regain his interest in football. At the end of the 2006, with Villalobos as the team's top goal scorer and team captain, Ñublense was promoted to the Primera División. In the 2007 Clausura tournament, Villalobos was the second leading scorer of the competition with 13 goals. His good form led Universidad de Chile (Colo-Colo's rival) to sign him to a 2-year contract at the beginning of 2008. Villalobos has said in interviews he hopes to score many goals against Colo-Colo. In the January pre-season matches, Villalobos scored in almost every game. In the 2008 Apertura tournament Villalobos has scored four goals in the first six games. On January 11 he signed a 1-year contract with Huachipato of Chile.

Villalobos played for Chile at the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Egypt. [2]

Coaching career

Since 2022, he works as coach of the Deportes Iquique youth ranks. In April and October of the same year he has assumed as caretaker coach of the first team. [3]

Honours

Club

Colo-Colo
Universidad de Chile
Huachipato
Deportes Iquique

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References

  1. ↑ Adiós goleador histórico: la sentida despedida de Deportes Iquique a Manuel Villalobos‚ publimetro.cl, 3 June 2017
  2. ↑ Manuel Villalobos – FIFA competition record (archived)
  3. ↑ "El nuevo desafío de Manuel Villalobos: asumió de forma interina" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
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