Marco Villaseca

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Marco Villaseca
Personal information
Full name Marco Antonio Villaseca Cabezas
Date of birth (1975-03-15) 15 March 1975 (age 50)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1995–1996 Audax Italiano 29 (2)
1997–2003 Colo-Colo 113 (3)
2002Unión Española (loan) 12 (2)
2002Spartak Moscow (loan) 0 (0)
2004 Rostov 6 (1)
2005 Deportes Concepción 13 (0)
2006 Santiago Morning 10 (0)
2007 Deportes Concepción 0 (0)
2008–2009 Rangers 54 (4)
2010 O'Higgins 19 (0)
2011–2013 Rangers 55 (3)
Total311(15)
International career
1999–2001 Chile 20 (0)
2001 Chile B 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marco Antonio Villaseca Cabezas (born March 15, 1975) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. [1] Throughout his career, he had a reputation as a 'violent' player. [2]

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International career

Villaseca played for Chile at the 2001 Copa América where the team reached the quarter-finals. [3] In total, he made 20 appearances for the national team. [4] In addition, he made an appearance for Chile B in the friendly match against Catalonia on 28 December 2001. [5]

Post-retirement

Villaseca has played for "Colo-Colo de Todos los Tiempos" (Colo-Colo from All Time), a team made up by historical players for Colo-Colo. [6]

Villaseca worked as a dog groomer in the context of COVID-19 pandemic and switched to sale of shock absorbers. [6]

Honours

Colo-Colo

References

  1. Marco Villaseca at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  2. Villaseca: "Metía pierna fuerte, pero nunca fui mala leche" chile.as.com
  3. Tabeira, Martín (31 May 2012). "Copa América 2001". RSSSF . Archived from the original on 19 October 2013.
  4. "Marco Villaseca". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  5. Morrison, Neil (2 February 2005). "International Matches 2001 - Other". RSSSF . Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  6. 1 2 Martínez, Nelson (27 January 2026). ""Nunca me fui por malo": es ícono de Colo Colo, fue peluquero canino y vende amortiguadores". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 January 2026.