Cristián Castañeda
Personal information
Full name Cristián Alberto Castañeda Vargas
Date of birth (1968-09-18) 18 September 1968
Place of birth San Vicente de Tagua Tagua, Chile
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989 General Velásquez
1990–1992 Palestino 6 (0)
1993–2002 Universidad de Chile 136 (0)
2003–2004 Everton 27 (0)
2005 Deportes Arica 13 (0)
Total 172 (0)
International career
1994–1998 Chile 24 (1)
Managerial career
Palestino (assistant)
Deportes La Serena (assistant)
2011 Deportes Copiapó
2011–2012 Curicó Unido (assistant)
2012 Curicó Unido (caretaker)
2016 Universidad de Chile (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cristián Alberto Castañeda Vargas (born 18 September 1968) is a retired Chilean football player. He played for a few clubs, including Universidad de Chile and Everton Viña del Mar, his last club was Deportes Arica.

Nicknamed "Scooby" Castañeda played for the Chile national football team and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He was capped 25 times scoring 1 goal between 1994 and 1998, and made his debut on 1994-03-26.

Personal life

He belongs to a football family since his father, Hugo, and his uncles Víctor, Rolando and Gerardo, were professional footballers. He also played alongside his older brother, Víctor Hugo, for Palestino, Universidad de Chile and the Chile national team.[1] In addition, his cousins Marco and Roly were with the Palestino youth ranks, as well as his uncle Manuel, who was with the reserve team.[2]

Honours

Club

Universidad de Chile
Everton

References

  1. ↑ Reyes, Luis (18 July 2017). "Las dinastías del fútbol chileno que jugaron en un mismo club" (in Spanish). AS Chile. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  2. ↑ González, Christian (26 May 2014). "La familia Castañeda y el fútbol" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 20 September 2022.


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