Luis_Vidal_(footballer,_born_1952)
Luis Vidal (footballer, born 1952)
Chilean footballer
Luis Alberto Vidal Gajardo (born 22 May 1952) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a centre-back for clubs in Chile and Ecuador.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luis Alberto Vidal Gajardo | ||
| Date of birth | (1952-05-22) 22 May 1952 (age 71) | ||
| Place of birth | Recoleta, Santiago, Chile | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Municipal de Santiago [es] | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1970 | Municipal de Santiago [es] | ||
| 1971 | Audax Italiano | 1 | (0) |
| 1972 | San Antonio Unido | ||
| 1973–1974 | Unión San Felipe | 52 | (1) |
| 1975 | Santiago Morning | 14 | (1) |
| 1976–1977 | Malleco Unido | ||
| 1978–1979 | Naval | 16 | (0) |
| 1980 | Curicó Unido | ||
| 1981 | Naval | – | (–) |
| 1981 | → Santiago Wanderers (loan) | ||
| 1982 | 9 de Octubre | ||
| 1983 | San Luis | ||
| 1984 | Deportes Puerto Montt | ||
| 1985 | Deportes Valdivia | ||
| 1986 | Deportes Puerto Montt | ||
| International career | |||
| 1971 | Chile U20 | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
A defender from Municipal de Santiago [es] youth system, Vidal played for several clubs in the Chilean football. In the top division, he made appearances for Audax Italiano (1971),[2] Unión San Felipe (1973–74),[3] Santiago Morning (1975),[4] and Naval (1979).[5]
In the second level, he played for San Antonio Unido (1972),[6] Santiago Wanderers (loan from Naval, 1981)[7][8] San Luis de Quillota (1983), Deportes Puerto Montt (1984, 1986), among others.[1]
Abroad, he played for 9 de Octubre in the Ecuadorian Serie A in 1982.[1]
At international level, he took part of a Chile youth team coached by José Santos Arias, alongside players such as Mario Galindo, Luis Araneda, Héctor Pinto and Carlos Rivas.[1]
Vidal has worked as a caretaker for Colegio Marista (Marista School) from Curicó.[9]
- "Luis VIDAL". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 January 2023.
- "Audax Italiano 1971 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 January 2023.
- "UNIÓN SAN FELIPE 1:2 COLO-COLO - TORNEO NACIONAL 1973". historiadecolocolo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 January 2023.
- "Santiago Morning 1975 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 January 2023.
- Denegri, Daniel (15 September 2022). "1979 Salo Ltda. - Album Campeonato Futbol '79". Classic Soccer Cards. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
- (Hinchas del SAU) SAN ANTONIO UNIDO 1972 on Facebook (in Spanish) 17 February 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
- "Wanderers en Campeonato de Segunda División 1981". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- Marambio Torres, Luis (June 2010). Valparaíso y Wanderers: Cosmopolitas y pioneros (PDF) (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: University of Chile. p. 158. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
- "Personal Auxiliar Colegial". www.ism,maristas.cl (in Spanish). Colegio Marista Curicó- Instituto San Martín. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
- Luis Vidal at MemoriaWanderers.cl (in Spanish)
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