Marco_Medel
Marco Medel
Chilean footballer (born 1989)
Marco Antonio Medel de la Fuente (born 30 June 1989) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Magallanes.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marco Antonio Medel De la Fuente | ||
| Date of birth | (1989-06-30) 30 June 1989 (age 34) | ||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Magallanes | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2006 | Audax Italiano | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2014 | Audax Italiano | 135 | (19) |
| 2011 | → Colo-Colo (loan) | 24 | (2) |
| 2012–2013 | Audax Italiano B | 8 | (6) |
| 2014–2015 | Santiago Wanderers | 28 | (6) |
| 2015–2016 | Universidad Católica | 25 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | O'Higgins | 23 | (1) |
| 2017–2021 | Santiago Wanderers | 117 | (9) |
| 2021– | Magallanes | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2009 | Chile U20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Chile U23 | 7 | (0) |
| 2015– | Chile | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 September 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 January 2015 | |||
It started in the lower divisions of Audax Italiano which would debut in 2007 when the club was going through a great time having great figures like Carlos Villanueva, Fabian Orellana or Franco Di Santo, among others. Gradually he was taking regularly since his debut coming to play the 2008 Copa Libertadores but would consolidation in 2009.
And as a starter in 2009 and 2010 would be key piece of equipment highlighting twice in the Golden Ball as best player ANFP projection and the ideal team, this will mean reaching Colo-Colo on a loan which would have an irregular pace so I finished this return to his former club.
On his return to Audax Italiano again would be one of the key pieces of equipment, with figure of this for the following seasons but all end abruptly in mid-2014 when he and two other players rescind contract by not cumplírseles respective clauses, 3 after this sign Huachipato as a free player but with the sale of the club to a sporting society handover would fall finally saturating in the Santiago Wanderers.
On 2 September 2021, he moved to Magallanes in the Primera B de Chile after being released from Santiago Wanderers.[1]
He debuted in the Chile Chile national under-20 football team led by Ivo Basay in friendly matches with Argentina and Uruguay before being summoned to the Under-20 2009 South American Championship which took place in Venezuela5 where his team failed to qualify for the world cup category. That same year the Under-21s to dispute the hopes 2009 Toulon Tournament where Chile tournament champion being crowned undisputed owner of that team.
He got his first call up to the senior Chile squad for a friendly against the United States in January 2015 and made his international debut in the match.[2] He was named in the preliminary squad for the 2015 Copa America but was omitted from the final squad.[3]
Universidad Católica
Santiago Wanderers
Chile U21
- "Marco Medel es el nuevo refuerzo de Magallanes" (in Spanish). TNT Sports Chile. 2 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- "Chile boss Jorge Sampaoli names home-based squad for USA friendly". ca2015.com. 21 January 2015. Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
- "Sampaoli confirms final Chile squad for Copa America". goal.com. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
- Marco Medel at Soccerway
- Marco Medel at ESPN FC
- Marco Antonio Medel at BDFA (in Spanish)