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Paulo Garcés

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Garcés and the second or maternal family name is Contreras.

Paulo Garcés
Garcés with Deportes Antofagasta in 2018
Personal information
Full name Paulo Andrés Garcés Contreras
Date of birth (1984-08-02) 2 August 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Parral, Chile
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Unión San Felipe
Youth career
1999–2003 Universidad Católica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2011 Universidad Católica 66 (0)
2004 → Deportes Puerto Montt (loan) 18 (0)
2007 → Deportes Puerto Montt (loan) 13 (0)
2008 → Lobos BUAP (loan) 17 (0)
2008 → Everton (loan) 6 (0)
2011–2013 Universidad de Chile 5 (0)
2011 → Unión La Calera (loan) 0 (0)
2013–2014 O'Higgins 30 (0)
2014–2017 Colo-Colo 32 (0)
2017–2019 Deportes Antofagasta 45 (0)
2020–2021 Curicó Unido 16 (0)
2021 San Luis 6 (0)
2021–2024 Deportes Valdivia 36 (0)
2024– Unión San Felipe 0 (0)
International career‡
2011–2016 Chile 1 (0)
Medal record
Copa América
Winner 2015 Chile Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 September 2016

Paulo Andrés Garcés Contreras (born 2 August 1984) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Unión San Felipe.

Career

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Garcés with O'Higgins F.C. in 2013

Garcés made his debut in 2003 against Santiago Wanderers in the closing championship at San Carlos de Apoquindo Stadium. He was loaned out to Deportes Puerto Montt in 2004 and 2007

After returning from the loan Deportes Puerto Montt, Universidad Católica loaned him to Lobos de la BUAP of Primera "A" of Mexican soccer. After his experience in Mexico, he returns to Chile to play in Everton de Viña del Mar team in which he was on the starting eleven sometimes. In 2009, he returns to Universidad Católica willing to win a place on the starting eleven of coach Marco Antonio Figueroa.

In 2013, he won the Apertura 2013–14 with O'Higgins. In the tournament, he played 16 matches receiving 12 goals; including the final versus Universidad Católica, where he was a key player after made saves in the final minutes.

In 2014, he won the Supercopa de Chile against Deportes Iquique, but did not play because he was called up for the Chile national team.[1]

He participated with the club in the 2014 Copa Libertadores where they faced Deportivo Cali, Cerro Porteño and Lanús, being third and being eliminated in the group stage. [2]

In 2021, after playing six matches for Primera B club San Luis de Quillota, he resigned.[3] At the same year, he joined Deportes Valdivia in the Segunda División Profesional de Chile.[4]

On 25 January 2024, Deportes Linares announced the signing of Garcés,[5] but five days later, he gave up.[6] He finally renewed with Deportes Valdivia.[7] In June of the same year, he switched to Unión San Felipe.[8]

Personal life

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Garcés is married with the model Joyce Castiblanco. The couple have three children: Florencia, Benjamín and Paulo.[9]

Although his father, Patricio, was a goalkeeper, from his paternal line his relatives are mainly inclined towards arts and music: His older brother, Óscar, is an actor and former goalkeeper of Colo-Colo at youth level[10] and both his younger brother, Miguel,[11] and his cousins, Andrés de León (stage name of Christian Garcés) and Patricio Garcés, are singers.[12]

Honours

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Universidad Católica
Universidad de Chile
O'Higgins
Colo Colo
Individual

References

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  1. ^ "O'higgins Ganó la Supercopa al Vencer a Deportes Iquique".
  2. ^ "O'Higgins se quedó en blanco con Lanús y fue eliminado de la Copa Libertadores".
  3. ^ "(Audio) No quiso ir al banco: La versión de San Luis por la salida de Paulo Garcés". PrimeraBChile.cl (in Spanish). 1 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021. Martinuzzi confirmó la partida del golero y entregó su versión del porqué de la partida de Garcés.
  4. ^ @depvaldivia (14 September 2021). "Bienvenido Paulo" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 September 2021 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ Neut, Martín (25 January 2024). "Paulo Garcés esquiva el retiro y ya tiene nuevo club para el 2024". ADN Radio (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  6. ^ Aliaga, Martín (31 January 2024). "La curiosa voltereta de Paulo Garcés: duró 5 días en Deportes Linares y quedó sin club". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  7. ^ "En Linares no lo creen: Garcés fue anunciado en otro Club para el 2024". Pasión Por Los Deportes (in Spanish). 4 February 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  8. ^ Escobillana, Felipe (5 June 2024). "Regaló un título en Colo Colo y ahora es flamante refuerzo del colista de la B". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Estos son los lazos que unen a las mujeres de La Roja - Chilevisión". chilevision2.temporal.avz.cl. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  10. ^ Salazar, Leonardo (21 August 2015). "Paulo Garcés agarró su mejor vuelo". colocolo-old (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  11. ^ "Joyce Castiblanco comparte foto junto a recordado chico "Rojo" en Cancún". Página 7 (in Spanish). 20 December 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  12. ^ "La familia Garcés mostró todo el talento artístico de cada uno de sus integrantes". TVN. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  13. ^ "Paulo Garcés fue elegido mejor portero de la Copa Sudamericana 2012". AlAireLibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
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