Carlos Garrido (footballer, born 1977)

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Carlos Garrido
Personal information
Full name Carlos Alberto Garrido Opazo
Date of birth (1977-01-06) January 6, 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Talca, Chile
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Defensive midfielder
Youth career
Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2000 Rangers 22 (2)
2001–2003 Universidad de Chile 56 (1)
2004–2005 Rangers 65 (0)
2006–2012 Audax Italiano 197 (12)
2013–2014 Rangers 32 (2)
Total 372 (17)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carlos Alberto Garrido Opazo (born January 6, 1977, in Talca, Chile)[1] is a Chilean former footballer who played as a centre-back.

Career[edit]

He began his career playing for his hometown team Rangers in 1997.[2] In 2001, he moved to Universidad de Chile before returning to Rangers for a season. In 2006, he moved to Audax Italiano where he was a regular with the first team, returning to Rangers in 2013.[3] Garrido became the team captain of Audax Italiano at the beginning of 2008 when teammate Carlos Villanueva refused to the post because of a dispute he had with the team's administration.[4] In August 2014, he retired from football due to a thrombophilia detected in 2013.[5] In total, he has more than 200 games in the Chilean Primera División.

Post retirement[edit]

Since December 2021, he works as Sport Director of Rangers de Talca.[2]

Honours[edit]

Audax Italiano

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Soccernet Profile". Archived from the original on 2016-03-12. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
  2. ^ a b "Carlos Garrido, nuevo director deportivo de Rangers" (in Spanish). TNT Sports Chile. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Carlos Garrido deja Audax Italiano para sumarse a Rangers de Talca". BioBioChile (in Spanish). Radio Bío-Bío. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Biografía de Carlos Garrido". es.besoccer.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Carlos Garrido anunció su retiro del fútbol por problemas cardíacos". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2022.

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