Adán Vergara

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Vergara and the second or maternal family name is Villagra.
Adán Vergara
Personal information
Full name Adán Jonathan Vergara Villagra
Date of birth (1981-05-09) 9 May 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Iquique, Chile
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Universidad de Chile
1993–1998 Cobreloa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2004 Cobreloa 98 (23)
2005 Atlante Neza 18 (0)
2005 Vasco da Gama 9 (1)
2006–2007 Unión Española 43 (4)
2008 Zürich 15 (0)
2009 → Luzern (loan) 5 (0)
2009–2010 Dalian Shide 25 (0)
2010–2011 Universidad Católica 15 (2)
2011 Santiago Wanderers 12 (0)
2012–2013 Mineros de Guayana 10 (0)
2013–2014 Ñublense 20 (1)
2014–2016 Deportes Temuco 9 (1)
2016–2017 San Antonio Unido 31 (2)
Total 310 (34)
International career
2001 Chile U20 1 (0)
2004 Chile U23 – (–)
Managerial career
2018– Cobreloa (youth)
2020– Cobreloa (youth women)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Adán Jonathan Vergara Villagra (born 9 May 1981 in Iquique) is a Chilean football player and who currently plays for San Antonio Unido in Chile. He is an experienced and powerful central defender.

Club career

Vergara started his career with Universidad de Chile in 1988. In 1993, he moved to Cobreloa where he had his professional debut in the first division in 1998. He played at Cobreloa, in the first division for six years, winning three Chilean Championships. He participated in five Copa Libertadores.

He first played outside Chile for Atlante. After this, he played the Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol in 2005 with Vasco da Gama, in a team that also counted the national famous player, Romário, until end of season.[1] He came back to Chile and played for Unión Española in 2006, he impressed with his abilities. In February 2008, he signed a contract with FC Zürich, beginning a career in European football. In 2009, Adan went to loan by FC Lucerne, also in Switzerland, to strengthen their defense. In 2009, after 2 matches, he received a propose to play in Asia with Chinese club Dalian Shide making it one of the Chilean players with more experience of the current. In 2010, he signed with Universidad Católica, in Chile. In 2011, he go to Santiago Wanderers and 2012 playing in Mineros de Guayana, Venezuela.

International career

Vergara made his debut Chile National Team in 2001, in the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship. He played many tournament in the National Team with U20 and U23 until 2004.

Coaching career

He graduated as a football manager in 2017.[2] Since 2018 he has worked in the Cobreloa youth system,[3] being also confirmed as coach of the women under-17 team in 2020.[4]

Personal life

Vergara is married to Cherry de Paula, a Brazilian dancer who came to Chile along with his dancing group Porto Seguro[5] at the beginning of the 2000s.[6]

Honours

Club

Cobreloa
Universidad Católica

References

  1. ^ "Bid.HTM". Archived from the original on 29 May 2006. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
  2. ^ "Penquistas sacaron nota siete y esperan pizarra propia". Diario Concepción (in Spanish). 23 January 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  3. ^ Adán Vergara on LinkedIn
  4. ^ "Cobreloa ratificó a Luis Fuentes y Adán Vergara como DT's del fútbol joven y femenino" (in Spanish). TNT Sports Chile. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Porto Seguro". MusicaPopular.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Adán Vergara y Cherry hablan de sus 16 años juntos desde el lugar donde todo empezó". FLANLATE (in Spanish). 19 June 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2022.