Salvatore Abarca

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Abarca and the second or maternal family name is Reyes.
Salvatore Abarca
Personal information
Full name Salvatore Octavio Abarca Reyes
Date of birth (1986-05-13) May 13, 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1998–2001 Cobresal
2001–2003 Magallanes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2008 Magallanes
2004 → Hosanna (loan)
2006 → Provincial Talagante (loan)
2008–2009 Deportes Ovalle
2009–2010 Ängelholms FF
2011 Triomphe Liancourt
2011 Belgrano de Arequito
2012 Provincial Talagante (17)
2013 Barnechea 11 (1)
2013–2014 San Antonio Unido 15 (6)
2014–2015 Deportes Valdivia 18 (5)
2016–2017 Trasandino
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Salvatore Octavio Abarca Reyes (born 13 May 1986), also known as Tore Abarca,[2] is a Chilean former footballer who played as a forward for clubs in Chile and abroad.

Club career

As a youth player, Abarca was with both Cobresal and Magallanes. He made his professional debut with Magallanes at the age of sixteen and had two stints on loan with Hosanna and Provincial Talagante in the Chilean third level.[3]

After a stint with Deportes Ovalle, even knocking Colo-Colo out from the 2008–09 Copa Chile[4] and reaching the final match,[5] he moved abroad and played for Ängelholms FF in Sweden,[6] Triomphe de Liancourt in the Ligue Haïtienne, where he came thanks to the coach José Valladares and coincided with his compatriots Joaquín Gatica and Víctor Retamal,[7] and Belgrano de Arequito in Argentina.[8][9]

Back in Chile, he joined Provincial Talagante, becoming the top goalscorer of the Tercera A de Chile with seventeen goals. After, he played for Barnechea,[1] San Antonio Unido and Deportes Valdivia.[9]

His last club was Trasandino in 2016–17.[10][11]

After football

Abarca went on playing football at amateur level in clubs such as Salesianos FC.[12]

Honours

References

  1. ^ a b c "9 Salvatore Abarca - Delantero". www.acbarnechea.cl (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: AC Barnechea. 2013. Archived from the original on 12 March 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  2. ^ Tore Abarca on Facebook
  3. ^ Quezada Araya, Diego (23 April 2007). "Salvatore Abarca: Magallánico de Cuna". Academia On-Line (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Deportes Ovalle eliminó a Colo Colo de la Copa Chile haciendo historia en Coquimbo". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 4 February 2009. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  5. ^ Andrés, Juan Pablo (14 November 2012). "Copa Chile 2008". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  6. ^ (Futbolistas. Chilenos en el Exterior) #FotoRecuerdo Salvatore Abarca en el Angelholms FF de Suecia. on Facebook (in Spanish). 24 November 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Entrevista: Joaquín Gatica". PeloterosCM (in Spanish). 28 November 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Síntesis: Novena Fecha de la Primera Rueda". ligacasildense2011 (in Spanish). 28 April 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  9. ^ a b "Sale Nino Rojas y entra Salvatore Abarca en Deportes Valdivia". SoyChile (in Spanish). 26 August 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  10. ^ @Trasandino_La (7 August 2016). "Salvatore Abarca , volante 30 Años nuevo jugador de trasandino" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 March 2023 – via Twitter.
  11. ^ "Salvatore Abarca :: Salvatore Abarca ::". www.ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  12. ^ "Equipo: SALESIANOS FC". www.ligainternacional.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 March 2023.


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