Héctor Arturo Sanhueza Medel (born 11 March 1979), known as Arturo Sanhueza, is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently the assistant coach in Deportes La Serena.
 Sanhueza with Deportes Temuco in 2014. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Héctor Arturo Sanhueza Medel | ||
| Date of birth | 11 March 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Concepción, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Deportes La Serena (assistant) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bernardo O'Higgins | |||
| Fernández Vial | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1999 | Fernández Vial | 34 | (4) |
| 2000 | Colo-Colo | 0 | (0) |
| 2000 | Everton | 15 | (1) |
| 2001–2004 | Santiago Wanderers | 143 | (6) |
| 2005–2010 | Colo-Colo | 240 | (7) |
| 2011 | Changchun Yatai | 0 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Deportes Iquique | 47 | (1) |
| 2012 | Universidad de Concepción | 15 | (0) |
| 2013–2016 | Deportes Temuco | 101 | (7) |
| 2017–2018 | Cobreloa | 70 | (5) |
| 2019–2022 | Fernández Vial | 83 | (0) |
| Total | 748 | (31) | |
| International career | |||
| 2001–2007 | Chile | 16 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2024– | Deportes La Serena (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editBorn in Concepción, Bío-Bío Region, Sanhueza started his career at hometown club Fernández Vial before moving to Everton, where he would spend an entire season. After Vina del Mar team's relegation, he moved to crosstown rivals Santiago Wanderers, led by Jorge Garcés, where he helped to win the 2001 league title.[1]
Following three seasons at Valparaíso-based team, in 2005, he signed for Chilean powerhouse Colo-Colo after rejecting an offer from Mexico's Atlante.[2] As an anecdote, in 2005 he took part of the reality TV show Adidas Selection Team from Fox Sports Chile, where a squad made up by youth players from professional teams faced players from schools, standing out future professional footballers such as Felipe Seymour, Nelson Saavedra, Eduardo Vargas, among others.[3] Nevertheless, with Claudio Borghi arrival to the bench, Sanhueza became an undisputed player in the Apertura and Clausura titles as well as in the Copa Sudamericana which Colo-Colo was runner-up.[1]
In December 2006, he was heavily linked with Argentinian giants Boca Juniors which wanted to sign him for replace Fernando Gago, who left Boca for Real Madrid.[4]
After another four seasons playing for Colo-Colo where he won four league titles as captain, in December 2010 he wasn't considered by coach Diego Cagna and the club held a farewell for him during a press conference.[1][5]
In 2011 Sanhueza moved to Deportes Iquique, freshly promoted to the top division after failing to join Chinese Super League side Changchun Yatai F.C., being only 20 days in this country.[6] Following a season and half, in June 2012 he signed for Universidad de Concepción.[7] However, after only six months playing, in December he announced his retirement from football.[1]
On 8 January 2013, Sanhueza reversed his decision to retire and joined Primera B club Deportes Temuco.[8] Three years later he, as captain, achieved the 2015–16 second-tier title and thereby the promotion to Primera División. Nevertheless he left Temuco and joined Cobreloa, Chilean powerhouse team which lost the category in 2015 and failed to achieve the promotion to first-tier.
At the end of 2022 season, he retired from the football activity as a professional player after a twenty-five-year career.[9][10]
Post-retirement
editIn April 2023, Sanhueza joined amateur club Colo Colito from Concepción, at the same time he performs as a football commentator at radio level.[11]
In 2024, he joined the technical staff of Erwin Durán in Deportes La Serena as assistant coach.[12]
Honours
editSantiago Wanderers
Colo-Colo
- Primera División (6): 2006-A, 2006-C, 2007-A, 2007-C, 2008-C, 2009-C
- Copa Sudamericana: Runner–up 2006
Deportes Temuco
Individual
- Campeonato Nacional Team of the Season (3): 2006, 2007, 2008
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Los cinco momentos que marcaron la carrera de Arturo Sanhueza". Emol.com. 26 February 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^ "Arturo Sanhueza ya es albo". Mercuriovalpo.cl. 26 December 2004.
- ^ Fernández, Denís (13 August 2015). "El reality que Eduardo Vargas no ganó" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ "Arturo Sanhueza: "Sé que podría rendir muy bien en Boca Juniors"". Cooperativa.cl. 23 November 2006. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^ "Un afectado Arturo Sanhueza hizo oficial su salida de Colo Colo". Emol.com. 21 December 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^ "Arturo Sanhueza duró 20 días en China y se juntaría con Meléndez en Iquique". Emol.com. 28 January 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^ "Arturo Sanhueza jugará por la Universidad de Concepción en el Torneo de Clausura". Emol.com. 7 June 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^ "Arturo Sanhueza vuelve al fútbol para ser nuevo jugador de Deportes Temuco". Emol.com. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^ "Arturo Sanhueza anuncia su retiro del fútbol profesional luego de 25 años de carrera « Diario y Radio Universidad Chile". radio.uchile.cl (in Spanish). 3 February 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
- ^ "26 JUGADORES SE BENEFICIAN CON FONDO DE RETIRO OTORGADO POR EL SIFUP". SIFUP (in Spanish). 7 December 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
- ^ "Arturo Sanhueza vuelve del retiro y es oficializado por equipo penquista". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 18 April 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ Ramírez, Daniel (16 January 2024). "Arturo Sanhueza llega a la Primera B de la mano del nuevo DT de La Serena". ADN Radio (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 January 2024.
External links
edit- Arturo Sanhueza at Soccerway
- Arturo Sanhueza at BDFA (in Spanish)
- Arturo Sanhueza at Football-Lineups
- Arturo Sanhueza at MemoriaWanderers.cl (in Spanish)