Paulo Andrés Garcés Contreras (born 2 August 1984) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Unión San Felipe.
 Garcés with O'Higgins in 2013 | |||||||||||
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| Full name | Paulo Andrés Garcés Contreras | ||||||||||
| Date of birth | 2 August 1984 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth | Parral, Chile | ||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||
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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
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 September 2016 | |||||||||||
Career
editGarcés 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
editGarcés 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
edit- Universidad Católica
- Universidad de Chile
- O'Higgins
- Colo Colo
- Individual
- 2012 Copa Sudamericana Team of the Tournament[13]
- 2013 Jugador Experto Easy del Año
- Medalla Santa Cruz de Triana (1): 2014
References
edit- ^ "O'higgins Ganó la Supercopa al Vencer a Deportes Iquique".
- ^ "O'Higgins se quedó en blanco con Lanús y fue eliminado de la Copa Libertadores".
- ^ "(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.
- ^ @depvaldivia (14 September 2021). "Bienvenido Paulo" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 September 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Estos son los lazos que unen a las mujeres de La Roja - Chilevisión". chilevision2.temporal.avz.cl. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
- ^ Salazar, Leonardo (21 August 2015). "Paulo Garcés agarró su mejor vuelo". colocolo-old (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "Joyce Castiblanco comparte foto junto a recordado chico "Rojo" en Cancún". Página 7 (in Spanish). 20 December 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "La familia Garcés mostró todo el talento artístico de cada uno de sus integrantes". TVN. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "Paulo Garcés fue elegido mejor portero de la Copa Sudamericana 2012". AlAireLibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
External links
edit- Paulo Garcés at Soccerway
- Paulo Garcés at ESPN FC
- Paulo Andres Garces at BDFA (in Spanish)