Marcelo Vega (footballer, born 1971)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Francisco Marcelo Vega Cepeda | ||
| Date of birth | August 12, 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Copiapó, Chile | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1990 | Regional Atacama | 68 | (24) |
| 1991–1992 | Unión Española | 34 | (8) |
| 1992–1993 | Logroñes | 3 | (0) |
| 1993–1995 | Colo-Colo | 42 | (12) |
| 1996 | Regional Atacama | 23 | (7) |
| 1997 | Santiago Wanderers | 7 | (2) |
| 1998 | MetroStars | 17 | (1) |
| 1999 | San Jose Earthquakes | 0 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Racing Club | 6 | (0) |
| 2002 | Unión Española | 15 | (4) |
| 2003 | Cienciano | 14 | (6) |
| 2003 | Universidad de Chile | 10 | (1) |
| Total | 239 | (65) | |
| International career | |||
| 1987 | Chile U16 | ||
| 1991–1998 | Chile | 30 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Francisco Marcelo Vega Cepeda (Inca de Oro, Chile, August 12, 1971) is a former Chilean footballer and sports commentator, who played as a midfielder and is recognized for being one of the best creative midfielder in Chilean football.
Club career[edit]
Marcelo Vega began his football career defending Regional Atacama, aged 14. At 16 he was a top scorer in the second division. Then he was transferred to Unión Española, in 1991, a club with which he made his debut in the First Division and under the technical direction of Nelson Acosta he had his best performances, thanks to Marcelo they became champions of the Chile Cup for two consecutive years, in 1992 and 1993 Marcelo Vega also holds the record of winning 3 consecutive Chile Cups, 2 with Unión Española and 1 with Colo Colo.
Nicknamed "Guatón" or "Tobi", due to his resemblance to the character of the homonymous children's comic (Toby and his friends), and the Chilean Maradona for his similarity in football on the field, Vega also played in Colo-Colo, Santiago Wanderers, Logroñés from Spain, MetroStars from the United States and Racing Club in Argentina, he also played at Cienciano from Peru, in addition to another stint at Regional Atacama and Unión Española. His last campaigns as a professional were played at the University of Chile.
Selected Chilean since 1986, he participated in the South American sub 16 in Peru, leaving in the FIFA ideal team together with Marco Antonio Etcheverry and other figures of that South American, he also played in the 1991 Copa América in Chile and in the 1993 Copa América in Ecuador. In addition, he was in the Chilean squad that traveled to the 1998 World Cup in France, where he played only half time against Brazil, in fact the Chilean discount from Marcelo Salas was after a pass from Vega and later pivoting from Iván Zamorano, but he did not have a greater performance due to which he reached the World Cup injured. He played 30 times for the Chile National Team between 1991 and 1998, scoring 1 goal.
He was the biggest assistant in the qualifiers for the World Cup in France 98.
International career[edit]
Vega represented Chile at under-16 level in the 1986 South American Championship[1]
He was capped 30 times and scored 1 goal for the Chile national team between 1991 and 1998. At the 1998 FIFA World Cup he played 45 minutes in the round of 16 match versus Brazil.[1]
Personal life[edit]
He is a panelist in the program Todos Somos Técnicos (We Are All Technicians) from TNT Sports (former CDF), in which he stands out for evaluating Chilean soccer players and for his great sense of humor.
In 2009, he participated in the Chilean reality show called 1810, but was eliminated.[2]
Honors[edit]
Unión Española
Colo-Colo
References[edit]
- ^ a b Ogrodnik, Felipe (12 August 2022). "Marcelo Vega: El talentoso volante de las Eliminatorias hacia Francia 1998". laroja.cl (in Spanish). FFCh. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ "13.cl". Archived from the original on 10 August 2011.
- ^ "Chile 1992". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ "Chile 1993". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ "Campeonato 1993". www.solofutbol.cl. Archived from the original on 19 August 2019.
- ^ "Chile 1994". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
External links[edit]
- Marcelo Vega at National-Football-Teams.com
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- 1971 births
- Living people
- People from Copiapó
- Sportspeople from Atacama Region
- Chilean men's footballers
- Chilean expatriate men's footballers
- Chile men's international footballers
- Chile men's youth international footballers
- 1998 FIFA World Cup players
- 1991 Copa América players
- 1993 Copa América players
- C.D. Regional Atacama footballers
- Unión Española footballers
- CD Logroñés footballers
- Colo-Colo footballers
- Santiago Wanderers footballers
- New York Red Bulls players
- San Jose Earthquakes players
- Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers
- Cienciano footballers
- Club Universidad de Chile footballers
- Primera B de Chile players
- Chilean Primera División players
- La Liga players
- Major League Soccer players
- Argentine Primera División players
- Peruvian Primera División players
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Peru
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina
- Expatriate men's footballers in Peru
- Men's association football midfielders
- Reality television participants
- Chilean association football commentators
- Canal del Fútbol color commentators
- TNT Sports Chile color commentators