Marcos Sepúlveda

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Marcos Sepúlveda
Personal information
Full name Marcos Leonardo Sepúlveda San Juan
Date of birth (1976-05-21) 21 May 1976 (age 47)
Place of birth Chillán, Chile
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Deportivo Zaragoza
Unión Católica
Ñublense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1996 Ñublense 30 (1)
1997 Deportes Linares (8)
1998 Ñublense (8)
1999 Gimnasia LP
1999 Santiago Morning 11 (1)
2000 O'Higgins
2000 Ñublense (11)
2001 Fernández Vial (7)
2002 Arema Malang
2003–2004 Fernández Vial (3)
2006–2007 Provincial Osorno (10)
2008 Curicó Unido (4)
Managerial career
Ñublense (youth)
2013 Ñublense B
2013–2016 Ñublense (youth)
2017 CD Buenos Aires
2019 Independiente de Cauquenes
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marcos Leonardo Sepúlveda San Juan (born 21 May 1976) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a forward for clubs in Chile, Argentina and Indonesia.[1]

Club career[edit]

Born in Chillán, Chile, as a youth player, Sepúlveda was with the local clubs Deportivo Zaragoza and Unión Católica before joining Ñublense youth ranks.[1]

A well remembered player of Ñublense in three stints (1994–96, 1998 and 2000),[2] he made his professional debut thanks to the coach Eduardo de la Barra in 1994,[3] taking part in the 1995 Copa Chile where the team reached the semi-finals after knocking-out Huachipato and Colo-Colo.[4]

In his homeland he also played for Deportes Linares (1997),[3] Santiago Morning (1999),[5] O'Higgins (2000), Fernández Vial (2001, 2003–04),[3] Provincial Osorno (2006–07) and Curicó Unido (2008).[6]

Abroad, he had stints with Gimnasia LP in the Argentine Primera División[3] and Arema Malang in the 2002 Liga Indonesia Premier Division.[7]

He retired in 2008[1] after playing for Curicó Unido.[8]

Coaching career[edit]

He began his career as coach at the Ñublense youth ranks,[9] leading the B-team in the Segunda División Profesional in 2013.[10]

In 2017, he coached Club Deportivo Buenos Aires from Parral in the fifth level of the Chilean football.[1]

In 2019, he coached Independiente de Cauquenes in the Segunda División Profesional.[11]

After he worked as football coach and motivational teller for the Municipality of Chillán until June 2020, being fired in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.[12]

Honours[edit]

Curicó Unido

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Un día como hoy nace Marcos Sepúlveda San Juan quien fuera el último goleador chillanejo que tuvo Ñublense.... Club Deportivo Buenos Aires on Facebook (in Spanish)
  2. ^ "Club Deportivo ÑUBLENSE". Fútbol en América (in Spanish). 16 July 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d Villamán, Orlando; Vergniano, Paulo; Rodríguez, Alejandro (September 2011). "Heredero de una verdadera dinastía" (PDF). Revista Todo Deportes (in Spanish). 18. Chillán, Chile: issuu.com: 16–18. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Ex diablos rojos reviven hazaña del 95'". La Discusión (in Spanish). 15 August 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Santiago Morning 1999 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Marcos Sepulveda". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  7. ^ Marcos Sepulveda en Arema Malang Futbolistas. Chilenos en el Exterior on Facebook (in Spanish)
  8. ^ "Especiales Emol - Mercado del fútbol chileno 2009". www.emol.com (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 2009. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  9. ^ "Acusaron a técnico de inferiores de Ñublense de violencia contra jugador". SoyChile (in Spanish). 26 January 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  10. ^ "DEPORTES LINARES SE IMPONE DE VISITA A ÑUBLENSE" (in Spanish). ANFP. 27 February 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  11. ^ "Marcos Sepúlveda :: Estadísticas :: Títulos :: Títulos :: Historial :: Partidos :: Noticias :: Vídeos :: Fotos :: ceroacero.es". www.ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  12. ^ Melean, A.; Núñez, S. (19 July 2020). "La odisea de la clase media local para pagar las cuentas durante la pandemia" (PDF). La Discusión (in Spanish). Chillán, Chile: www.ladiscusion.cl: 6–7. Retrieved 21 December 2022.

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