Personal information | |||
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Full name | Cristián Alberto Castañeda Vargas | ||
Date of birth | 18 September 1968 | ||
Place of birth | San Vicente de Tagua Tagua, Chile | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1989 | General Velásquez | ||
1990–1992 | Palestino | 6 | (0) |
1993–2002 | Universidad de Chile | 136 | (0) |
2003–2004 | Everton | 27 | (0) |
2005 | Deportes Arica | 13 | (0) |
Total | 172 | (0) | |
International career | |||
1994–1998 | Chile | 24 | (1) |
Managerial career | |||
Palestino (assistant) | |||
Deportes La Serena (assistant) | |||
2011 | Deportes Copiapó | ||
2011–2012 | Curicó Unido (assistant) | ||
2012 | Curicó Unido (caretaker) | ||
2016 | Universidad de Chile (assistant) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Cristián Alberto Castañeda Vargas (born 18 September 1968) is a retired Chilean football player. He played for a few clubs, including Universidad de Chile and Everton Viña del Mar, his last club was Deportes Arica.
Nicknamed " Scooby" Castañeda played for the Chile national football team and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He was capped 25 times scoring 1 goal between 1994 and 1998, and made his debut on 1994-03-26.
He belongs to a football family since his father, Hugo, and his uncles Víctor, Rolando and Gerardo [ es], were professional footballers. He also played alongside his older brother, Víctor Hugo, for Palestino, Universidad de Chile and the Chile national team. [1] In addition, his cousins Marco and Roly were with the Palestino youth ranks, as well as his uncle Manuel, who was with the reserve team. [2]