Role Football player Number 9 Height 1.79 m | Years Team Weight 77 kg Name Luis Figueroa Career start 2002 | |
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Full name Luis Pedro Figueroa Sepulveda Date of birth (1983-05-14) May 14, 1983 (age 32) Place of birth San Pedro de la Paz, Chile Current teams Colo-Colo (#9 / Midfielder, Forward), Chile national football team (Midfielder) | ||
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Luis pedro figueroa
Luis Pedro Figueroa Sepúlveda(born May 14, 1983) is a Chilean footballer currently playing for Colo-Colo in the Chilean Primera División as midfielder.
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- Luis pedro figueroa mojaron la camiseta
- Career
- Palmeiras
- OHiggins
- International career
- Club
- Individual
- References
Luis pedro figueroa mojaron la camiseta
Career
He was born in Concepción, and made his debut for U. de Concepción in 2002 (just 18 years old) and was bought by Universidad de Chile in 2005. In 2007, he signed for the Argentine club Club Atlético Banfield before returning to Chile in 2008 to play for Cobreloa. He then moved to Colo-Colo to play in the Clausura 2008.
Palmeiras
After playing against Palmeiras twice in the group stage of the Copa Libertadores 2009 he transferred to the Brazilian club on September 2009. His debut for Palmeiras was on a 2–1 win over Cruzeiro on September 24, 2009. And with good appearances with Palmeiras in 2009, Figueroa was the first choice player for right back position in the 2010 club's season. Unfortunately, Figueroa performed below it was expected from him due to leg injury in late February 2010. During recovery, Palmeiras announced the arrival of Vítor, who would be the first choice as right back following Figueroa's recovery. Palmeiras announced that they would not renew Figueroa's contract, expiring on 31 July 2010, and Figueroa moved back to Chile, this time joining Unión Española.
O'Higgins
In 2013, he won the Apertura 2013-14 with O'Higgins. In the tournament, he played in 15 of 18 matches, and scored two goals in the win 1:2 against Universidad Católica.
In 2014, he won the Supercopa de Chile against Deportes Iquique, and scored a goal at the 38 minutes in the match that won O'Higgins in the penalty shoot-out.
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.
International career
Luis Pedro Figueroa debuted in the national Chilean team in 2004 during the Copa América 2004 in Peru. Figueroa has also played friendlies during the 2006 and he scored his first goal for Chile against Paraguay (3–2 victory).