Rubén_Espinoza
Rubén Espinoza
Chilean footballer (born 1961)
Rubén Alberto Espinoza Molina (born 1 June 1961) is a retired Chilean international football midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rubén Alberto Espinoza Molina | ||
| Date of birth | (1961-06-01) 1 June 1961 (age 63) | ||
| Place of birth | Tomé, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1979–1988 | Universidad Católica | 320 | (24) |
| 1989–1991 | Colo-Colo | 97 | (13) |
| 1991–1992 | Cruz Azul | 35 | (1) |
| 1992–1994 | O'Higgins | 69 | (8) |
| 1993 | → Everton (loan) | 20 | (5) |
| 1994 | Unión Española | 21 | (4) |
| 1995 | Universidad Católica | 17 | (2) |
| 1996 | Richmond Kickers | 9 | (3) |
| Total | 588 | (60) | |
| International career | |||
| 1983–1991 | Chile | 30 | (5) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2001 | O'Higgins | ||
| 2006 | Unión San Felipe | ||
| 2017 | Ñublense (interim) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Espinoza was capped 30 times for the Chile national team between 1983 and 1991. In 1991, he won the Libertadores de América Cup, with Colo-Colo. He made his debut for the national squad on 1983-04-28 in a friendly against Brazil.
Espinoza spent most of his career playing club football in Chile, and spent nine years with the Chile national team. He played one season with Mexican side Cruz Azul, helping the club reach the semi-finals where they lost to León. He finished his career playing in the USISL Select League for the Richmond Kickers.[1]
In 2001 he had a stint as coach of O'Higgins.[2] In 2006 he coached Unión San Felipe in the Primera B de Chile.[3]
In 2015 he came to Ñublense as Sport Manager, assuming as interim coach in 2017.[4]
- Lindquist, Jerry (May 10, 1996). "Espinoza is Kickers' workhorse: Player once pondered retirement". Richmond Times-Dispatch.
- "Historia". O'Higgins FC - El orgullo de la Región (in Spanish). O'Higgins F.C. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- "Con nuevas caras, la Primera B cuenta las horas para su inicio". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 3 March 2006. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- "Varios fueron campeones dirigiendo: los jugadores del Colo Colo 91' que destacaron como técnicos". BioBioChile (in Spanish). Radio Bío-Bío. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- RSSSF
- Rubén Espinoza at National-Football-Teams.com
- Rubén Espinoza – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)