Rainer Wirth

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Rainer Wirth
Personal information
Full name Rainer Klaus Wirth Castro
Date of birth (1982-10-25) 25 October 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth
Santiago, Chile
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1994–2001
Universidad Católica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2006
Universidad Católica
 25 (0)
2006 → Deportes Temuco (loan) 0 (0)
2007–2008 Colo-Colo 17 (0)
2009 → Municipal Iquique (loan) 10 (0)
2010–2011 Unión Española 21 (0)
2012 Deportes La Serena 25 (0)
2014–2015 Magallanes 16 (0)
Total 114 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rainer Klaus Wirth Castro (born 25 October 1982) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Universidad Católica

Born in

Apertura Tournament title. The next year, on 15 April, he debuted in the 2003 Copa Libertadores, in a 1–1 draw with the Brazilian side Paysandu. [citation needed
]

After of years of regularly playing for Católica and a loan completed to Deportes Temuco in January 2006, in June of that year, he returned from his loan because the record-man José María Buljubasich was operated on for a benign brain tumor. He played all the second semester of the season with Católica. His contract was not renewed and he was released from the club in December.[citation needed]

Colo-Colo

On 5 January 2007, Wirth moved to rival team

Cobreloa, the full 90 minutes.[3] He won his third professional title after a successful championship of Colo-Colo, only losing one match of twenty, that was against Audax Italiano in a 1–0 loss with goal of Rodolfo Moya.[4][5]

Despite

man-of-the-match performance, saving numerous challenging shots which helped Colo-Colo to draw the game 1–1.[7] Wirth continued his run of starts in his next six appearances, contesting the post with the goalkeeper Muñoz, that finally was selected as the first-choice goalkeeper, due to his good performances in the field, after conceding only one goal in the playoffs, that meant Wirth was the second-choice goalkeeper of Colo-Colo.[8]

In January 2008, Wirth played the friendly tournament City of Osorno, playing very well in the 2–2 draw with

Fernández Vial
, that Colo-Colo won 4–2. After his lack of games in the season, it was reported that Wirth would no longer be part of the plans of Barticciotto.

Municipal Iquique

On 29 December 2008, it was reported that Wirth and

2009 Apertura Tournament against Universidad de Chile, he played very well in an important draw without goals. On 8 February, Wirth suffered an achilles tendon rupture in his left foot, in a league match against Santiago Morning. During the match against Morning he played just 25 minutes, being replaced by Rodrigo Naranjo. The next day it was reported that he would miss the rest of the tournament, because his injury would require a recovery period of four months.[14]

Wirth was fully recovered from his injury in August, and on the 27th, against

Copa Chile quarterfinals.[15] In the weeks eight and nine, he played against Ñublense and Audax Italiano, in where Iquique was defeated 3–1 and 2–0, respectively.[16]
After his last appearances for the team, Naranjo with best performances of Wirth won the post of the first-choice keeper of the club.

Unión Española

On 1 January 2010, Wirth signed a contract with

Luis Marín due to Wirth's good performance.[20] He also won the Libertadores playoffs title, after the defeat of Audax Italiano in the final.[21]

Wirth started the 2011 season as the first choice goalkeeper of Unión for the

Apertura Tournament.[28]

After the first semester, Lobos was purchased by Colo-Colo

Clausura Tournament, due to the recovery period of Elduayén.[30] When the Uruguayan keeper was fully recovered from his injury, it was expected that Wirth would be the first choice goalkeeper of the club, but with the good performance of Elduayén, Wirth finally was the second goalkeeper of Unión. In December was reported that he and some other players would be released.[31]

La Serena

On 10 January 2012, it was reported that Wirth would play in

Rangers for the Apertura's first week, receiving goals of José Luis Silva and Milton Caraglio, after a good free kick of the last.[33] In the next game against the 2011 Copa Sudamericana champion Universidad de Chile, Wirth played very well, despite of the 3–1 loss, stopping numerous attempts of the rival adversary.[34]

Personal life

He is the son of former Chilean international Oscar Wirth who was part of national team-1982 World Cup squad[35] and the grandson of Fernando Wirth, a defender who played for Santiago Morning.[36] His uncle, Erwin, took part of Chile at under-20 level in the 1971 South American Championship.[37]

His sister, Beatriz, is a Chile international field hockey goalkeeper.[35]

He studied at the Finis Terrae University.[38]

Honours

Club

Universidad Católica

Colo-Colo

References

  1. Terra Chile
    . 5 January 2007.
  2. ^ "1° Fecha: Melipilla 1-2 Colo Colo". Dalealbo.cl. 5 January 2007. Retrieved 24 October 2008.
  3. ^ "Un "alternativo" Colo Colo mantuvo el invicto ante Cobreloa". Cooperativa.cl. 5 May 2007.
  4. ^ "Audax rompió el invicto de Colo Colo y puso al rojo vivo el Apertura". Cooperativa.cl. 16 July 2007.
  5. ^ "Colo Colo sufrió para derrotar a Palestino y consiguió estrella 26". Emol.cl. 16 July 2007.
  6. ^ "1° Fecha: Colo Colo 4-1 Melipilla". Dalealbo.cl. 24 July 2007.
  7. ^ "Colo Colo desafía altura y empata 1-1 con Real Potosí por Copa Sudamericana". Terra.com. 3 August 2007.
  8. ^ "Rainer Wirth - 2007 Season".
  9. ^ "Cristobal Jorquera y Rainer Wirth se acercan a Municipal Iquique". Emol.com. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
  10. ^ "Rainer Wirth y Argentino Cristián Campozano se suman a Municipal Iquique". Futbol Iquique.cl. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
  11. ^ "Rainer Wirth se suma a los trabajos de Municipal Iquique". Iquique.cl. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  12. ^ "Universidad Católica goleó a domicilio a Municipal Iquique por 4-0". Emol.cl. 29 January 2009. Retrieved 1 February 2009.
  13. ^ "Torneo de Apertura 2009 Everton vs Municipal Iquique en vivo". Mepongodepie.com. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
  14. ^ "Rainer Wirth estará cuatro meses fuera de las canchas". Iquique.cl. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  15. ^ "Copa Chile: Iquique recurrió a los penales para dejar en el camino a San Marcos". Cooperativa.com. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
  16. ^ "Rainer Wirth at Football Lineups - 2009 season". Football-Lineups.
  17. ^ "Unión Española sorprendió con fichaje de ecuatoriano Giovanny Espinoza". Cooperativa.cl. 1 January 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
  18. ^ "San Felipe sorprendió a Unión Española y lo derrotó a domicilio". Cooperativa.cl. 16 July 2010.
  19. ^ "Unión Española y Unión San Felipe abren la 16ª fecha del Campeonato Nacional". Cooperativa.cl. 16 July 2010.
  20. ^ "José Luis Sierra confirmó a Rainer Wirth en el pórtico de Unión para duelo con la U". Cooperativa.cl. 7 December 2010.
  21. ^ "Unión Española sacó de su camino a A. Italiano y logró el tercer cupo chileno para Copa Libertadores". Cooperativa.cl. 19 December 2010.
  22. ^ "Rainer Wirth: En la Libertadores queremos avanzar lo más posible". Cooperativa.cl. 31 December 2010.
  23. ^ "Luis Marín se desvinculó de U. Española y fichó en O'Higgins para la temporada 2011". Cooperativa.cl. 31 December 2010.
  24. ^ "U. Española alcanzó la fase de grupos de la Libertadores tras sufrido empate con Bolívar". Cooperativa.cl. 3 February 2011.
  25. ^ "U. Española doblegó a S. Wanderers y sumó segundo triunfo consecutivo en el Apertura". Cooperativa.cl. 11 February 2011.
  26. ^ "Eduardo Lobos fue presentado como nuevo meta de U. Española en la "Noche Hispana"". Cooperativa.cl. 20 January 2011.
  27. ^ "Federico Elduayén custodiará el pórtico de Unión Española". Cooperativa.cl. 7 January 2011.
  28. ^ "Doctor Roberto Yánez adelantó que Elduayen estará cerca de tres meses sin jugar". Cooperativa.cl. 21 January 2011.
  29. ^ "Eduardo Lobos dejó el pórtico de Unión Española". Cooperativa.cl. 21 June 2011.
  30. ^ "Rainer Wirth - Clausura Primera A 2011". Football-Lineups.
  31. ^ "Presidente de U. Española piensa en armar el plantel para la Copa Libertadores 2012". Cooperativa.cl. 26 January 2012.
  32. ^ "Rainer Wirth atajará en La Serena". Emol.com. 10 January 2012.
  33. Terra Chile
    . 28 January 2012.
  34. ^ "Universidad de Chile debutó con una clara victoria sobre La Serena". Cooperativa.cl. 4 February 2012.
  35. ^ a b Contreras, Fernando (12 May 2013). "Los Wirth: Una familia que se caracteriza por resguardar el arco" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  36. ^ "Padres e hijos en el fútbol: ¿De tal palo tal crack?". Prensafútbol (in Spanish). 19 March 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  37. ^ "Parentesco entre seleccionados". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  38. ^ "10 futbolistas que estudiaron una carrera universitaria". Universitarios.cl. 10 February 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2021.

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