Yerson Opazo
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yerson Flavio Opazo Riquelme | ||
| Date of birth | 24 December 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Villarrica, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) |
Right midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Universidad de Chile | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2007 | Universidad de Chile | 16 | (0) |
| 2005 | → Deportes La Serena (loan) | 21 | (0) |
| 2008 | Deportes La Serena | 34 | (0) |
| 2009 |
Colo Colo | 7 | (0) |
| 2009–2017 | O'Higgins | 211 | (4) |
| 2015–2016 | → Huachipato (loan) | 26 | (0) |
| 2017 | San Luis | 5 | (0) |
| 2018–2022 | Curicó Unido | 86 | (0) |
| 2023 | Deportes Santa Cruz | 30 | (2) |
| Total | 436 | (6) | |
| International career | |||
| 2012 | Chile | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Yerson Flavio Opazo Riquelme (born 24 December 1984) is a former
Club career
Universidad de Chile
Opazo began his career at Chilean club,
For the next season, Opazo returned to Universidad de Chile, but he was on many occasions at the bench, because the experimentates players
Deportes La Serena
After one semester without football activity, Opazo was signed by Deportes La Serena, club in where completed a good season in the Clausura 2005 tournament. On 26 January 2008, he made his club debut for a league game against Audax Italiano in a 0–0 away draw at Estadio Monumental. He completed a good season at Serena, playing all games of his club and contributing much at the scheme of the coach Víctor Hugo Castañeda. Because his performance, this made that Yerson would have a chance of be transferred to Colo-Colo, rival of his former club Universidad de Chile.
Colo-Colo
On 31 December 2008, it was confirmed that Opazo joined Colo-Colo for play the national tournament and the 2009 Copa Libertadores.[3] However, he suffered an injury that made miss to the player the first games of the season, Yerson including only played 7 games in his stady, being after fired by the coach Hugo Tocalli.
O'Higgins
In 2012, Opazo was runner-up with O'Higgins, after lose the final against Universidad de Chile in the penalty shoot-out, and he was selected as the best right back of the tournament and the year.
In 2013, he won the
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. In the tournament, Opazo scored two goals, both against Deportivo Cali. [5]
Deportes Santa Cruz
Opazo played for Deportes Santa Cruz in the 2023 Primera B. In February 2024, he announced his retirement from football.[6]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 16 January 2015
| Club | Season | League | Copa Chile | Supercopa | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| O'Higgins | 2009[7]
|
Primera División
|
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |||
2010[8]
|
31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 33 | 0 | |||||
2011[9]
|
37 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 42 | 1 | |||||
2012[10]
|
36 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 43 | 1 | |||
2013[11]
|
17 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |||||||
2013–14[12]
|
27 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5[b] | 2 | 43 | 4 | ||
2014–15[13]
|
17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | |||||
| Career total | 171 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 204 | 6 | ||
- ^ Appearances in the Copa Sudamericana
- ^ Appearances in the Copa Libertadores
Honours
- O'Higgins
- Primera División: 2013 Apertura
- Supercopa de Chile: 2014
- Individual
- Medalla Santa Cruz de Triana: 2014
References
- ^ "La "U" vuelve a la pelea". La Cuarta.cl. Diario La Cuarta. Retrieved 22 October 2006.
- Terra Deportes Chile. Retrieved 29 May 2007.
- ^ "Yerson Opazo, ex U, y su llegada a Colo Colo: "Empiezo a sentir cariño por esta institución"". Emol.cl. Emol. Retrieved 31 December 2008.
- ^ "O'higgins Ganó la Supercopa al Vencer a Deportes Iquique".
- ^ "O'Higgins se quedó en blanco con Lanús y fue eliminado de la Copa Libertadores".
- ^ Araneda, Juan Pablo (13 February 2024). "Histórico jugador de O'Higgins anuncia su retiro del fútbol profesional". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ "Chile - y. Opazo - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
- ^ "Chile - y. Opazo - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
- ^ "Chile - y. Opazo - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
- ^ "Chile - y. Opazo - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
- ^ "Chile - y. Opazo - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
- ^ "Chile - y. Opazo - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
- ^ "Chile - y. Opazo - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
External links
- Yerson Opazo at Soccerway
- Yerson Opazo at BDFA (in Spanish)