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Arturo Sanhueza

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sanhueza and the second or maternal family name is Medel.

Arturo Sanhueza
Sanhueza with Deportes Temuco in 2014.
Personal information
Full name Héctor Arturo Sanhueza Medel
Date of birth (1979-03-11) 11 March 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Concepción, Chile
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Deportes La Serena (assistant)
Youth career
Bernardo O'Higgins
Fernández Vial
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1999 Fernández Vial 34 (4)
2000 Colo-Colo 0 (0)
2000 Everton 15 (1)
2001–2004 Santiago Wanderers 143 (6)
2005–2010 Colo-Colo 240 (7)
2011 Changchun Yatai 0 (0)
2011–2012 Deportes Iquique 47 (1)
2012 Universidad de Concepción 15 (0)
2013–2016 Deportes Temuco 101 (7)
2017–2018 Cobreloa 70 (5)
2019–2022 Fernández Vial 83 (0)
Total 748 (31)
International career
2001–2007 Chile 16 (0)
Managerial career
2024– Deportes La Serena (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Héctor Arturo Sanhueza Medel (born 11 March 1979), known as Arturo Sanhueza, is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently the assistant coach in Deportes La Serena.

Club career

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Born in Concepción, Bío-Bío Region, Sanhueza started his career at hometown club Fernández Vial before moving to Everton, where he would spend an entire season. After Vina del Mar team's relegation, he moved to crosstown rivals Santiago Wanderers, led by Jorge Garcés, where he helped to win the 2001 league title.[1]

Following three seasons at Valparaíso-based team, in 2005, he signed for Chilean powerhouse Colo-Colo after rejecting an offer from Mexico's Atlante.[2] As an anecdote, in 2005 he took part of the reality TV show Adidas Selection Team from Fox Sports Chile, where a squad made up by youth players from professional teams faced players from schools, standing out future professional footballers such as Felipe Seymour, Nelson Saavedra, Eduardo Vargas, among others.[3] Nevertheless, with Claudio Borghi arrival to the bench, Sanhueza became an undisputed player in the Apertura and Clausura titles as well as in the Copa Sudamericana which Colo-Colo was runner-up.[1]

In December 2006, he was heavily linked with Argentinian giants Boca Juniors which wanted to sign him for replace Fernando Gago, who left Boca for Real Madrid.[4]

After another four seasons playing for Colo-Colo where he won four league titles as captain, in December 2010 he wasn't considered by coach Diego Cagna and the club held a farewell for him during a press conference.[1][5]

In 2011 Sanhueza moved to Deportes Iquique, freshly promoted to the top division after failing to join Chinese Super League side Changchun Yatai F.C., being only 20 days in this country.[6] Following a season and half, in June 2012 he signed for Universidad de Concepción.[7] However, after only six months playing, in December he announced his retirement from football.[1]

On 8 January 2013, Sanhueza reversed his decision to retire and joined Primera B club Deportes Temuco.[8] Three years later he, as captain, achieved the 2015–16 second-tier title and thereby the promotion to Primera División. Nevertheless he left Temuco and joined Cobreloa, Chilean powerhouse team which lost the category in 2015 and failed to achieve the promotion to first-tier.

At the end of 2022 season, he retired from the football activity as a professional player after a twenty-five-year career.[9][10]

Post-retirement

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In April 2023, Sanhueza joined amateur club Colo Colito from Concepción, at the same time he performs as a football commentator at radio level.[11]

In 2024, he joined the technical staff of Erwin Durán in Deportes La Serena as assistant coach.[12]

Honours

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Santiago Wanderers

Colo-Colo

Deportes Temuco

Individual

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Los cinco momentos que marcaron la carrera de Arturo Sanhueza". Emol.com. 26 February 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Arturo Sanhueza ya es albo". Mercuriovalpo.cl. 26 December 2004.
  3. ^ Fernández, Denís (13 August 2015). "El reality que Eduardo Vargas no ganó" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Arturo Sanhueza: "Sé que podría rendir muy bien en Boca Juniors"". Cooperativa.cl. 23 November 2006. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Un afectado Arturo Sanhueza hizo oficial su salida de Colo Colo". Emol.com. 21 December 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Arturo Sanhueza duró 20 días en China y se juntaría con Meléndez en Iquique". Emol.com. 28 January 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  7. ^ "Arturo Sanhueza jugará por la Universidad de Concepción en el Torneo de Clausura". Emol.com. 7 June 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  8. ^ "Arturo Sanhueza vuelve al fútbol para ser nuevo jugador de Deportes Temuco". Emol.com. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  9. ^ "Arturo Sanhueza anuncia su retiro del fútbol profesional luego de 25 años de carrera « Diario y Radio Universidad Chile". radio.uchile.cl (in Spanish). 3 February 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  10. ^ "26 JUGADORES SE BENEFICIAN CON FONDO DE RETIRO OTORGADO POR EL SIFUP". SIFUP (in Spanish). 7 December 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  11. ^ "Arturo Sanhueza vuelve del retiro y es oficializado por equipo penquista". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 18 April 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  12. ^ Ramírez, Daniel (16 January 2024). "Arturo Sanhueza llega a la Primera B de la mano del nuevo DT de La Serena". ADN Radio (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 January 2024.
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