Carlos Escobar (footballer, born 1989)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carlos Humberto Escobar Ortiz | ||
| Date of birth | 24 December 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Coquimbo, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Deportes Concepción | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2005 | Coquimbo Unido | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2011 | Coquimbo Unido | 58 | (16) |
| 2007 | → Deportes Temuco (loan) | 13 | (2) |
| 2012–2015 | O'Higgins | 40 | (6) |
| 2014–2015 | → Cobresal (loan) | 30 | (2) |
| 2015–2017 | San Luis | 54 | (19) |
| 2017–2018 | Universidad de Concepción | 11 | (0) |
| 2018 | → San Luis (loan) | 17 | (1) |
| 2019 | Cobresal | 13 | (1) |
| 2020–2022 | Deportes Temuco | 84 | (21) |
| 2023 | Sport Huancayo | 28 | (4) |
| 2024– | Deportes Concepción | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 January 2024 | |||
Carlos Humberto Escobar Ortiz (born 24 December 1989)(Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkaɾlos eskoˈβaɾ]), is a Chilean footballer who plays as a striker for Deportes Concepción.
Club career
[edit]Escobar in 2012 signed for O'Higgins from Coquimbo Unido. On 10 December 2013, he won the Apertura 2013–14 with O'Higgins. In the tournament, he played in 9 of 18 matches.[1]
In 2014, he won the Supercopa de Chile against Deportes Iquique.[2]
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. [3]
He signed with Sport Huancayo for the 2023 season.[4]
In 2024, he returned to Chile and joined Deportes Concepción in the Segunda División Profesional.[5]
International career
[edit]He was part of a Chile under-25 squad in a training session led by Claudio Borghi in May 2011, alongside his teammates in Coquimbo Unido, Nicolás Ortiz and Carlos Ross.[6][7]
Personal life
[edit]He is the cousin of the brothers Luciano[8] and Darwin Araya Escobar,[9] both footballers from the Coquimbo Unido youth system.
Honours
[edit]- O'Higgins
- Primera División de Chile (1): 2013 Apertura
- Supercopa de Chile (1): 2014
- Cobresal
- Individual
- Medalla Santa Cruz de Triana: 2014
References
[edit]- ^ "El cielo se tiñó de celeste: ¡O'Higgins campeón!".
- ^ "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".
- ^ "Chileno Carlos Escobar es nuevo delantero de Sport Huancayo". Ovación Corporación Deportiva (in Spanish). 26 December 2022.
- ^ "Deportes Concepción anunció el regreso a Chile del delantero Carlos Escobar". PrimeraBChile.cl (in Spanish). 30 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ "Claudio Borghi nomina a 28 jugadores para selección de Primera B". BioBioChile (in Spanish). Radio Bío-Bío. 2 May 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ "Selección sub 25 cumplió su primera práctica bajo el mando de Claudio Borghi". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 16 May 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ "Luciano Araya". ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 September 2022.
- ^ "Darwin Araya :: Darwin Alejandro Araya Escobar ::". ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 September 2022.
External links
[edit]- Carlos Escobar at Football-Lineups
- Carlos Escobar at Soccerway
- Carlos Escobar at BDFA (in Spanish)
- 1989 births
- Living people
- People from Coquimbo
- Footballers from Coquimbo Region
- Chilean men's footballers
- 21st-century Chilean sportsmen
- Chilean expatriate men's footballers
- Chilean Primera División players
- Primera B de Chile players
- Coquimbo Unido footballers
- Deportes Temuco footballers
- O'Higgins F.C. footballers
- C.D. Cobresal footballers
- San Luis de Quillota footballers
- C.D. Universidad de Concepción footballers
- Peruvian Primera División players
- Sport Huancayo footballers
- Segunda División Profesional de Chile players
- Deportes Concepción (Chile) footballers
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Peru
- Expatriate men's footballers in Peru
- Men's association football forwards