Christian Vilches

Christian Vilches
Personal information
Full name	Christian Alberto Vilches González
Date of birth	13 July 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Santiago, Chile
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Unión La Calera
Number	17
Youth career
	Deportes Quilicura
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002–2003	Deportes Quilicura
2004–2008	Palestino
2005	→ Unión La Calera (loan)
2009–2011	Audax Italiano
2011–2015	Colo-Colo
2015–2016	Atlético Paranaense
2016–2018	Universidad de Chile
2019–	Unión La Calera
International career‡
2011–	Chile
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 September 2021; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 October 2015

Christian Alberto Vilches González^[a] (born 13 July 1983), known as Christian Vilches, is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Unión La Calera.

Club career

Palestino

Vilches began his career at Deportes Quilicura, a humble club of his country's third division. In 2004 he signed with Palestino, a club of the professional first division. He made his professional debut against Unión San Felipe and scored his first goal in the professional football against Cobresal in a 3–3 draw.

In 2005, the player was loaned to Unión La Calera, where he remained until June of the following year before returning to the Colony Club. After a nondescript year in 2007, in the following season Vilches was part of his club's historic season, in which the team advanced to the 2008 Clausura final.

Audax Italiano

After his successful participation with Palestino, it was reported that Colo-Colo, one of the Big Three of Chilean football, was interested in him, but he finally joined Audax Italiano. The player scored 2 goals in 39 matches during the season, being a key player in the team's scheme. In the following season, after an irregular tournament start, Vilches had a good season with The Italians, being a starter in every match, and was nominated in the Chilean team of the year. He played a total of 36 games and scored 2 goals during the season.

Colo-Colo

After several rumors of Vilches' incorporation to Colo-Colo, his signing was confirmed, and he was introduced as club's new player on 23 June 2011.

Notes

^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Vilches and the second or maternal family name is González.

External links

Christian Vilches at Soccerway
Cristian Alberto Vilches at BDFA (in Spanish)

[1] In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Vilches and the second or maternal family name is González.

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