Eloy Vidal
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eloy Enrique Vidal Coloma | ||
| Date of birth | 26 September 1951 | ||
| Place of birth | Valparaíso, Chile | ||
| Date of death | 6 April 2004 (aged 52) | ||
| Place of death | Arica, Chile | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Carlos Vial | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Rangers | |||
| 1974–1975 | Aviación | 33 | (5) |
| 1976 | Naval | 17 | (0) |
| 1977 | Rangers | ||
| 1978–1981 | Royale Union | ||
| Orange FC | |||
| RRC Etterbeck | |||
| VEM Tombeek | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2000 | Quintero Unido | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Eloy Enrique Vidal Coloma (26 September 1951 – 6 April 2004), known as Paco Vidal in Belgium,[1] was a Chilean professional footballer. He played as a defensive midfielder for clubs in Chile, Belgium and France.[1]
A defensive midfielder, as a youth player, Vidal was with club Carlos Vial of the Asociación Osmán Pérez Freire from his city of birth, Valparaíso, moving after to Rangers de Talca.[2]
In his homeland, he also played for Aviación (1974–75),[3] and Naval (1976)[4] in the top division.
With Rangers in the second division,[5] they got promotion to the 1978 Primera División de Chile, after being the runner-up in the 1977 Segunda División de Chile.[2]
In 1978 he emigrated to Europe and joined Royale Union in the Belgian second level[6] for fourteen thousand dollars.[2] In that club, he stood out playing alongside the Luxembourgian Paul Philipp.[1]
His last clubs were Orange FC in France and both RRC Etterbeck and VEM Tombeek in Belgium.[1]
