Juan Machuca
Chilean footballer (born 1951)
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Juan de Dios Machuca Valdés (born 7 March 1951) is a Chilean football defender who played for Chile in the 1974 FIFA World Cup.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juan de Dios Machuca Valdés | ||
| Date of birth | 7 March 1951 | ||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Unión Española | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1969–1987 | Unión Española | 375 | (5) |
| Total | 375 | (5) | |
| International career | |||
| 1972–1977 | Chile | 22 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1997–1998 | Deportes Polpaico | ||
| 2009–2011 | Lautaro de Buin | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
Machuca played all his career for Unión Española, winning the Chilean Primera División titles in 1973, 1975 and 1977.[2][3] With them, he reached the final match in the 1975 Copa Libertadores.[4][5]
At international level, he made 35 appearances in total for the Chile national team,[2] earning 22 caps in official matches from 1972 to 1977.[6] He was a member of the Chile squad in the 1974 FIFA World Cup.[7]
As a coach, he led Deportes Polpaico in the 1997 Cuarta División,[8] winning the league title. He also coached women's football teams, Lautaro de Buin, among others.
In politics
In 2016, Machuca was a candidate to councillor for Independencia commune as a member of Independent Democratic Union.[9]
