Miguel Ángel Gamboa
Chilean footballer (born 1951)
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Miguel Ángel Luis Gamboa Pedemonte (born June 21, 1951) is a former football striker from Chile.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Miguel Ángel Luis Gamboa Pedemonte | ||
| Date of birth | 21 June 1951 | ||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1970–1972 | Audax Italiano | ||
| 1973 | Lota Schwager | ||
| 1974–1975 | Colo Colo | ||
| 1976–1978 | Tecos | ||
| 1978–1980 | América | ||
| 1981–1982 | Universidad de Chile | ||
| 1983–1985 | Deportivo Neza | ||
| International career | |||
| 1974–1983 | Chile | 18 | (6) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2009 | Rapanui | ||
| 2009 | Chile (beach soccer) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
He represented his native country at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, wearing the number 21 jersey. He also played for several clubs in Chile, including Universidad de Chile and Colo Colo, and in Mexico for Tecos UAG, where he coincided with his compatriot Mario Maldonado,[1] and América.
Post-retirement
Gamboa has coached the Rapanui national football team.[2] He also led the Chile beach soccer team in the 2009 South American Championship, where he called up some retired professional footballers such as Rodrigo Sanhueza, Rodrigo Cuevas, Cristian Olivares, Jorge Torres [es] and Carlos Medina.[3]
He has taken part in friendly matches along with historical players of Universidad de Chile such as Cristián Castañeda, Patricio Mardones, Martín Gálvez, among others.[4]
