Paulo Garcés facts for kids
Garcés with Deportes Antofagasta in 2018
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| Full name | Paulo Andrés Garcés Contreras | |||||||||
| Date of birth | 2 August 1984 | |||||||||
| Place of birth | Parral, Chile | |||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |||||||||
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| Current club | Unión San Felipe | |||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||
| 1999–2003 | Universidad Católica | |||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | |||||||
| 2003–2011 | Universidad Católica | 66 | (0) | |||||||
| 2004 | → Deportes Puerto Montt (loan) | 18 | (0) | |||||||
| 2007 | → Deportes Puerto Montt (loan) | 13 | (0) | |||||||
| 2008 | → Lobos BUAP (loan) | 17 | (0) | |||||||
| 2008 | → Everton (loan) | 6 | (0) | |||||||
| 2011–2013 | Universidad de Chile | 5 | (0) | |||||||
| 2011 | → Unión La Calera (loan) | 0 | (0) | |||||||
| 2013–2014 | O'Higgins | 30 | (0) | |||||||
| 2014–2017 | Colo-Colo | 32 | (0) | |||||||
| 2017–2019 | Deportes Antofagasta | 45 | (0) | |||||||
| 2020–2021 | Curicó Unido | 16 | (0) | |||||||
| 2021 | San Luis | 6 | (0) | |||||||
| 2021–2024 | Deportes Valdivia | 36 | (0) | |||||||
| 2024– | Unión San Felipe | 0 | (0) | |||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||
| 2011–2016 | Chile | 1 | (0) | |||||||
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Honours
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Paulo Andrés Garcés Contreras (born 2 August 1984) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Unión San Felipe.
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Career
Garcés made his debut in 2003 against Santiago Wanderers in the closing championship at San Carlos de Apoquindo Stadium. He was loaned out to Deportes Puerto Montt in 2004 and 2007
After returning from the loan Deportes Puerto Montt, Universidad Católica loaned him to Lobos de la BUAP of Primera "A" of Mexican soccer. After his experience in Mexico, he returns to Chile to play in Everton de Viña del Mar team in which he was on the starting eleven sometimes. In 2009, he returns to Universidad Católica willing to win a place on the starting eleven of coach Marco Antonio Figueroa.
In 2013, he won the Apertura 2013–14 with O'Higgins. In the tournament, he played 16 matches receiving 12 goals; including the final versus Universidad Católica, where he was a key player after made saves in the final minutes.
In 2014, he won the Supercopa de Chile against Deportes Iquique, but did not play because he was called up for the Chile national team.
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.
In 2021, after playing six matches for Primera B club San Luis de Quillota, he resigned. At the same year, he joined Deportes Valdivia in the Segunda División Profesional de Chile.
On 25 January 2024, Deportes Linares announced the signing of Garcés, but five days later, he gave up. He finally renewed with Deportes Valdivia. In June of the same year, he switched to Unión San Felipe.
Personal life
Garcés is married with the model Joyce Castiblanco. The couple have three children: Florencia, Benjamín and Paulo.
Although his father, Patricio, was a goalkeeper, from his paternal line his relatives are mainly inclined towards arts and music: His older brother, Óscar, is an actor and former goalkeeper of Colo-Colo at youth level and both his younger brother, Miguel, and his cousins, Andrés de León (stage name of Christian Garcés) and Patricio Garcés, are singers.
Honours
- Universidad Católica
- Primera División de Chile: 2005–A, 2010
- Universidad de Chile
- Primera División: 2012–A
- O'Higgins
- Primera División: 2013–A
- Supercopa de Chile: 2014
- Colo Colo
- Primera División: 2015–A
- Individual
- 2012 Copa Sudamericana Team of the Tournament
- 2013 Jugador Experto Easy del Año
- Medalla Santa Cruz de Triana (1): 2014
See also
In Spanish: Paulo Garcés para niños
