Marco Antonio Villaseca Cabezas (born March 15, 1975) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.[1] Throughout his career, he had a reputation as a 'violent' player.[2]

Marco Villaseca
Personal information
Full name Marco Antonio Villaseca Cabezas
Date of birth (1975-03-15) 15 March 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1996 Audax Italiano 29 (2)
1997–2003 Colo-Colo 113 (3)
2002Unión Española (loan) 12 (2)
2002Spartak Moscow (loan) 0 (0)
2004 Rostov 6 (1)
2005 Deportes Concepción 13 (0)
2006 Santiago Morning 10 (0)
2007 Deportes Concepción 0 (0)
2008–2009 Rangers 54 (4)
2010 O'Higgins 19 (0)
2011–2013 Rangers 55 (3)
Total 311 (15)
International career
1999–2001 Chile 20 (0)
2001 Chile B 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

International career

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Villaseca played for Chile at the 2001 Copa América where the team reached the quarter-finals.[3] In total, he made 20 appearances for the national team.[4] In addition, he made an appearance for Chile B in the friendly match against Catalonia on 28 December 2001.[5]

Honours

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Club

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Colo-Colo

References

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  1. ^ Marco Villaseca at Soccerway. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  2. ^ Villaseca: "Metía pierna fuerte, pero nunca fui mala leche" chile.as.com
  3. ^ Tabeira, Martín (31 May 2012). "Copa América 2001". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013.
  4. ^ "Marco Villaseca". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  5. ^ Morrison, Neil (2 February 2005). "International Matches 2001 - Other". RSSSF. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
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