Miguel Ángel Luis Gamboa Pedemonte (born June 21, 1951) is a former football striker from Chile.

Miguel Angel Gamboa
Personal information
Full name Miguel Ángel Luis Gamboa Pedemonte
Date of birth (1951-06-21) 21 June 1951 (age 73)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) 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

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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

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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]

References

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  1. ^ Naveja, Jesús (16 October 2021). "Mario Oscar Maldonado Ceballos LA ENTREVISTA". laentrevistaconjesusnaveja.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  2. ^ "El "partido del siglo" de la Isla de Pascua". www.bbc.com (in Spanish). BBC Mundo. 6 January 2009. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Gamboa definió lista de seleccionados chilenos que participarán en el Sudamericano de fútbol playa". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 5 March 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  4. ^ Con un partido de históricos se celebró el aniversario del Club on YouTube (in Spanish)
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