Piero Alejandro Gárate Rojas (born 24 May 1992) is a Chilean professional footballer who last played for San Marcos as a defensive midfielder.

Piero Gárate
Personal information
Full name Piero Alejandro Gárate Rojas
Date of birth (1992-05-24) 24 May 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Valparaíso, Chile
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
Santiago Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2014 Santiago Wanderers 9 (0)
2013–2014Deportes Concepción (loan) 26 (0)
2014–2015 Deportes Concepción 30 (1)
2015–2016 Trasandino 21 (1)
2017–2018 Miramar Misiones 27 (1)
2019 Presidente Hayes (–)
2020–2021 Deportes Puerto Montt 14 (0)
2021 San Marcos 20 (0)
International career
2007 Chile U15
2008–2009 Chile U17
2010 Chile U20 (futsal)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 September 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 September 2022

Club career

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A product of Santiago Wanderers youth system, he played for the team in both Primera B and Chilean Primera División. Then, he played for Deportes Concepción and Trasandino.[1]

From 2017 to 2019 he played abroad for both Miramar Misiones in Uruguay[2] and Presidente Hayes in Paraguay.[3]

In the 2020 season, he played for Deportes Puerto Montt,[4] with whom Gárate has had legal issues since the club did not take responsibility for a serious injury that he suffered while he was a player of it.[5]

In 2021, he played for San Marcos de Arica.[6]

In 2022, he played for the seven-a-side football club Los Jerrys, winning the national championship.[7] In 2023, he moved to the United States to play for amateur clubs such as Borussia NOLA and Mesoamérica San Carlos FC, also taking part in the National Amateur Cup.[8][9]

International career

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Gárate represented Chile at under-15 level in the 2007 South American Championship [es].[10] Then he took part of the Chile U17 squad between 2008 and 2009.[1]

In addition, Gárate was a Chile under-20 international futsal player, making appearances in the 2018 South American Championship [es] in Colombia.[11]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Piero GÁRATE". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  2. ^ #FICHAJES Piero Gárate (24 años) Futbolistas. Chilenos en el Exterior on Facebook
  3. ^ #Paraguay - Piero Gárate se encuentra jugando en el club Presidente Hayes de Paraguay Futbolistas. Chilenos en el Exterior on Facebook
  4. ^ "Piero Gárate y el retorno a los entrenamientos: Se cumplieron todos los protocolos para nuestra seguridad". Campeonatochileno.cl (in Spanish). ANFP. 31 December 1969. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Piero Gárate apunta al presidente de Puerto Montt por deuda de operación: "Dijo que el club se hacía cargo"". PrimeraBChile.cl (in Spanish). 9 May 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  6. ^ "San Marcos de Arica refuerza su mediocampo para la temporada 2021". Campeonatochileno.cl (in Spanish). ANFP. 31 December 1969. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Piero Garate Rojas - FCH7". www.fch7.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  8. ^ (H.T.D.) CHICHI LELE CHICHI LELE PIERO QUEDO INMORTALIZADO PARA Borussia NOLA y LA CIUDAD DEL JAZZ … on Facebook (in Spanish). 27 July 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  9. ^ (Drone X Houston) Gol de 80k dólares on Facebook (in Spanish). 24 July 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Sub-15". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  11. ^ "Piero Gárate finaliza su participación en la Selección Sub-20". eseaene.cl (in Spanish). 3 November 2010. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
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