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Nibaldo Alegre

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Nibaldo Alegre
Personal information
Full name Nibaldo Antonio Alegre González
Date of birth (1945-07-17) 17 July 1945 (age 79)[1]
Place of birth Talca, Chile
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Centre-back
Youth career
Bohemios del Sur
Talca National
Deportivo Calaf
1964 Santiago Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1965–1970 Santiago Wanderers
1969Unión La Calera (loan) 16 (1)
1971 Naval de Talcahuano
1973 Iberia de Los Ángeles
1974 The Miner's Japo
1975 San José de Trinidad
1976 Universitario de Trinidad
1977 20 de Agosto
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nibaldo Antonio Alegre González (born 17 July 1945) is a Chilean former football player who played as a defensive midfielder or centre-back for clubs in Chile and Bolivia.

Club career

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Born in Talca, Chile, Alegre was with Bohemios del Sur, Talca National,[2] with whom he won the local youth championship,[3] and Deportivo Calaf in his hometown before joining the Santiago Wanderers reserve team in 1964.[4] The next year, he made his professional debut in a Chilean Primera División match against Green-Cross Temuco.[5] As a member of them, he won the 1968 league title, the second one for the club.[6][7][8]

In 1969, he joined Unión La Calera on loan,[5] making sixteen appearances.[9]

For the 1970 season, he returned to Santiago Wanderers.[10] In his career with them, he coincided with well-known players such as Elías Figueroa,[2] Eugenio Méndez, Vicente Cantatore, among others.[5]

The next two years, he played for Naval de Talcahuano (1971) and Iberia de Los Ángeles (1972).[4]

In 1974, he emigrated to Bolivia and played for four teams: The Miner's Japo from Oruro, coinciding with his compatriot Alfredo Carrasco,[11] San José, Universitario and 20 de Agosto[12] from Trinidad.[4]

Personal life

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His brother, César, also played for Santiago Wanderers.[5][13] His other brothers also played for Talca National.[3]

Alegre made his home in Valparaíso, Chile, where he owns a bakery.[5]

In August 2023, he was honored as a historical player of Santiago Wanderers alongside another former players such as Juan Álvarez, Hernán Godoy and Manuel Ulloa, by the Corporación Santiago Wanderers.[14]

Honours

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Santiago Wanderers

References

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  1. ^ "Nibaldo ALEGRE". memoriawanderers.cl (in Spanish). Memoria Wanderers. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Crónicas Centenarias: Club Talca National". Gigante Deportivo (in Spanish). 9 October 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Destacaron con la blanquiazul". talcanational (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  4. ^ a b c "Nibaldo ALEGRE". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d e (Superdeportes) Invitados ex futbolistas Juan Covarrubias y Nibaldo Alegre. on Facebook (in Spanish). 25 May 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  6. ^ a b Fernández, Ricardo (5 January 2023). "Un día como hoy Santiago Wanderers se tituló campeón del fútbol chileno". Golazo FM (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  7. ^ "De la mano de "Los Panzers" Santiago Wanderers logró su segunda estrella". eseaene.cl (in Spanish). 5 January 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  8. ^ Marambio Torres, Luis (June 2010). Valparaíso y Wanderers: Cosmopolitas y pioneros (PDF) (in Spanish) (1 ed.). Santiago, Chile: University of Chile. p. 145. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  9. ^ "Union Calera 1969 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  10. ^ "Wanderers en Campeonato de Primera División 1970". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  11. ^ (Futbolistas. Chilenos en el Exterior) Alfredo Carrasco (arquero) y Nibaldo Alegre (tercero fila de arriba de izquierda a derecha) en Miner´s Japo on Facebook (in Spanish). 1 February 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  12. ^ Salas, Cristian (6 September 2016). "Los chilenos que han probado suerte en el fútbol boliviano". AS Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  13. ^ "Wanderers en Campeonato de Primera División 1972". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  14. ^ "Corporación Santiago Wanderers » Corporación Santiago Wanderers reconoce a jugadores históricos en sus 131 años de vida". corporacionwanderers.cl (in Spanish). 29 August 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
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