C.D. O'Higgins

O'Higgins

Full name	Club Deportivo O'Higgins S.A.D.P.
Nickname(s)	La Celeste (The Sky Blue), Los Loco Mofos (The Crazy Mofos), Los Tigres (The Tigers), El Capo de Provincia (The Best of The Province)
Founded	April 7, 1955
Ground	Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua, Chile (Capacity: 14,450)
Owner	Ricardo Abumohor
Chairman	Ricardo Abumohor
Manager	José Miguel Cantillana
League	Primera División
2009 Clausura	15th
Home colours Away colours

Club Deportivo O'Higgins, is a Chilean football club based in the city of Rancagua. The club was founded on April 7, 1955 following the merger of the clubs America and O'Higgins Braden, and plays in the first division of the Chilean football league. The club was previously called PARHS FC. Their home games are played at the Estadio El Teniente stadium, which has a capacity of approximately 14.555 seats. The club is named after Bernardo O'Higgins, Chile's founding father and the second Supreme Director of Chile.

Stadium

The Stadium of O'Higgins is the World Cup Stadium Estadio El Teniente. The stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Rancagua, Chile. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 14,450 people and was built in 1945. The stadium hosted several matches of the FIFA World Cup in 1962.

National honors

• Segunda División: 1

1964

• Primera B Apertura (Cup): 1

1986

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Roberto González 2 MF Juan Luis González 3 DF Cristián Oviedo 4 DF Nicolás Larrondo 5 DF Juan Castillo[disambiguation needed ] 6 DF Mauricio Arias 7 DF Yerson Opazo 8 MF Miguel Ángel González 9 FW Guillermo Suárez 10 MF Enzo Gutiérrez 11 FW Juan Gonzalo Lorca 12 GK Pablo Duque 13 MF Piero Campos 14 FW Juan Pablo Carrasco 15 MF Esteban Carvajal 16 MF Santiago Lizana 17 DF Luis Casanova

No. Position Player 19 FW Sebastián Pinto 20 FW Samuel Teuber 21 MF Boris Sagredo 22 MF Fernando de la Fuente 23 FW Ezequiel Lazo 24 DF Alejandro López 25 FW Saul Flores 27 DF Juan Gómez 28 MF Federico Sardella 29 MF Cristián Cuevas 30 FW Sebastián Céspedes 31 GK Luis Marín (Captain) 32 FW Milton Alegre 33 MF Diego Sotelo 34 FW Gonzalo Villegas ACE FW Michael Stevens

Notable players

Roque Alfaro Claudio Borghi Gustavo De Luca Jorge Díaz Nicolás Díez Miguel Ángel González Enzo Gutiérrez Gonzalo Ludueña Gerardo Martino Nicolás Medina Miguel Ángel Rugilo Federico Vairo José Alfredo Castillo Milton Coimbra Aílton Miguel Aceval Albert Acevedo Clarence Acuña Sergio Ahumada Mauricio Aros Héctor Barra Jean Beausejour Eduardo Bonvallet Cristián Canío

Carlos Carmona Fernando Cornejo Marco Desiderio Rubén Espinoza Luis Flores Abarca José Pedro Fuenzalida Hans Gómez Aníbal González Daniel González Kevin Harbottle Cristóbal Jorquera Nicolás Larrondo Juan Gonzalo Lorca Patricio Mardones Gabriel Mendoza Fernando Meneses Miguel Ángel Neira Luis Núñez Mario Núñez Juvenal Olmos Alejandro Osorio Rodrigo Pérez Sebastián Pinto Carlos Poblete

Jaime Ramírez Banda Rodrigo Ramírez Jaime Riveros Jorge Oliver Robledo Boris Sagredo René Serrano Nelson Tapia Carlos Tejas Leopoldo Vallejos Marco Villaseca Herly Alcázar Carlos Báez Hugo Brizuela Roberto Gamarra Eugenio Morel Ronald Pablo Baroni Nelson Acosta Adrián Berbia Federico Elduayen Enrique Ferraro Carlos María Morales Daniel Pereira Giancarlo Maldonado Owen Calvert

External links

• Oficial Web
• La Celeste Fan Site
• Capo de Provincia Fan Site