Marco Vergara

Football player infobox
playername= Marco Vergara
fullname = Marco Patricio Gatica Vergara
nickname = Vergoal


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1987|8|18
cityofbirth = flagicon|Chile Viña Del Mar
countryofbirth = Chile
height = 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
currentclub = Clube de Regatas Flamengo
position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs = Santiago Wanderers
AS Bari
years = 2007-2008 2008-
clubs = Santiago Wanderers
Clube de Regatas Flamengo
caps(goals) = 31 (12) 0 (0)
nationalyears = 2006-2007
nationalteam = Chile U-20
nationalcaps(goals) = 9 (3)
pcupdate = 5 May 2008
ntupdate = 30 April 2008

Marco Patricio Gatica Vergara (born 18 August 1987 in Viña Del Mar, Chile) is a football midfielder who will be playing for Clube de Regatas Flamengo in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, after being loaned from Feyenoord from the Eredivisie.

Vergara who was born in Chile but moved to Toronto Canada at the age of 8 played for several youth teams in the city of Toronto. But it wasn't until 2005 when he began his career at Santiago Wanderers, he has been a part of the starting team since the 2006-07 season. His debut game for Wanderers was on January 10, 2007 against Everton (4-1 to Santiago Wanderers). Scoring a goal and setting up an assist in his professional debut, he proved to be a promising player, unfortunately he tore his medial collateral ligament a couple of weeks later and was out for the remaining of the season. In the 2008 Apertura he was considered a vidal part in Wanderers midfield and despite his age was a leader among his team-mates, despite Wanderers desire and efforts to hang on to him this was next to impossible considering the amount of offers which he received, Vergara signed with Feyenoord on July 9 2008 but was loaned to Brazilian side Clube de Regatas Flamengo on August 28 2008

Chile U-20/U-23

In 2007, he was selected to play for the Chilean U-20 national team in the 2007 South American Youth Championship that took place in Paraguay.

Vergara scored three goals in the campaign against Bolivia, Colombia, and Brazil. He helped Chile qualify for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup that took place in Canada, Vergara was unable to participate in the U-20 World Cup due to his knee injury. Chile would go on to win the third-place game.

In May Vergara was chosen to participate with the Chile U-23 squad in the 2008 Toulon Tournament the most prestigious U-23 football event in Europe, where Vergara was able to impress and showed his all-around play, powerful long shots, passing ability, and tough defense. He caught the eye of a couple of European sides including French side Paris Saint Germain and Croatian Dinamo Zagreb, but at the ending of the day Feyenoord were the ones to adquire his services.

Future

Dutch side Feyenoord and Chilean side Santiago Wanderers came to an agreement after several weeks of negotiation on July 9 2008 Feyenoord bought 70% of Vergara's transfer card, Vergara signed a 4 year contract but was loaned to Clube de Regatas Flamengo.

While in Toronto waiting for his chance to re-join the Wanderers, he worked with an international marketing company where his linguistic skills proved invaluable. When he was recalled to the Wanderers, he left a few newly-purchased items in his locker. He should get in touch with Neil via email to determine how best to deal with these items.

References

* [http://www.voetbal-talenten.nl/Spelerslijst-3_7-17058-14.html Marco Vergara ist Stammspieler bei und gilt zu den besten Mittelfeldspielern in der SC Heerenveen.]
* [http://www.wanderers.cl/index.php Santiago Wanderers Official Website]

External links

* [http://www.wanderers.cl/index.php Santiago Wanderers Player Profile]
* [http://www.football-talents.co.uk/Marco_Vergara-3_7-17058-2.html Vergara - Soccer-Talents.com]
* [http://www.terra.cl/deportes/index.cfm?accion=futbolnacional&id_reg=966927 Terra Deportes.com]