Erick Andrés Wiemberg Higuera (born June 20, 1994) is a Chilean footballer who currently plays for Chilean club Unión La Calera as a left-back.
![]() Wiemberg with Unión La Calera in 2019 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Erick Andrés Wiemberg Higuera | ||
Date of birth | (1994-06-20) June 20, 1994 (age 28) | ||
Place of birth | Valdivia, Chile | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Unión La Calera | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–2013 | Deportes Valdivia | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2020 | Deportes Valdivia | 157 | (9) |
2019 | → Unión La Calera (loan) | 19 | (0) |
2020– | Unión La Calera | 44 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2021– | Chile | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 September 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2021 |
He began his career playing for Deportes Valdivia at the Segunda División, the third level of the Chilean football. Along with Valdivia, he obtained the promotion to the Primera B after winning the 2015-16 season.[1] Playing at the Primera B, he stayed at the club until July 2020 - loaned to Unión La Calera during 2019 season - solving a judicial conflict with It.[2]
On 2019 season, he played on loan from Valdivia at the cement club in Primera División, appearing also in three Copa Sudamericana matches against Chapecoense and Atlético Mineiro.[3]
After a contract conflict between Deportes Valdivia and Unión La Calera, he played for Valdivia[4] during the first half of the 2020 Primera B, going back to La Calera in July 2020.[2][5]
After being called up to training microcycles of the Chile senior team by both Reinaldo Rueda[6] and Martín Lasarte,[7] he made his international debut at the friendly match against Bolivia on March 26, 2021.[8]
Unión La Calera – current squad | |
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