Moisés Fermín Villarroel Ayala (born 12 February 1976) is a Chilean football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Moisés Fermín Villarroel Ayala | ||
Date of birth | (1976-02-12) 12 February 1976 (age 46) | ||
Place of birth | Viña del Mar, Chile | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1995–2002 | Santiago Wanderers | 167 | (12) |
2003–2008 | Colo-Colo | 165 | (8) |
2009–2014 | Santiago Wanderers | 94 | (3) |
Total | 429 | (23) | |
National team | |||
1997–2005 | Chile | 34 | (1) |
Teams managed | |||
2014–2018 | Santiago Wanderers (youth) | ||
2018 | Santiago Wanderers | ||
2018–2021 | Santiago Wanderers (youth) | ||
2021 | Santiago Wanderers (interim) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
He played for Colo-Colo, where he was part of the 2006 apertura, 2006 clausura, 2007 apertura, 2007 clausura, 2008 clausura championship teams. Now is the captain of Santiago Wanderers club where he start his footballer career.
Villarroel's international debut came in a match against Venezuela, which Chile won 6–0 on April 29, 1997. He has capped 34 times and scored 1 goal for the Chilean national team between 1997 and 2005, including four games at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He has also represented his country in four Copa América tournaments.
Villaroel has mainly played as a right sided defender and defensive midfielder. He has been described as a tough defensive minded player with a high work-rate.
Short after retiring in 2014, Villarroel started coaching the youth teams at Santiago Wanderers. On 21 March 2018, Villarroel was appointed as the new manager of Santiago Wanderers.[1] Until December 2021, he was the manager of Santiago Wanderers' youth setup.[2]
He is the father of the professional footballer Martín Villarroel who is a product of the Santiago Wanderers youth system.[3]
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