Cristián Uribe

Chilean footballer (born 1976)

Cristián Uribe
Personal information
Full name	Cristián Roberto Uribe Lara
Date of birth	(1976-08-01) 1 August 1976 (age 47)
Place of birth	Concepción, Chile
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1991–1994	Huachipato
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–2000	Huachipato	65	(11)
1999	→ Colo-Colo (loan)	31	(1)
1999–2000	→ Benfica (loan)	11	(1)
2000–2001	Benfica	4	(0)
2001	→ Huachipato (loan)	21	(1)
2002	Portuguesa	0	(0)
2002	Huachipato	14	(0)
2003–2004	Moreirense	10	(0)
2004	Deportes La Serena	12	(1)
2005	Deportes Concepción	35	(4)
2006–2009	Everton	113	(24)
2010	Rangers	12	(0)
2010	San Luis	10	(0)
Total		338	(43)
International career
1995	Chile U20	5	(0)
1999	Chile	2	(0)
Managerial career
	Everton (youth)
2016	Everton (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cristián Roberto Uribe Lara (Spanish pronunciation: [kɾisˈtjan uˈɾiβe ˈlaɾa], born 1 August 1976) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Uribe was mainly associated with Huachipato and Everton de Viña del Mar, but represented other clubs, amongst them, Colo-Colo and Benfica. He also earned seven caps for Chile, five of those for the under–17 side at the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship in the United Arab Emirates.

Club career

Early career and Benfica

Born in Concepción, Chile, Uribe began at Huachipato, receiving his first promotion for the first team in 1994, at the age of 18. He established himself as a first team player after good performances in the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship. In 1999, the 22-year old was loaned for Colo-Colo but did not have a good individual season, as Colo-Colo was going through difficult times, finishing in fourth in the league and having three managers in one season. In January, he went on a second loan deal, but now to Benfica of the Portuguese Liga.^[1]

He made his debut on 9 January in a Derby de Lisboa against Sporting CP.^[2] Three days later he scored a double against Amora in the Taça de Portugal and added another on 25th, in a 1–3 loss to Sporting in the same competition.^[3] Uribe played 13 games in half a season, with four goals netted.^[4] In the following year, his playing time under José Mourinho was vastly reduced,^[5] so he mutually terminated his loan deal in January 2001.^[6]

Huachipato and later career

Back at Huachipato, on 3 March 2001, Uribe made his season debut against Santiago Morning in a Primera División game at Estadio Las Higueras. His only goal came against Unión San Felipe on 6 July and he appeared in 24 games in the tournament. While he lacked goals, Fido Dido was an important player in the club and he extended his contract in 2002, and continued in Talcahuano club until 2003, with a brief stint with Portuguesa in 2002,^[7] only leaving at the end the season for Portuguese club Moreirense of the second tier.^[8]^[9] He made his debut for them on 24 August 2003, against Paços de Ferreira.^[10]

After the second spell in Portugal, Uribe returned to Chile in 2004 and represented Deportes La Serena and Concepción in successive years. He joined Everton de Viña del Mar in 2006 and played for them until 2009, when he was released following the club elimination on the 2009 Torneo Clausura Playoffs against Universidad Católica.^[11]^[12] He finished his career in the following year, after playing for Rangers in the Primera B and San Luis de Quillota of the Primera División, being relegated with the latter.

Honours

Club

Everton de Viña del Mar

Primera División de Chile: 2008 Apertura

References

^ "Uribe cedido ao Benfica até ao final da temporada" [Uribe loaned to Benfica]. Record (in Portuguese). 2 January 2000. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
^ Tovar 2012, p. 573.
^ Tovar 2012, p. 576.
^ Tovar 2012, p. 577.
^ Tovar 2012, p. 587.
^ "Uribe já rescindiu" [Uribe released]. Record (in Portuguese). 27 January 2001. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
^ "Cristián Uribe se trasnformó en el nuevo refuerzo de Moreirense de Portugal". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 12 July 2003. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
^ "Cristián Uribe se trasnformó en el nuevo refuerzo de Moreirense de Portugal" [Christian Uribe, new signing of Moreirense]. Cooperativa.cl (in Spanish). 12 July 2003. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
^ "Fútbol portugués tiene su legión chilena" [Portuguese football has a Chilean diaspora]. Emol deportes (in Spanish). 12 July 2003. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
^ "Portugal: Cristián Uribe debutó en derrota de Moreirense ante Pacos Ferreira" [Christian Uribe made his debut in the loss of Moreirense against Paços de Ferreira]. Cooperativa.cl (in Spanish). 24 August 2003. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
^ "Acosta tomó medidas en Everton: Cortó a cuatro jugadores" [Acosto took measures at Everton: sacked four players]. Emol deportes (in Spanish). 25 November 2009. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
^ "Cuatro jugadores del Everton despedidos tras la eliminación del Torneo Clausura" [Four players of Everton sacked after elimination in Torneo Clausura]. AS.com (in Spanish). 25 November 2009. Retrieved 27 October 2015.