Óscar Opazo
Opazo with Colo-Colo in 2020
Personal information
Full name Óscar Mauricio Opazo Lara
Date of birth (1990-10-18) October 18, 1990
Place of birth Concón, Chile
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Colo-Colo
Number 32
Youth career
2001–20009 Santiago Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2017 Santiago Wanderers 180 (3)
2017–2022 Colo-Colo 120 (5)
2023 Racing Club 7 (0)
2023– Colo-Colo 0 (0)
International career
2017– Chile 13 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 December 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2019

Óscar Mauricio Opazo Lara (Latin American Spanish: [ˈoskaɾ oˈpaso]; born 18 October 1990) is a Chilean footballer who currently plays for Colo-Colo in the Chilean First División as a defender.

Club career

In December 2022, he joined Argentine Primera División side Racing Club for the 2023 season.[2]

International career

Opazo got his first call up to the senior Chile side for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Ecuador and Peru in October 2016.[3]

International goals

Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first.[4]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.26 March 2019BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston, United States United States1–11–1Friendly

Personal life

Opazo is nicknamed Torta (Cake).[5]

Honours

Club

Colo-Colo

International

Chile

References

  1. Profile at Santiago Wanderers
  2. "Racing Club oficializó el fichaje del lateral Oscar Opazo". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  3. "Jugadores convocados del fútbol local para los duelos ante Ecuador y Perú". anfp.cl. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  4. "Óscar Opazo". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  5. "Óscar Opazo: "Llegar a La Roja ha sido el momento más feliz de mi carrera"". LaRoja.cl. 21 April 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2021.


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