Erick Pulgar
Personal information
Full name Erick Antonio Pulgar Farfán[1]
Date of birth (1994-01-15) 15 January 1994[1]
Place of birth Antofagasta, Chile
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Flamengo
Number 5
Youth career
2000–2009 Miramar Club Sur Este
2009–2011 Deportes Antofagasta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Deportes Antofagasta 38 (2)
2014–2015 Universidad Católica 35 (7)
2015–2019 Bologna 100 (10)
2019–2022 Fiorentina 74 (8)
2022 → Galatasaray (loan) 11 (0)
2022– Flamengo 16 (2)
International career‡
2015– Chile 48 (4)
Medal record
Representing  Chile
WinnerCopa América2016
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 August 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 November 2023

Erick Antonio Pulgar Farfán (born 15 January 1994) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Flamengo and the Chile national team. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he can also play as a defender.

Club career

Deportes Antofagasta

Born in Antofagasta, Pulgar started playing at age 6 for South West Miramar club. At 15, he was invited to a youth championship where the professional Carlos Carcamo approached the young player to sign for the Deportes Antofagasta youth team. At Antofagasta, Pulgar played as a winger and left back. He debuted for the senior team in 2013 after which he became a first team regular. He has been described as a tall, fast player that covers the defense very well, with a good passing game. In 2014 he was named player of the season.[2]

Universidad Católica

On 28 June 2014, Deportes Antofagasta confirmed the transfer of Pulgar to Universidad Católica, for $400,000 US dollars for 70% of the player's rights. Pulgar signed a three-year contract.[3]

Pulgar was the most outstanding player in a poor Universidad Católica 2014-15 season. After the arrival of manager Mario Salas, he started playing as a midfielder.

Bologna

On 20 August 2015, Italian club Bologna signed Pulgar from Universidad Católica on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee.[4] He was given the number 5 shirt. On 11 January 2019, Pulgar extended his contract until 30 June 2022.[5]

Fiorentina

On 9 August 2019, Pulgar signed for Fiorentina.[6]

Loan to Galatasaray

On 3 February 2022, Turkish club Galatasaray announced the arrival of Pulgar on loan from Fiorentina.[7]

Flamengo

On 29 July 2022 Flamengo signed Pulgar from Fiorentina in a €3 million transfer, he signed a contract with the Brazilian club until December 2025.[8]

International career

At the 2019 Copa America, Pulgar scored a goal in Chile's opening match against Japan.[9] This was his first goal for the national side.

Personal life

On 23 August 2020 he tested positive for COVID-19.[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 11 November 2023[11]
Club Season League State league[lower-alpha 1] National cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Deportes Antofagasta 2011 Primera B de Chile 10––––10
2012 Chilean Primera División 00–30––30
2013 52–60––112
2013–14 320–00––320
2014–15 00–20––20
Total 382–1100000492
Universidad Católica 2014–15 Chilean Primera División 357–312[lower-alpha 3]0–408
Bologna 2015–16 Serie A 130–00––130
2016–17 271–30––301
2017–18 323–10––333
2018–19 286–20––306
Total 10010–60000010610
Fiorentina 2019–20 Serie A 377–40––417
2020–21 311–20––331
2021–22 60–20––80
Total 748–800000828
Galatasaray (loan) 2021–22 Süper Lig 110––00–110
Flamengo 2022 Série A 60––2[lower-alpha 4]0–80
2023 21260404[lower-alpha 4]03[lower-alpha 5]0382
Total 27260407030462
Career total 2882860301803032829

International

As of match played 22 November 2023[12]
Chile
YearAppsGoals
201520
201630
201720
201860
2019111
202020
2021113
202240
202370
Total484
As of match played 14 October 2021. Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first.
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.17 June 2019Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil Japan1–04–02019 Copa América
2.8 June 2021Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago, Chile Bolivia1–01–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.14 October 2021 Venezuela1–03–0
4.2–0

Honours

Club

Flamengo

International

Chile

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 "FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2022™: List of Players: CR Flamengo" (PDF). FIFA. 7 February 2023. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  2. ↑ "erick pulgar el jugador relevacion" (in Spanish). 5 May 2014. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "Erick Pulgar se suma a Universidad Catolica" (in Spanish). 4 July 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "UFFICIALE: Bologna, preso Pulgar dall'Universidad Catolica" (in Italian). 20 August 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "UFFICIALE: Bologna, rinnovo fino al 2022 per il cileno Pulgar" (in Italian). Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  6. ↑ "UFFICIALE: Pulgar è un nuovo giocatore della Fiorentina". Tutto Mercato (in Italian). 9 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  7. ↑ "Galatasaray'a hoş geldin Erick Pulgar!" (in Turkish). Galatasaray S.K. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  8. ↑ "Flamengo anuncia o chileno Erick Pulgar". ge.globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  9. ↑ "Alexis Sánchez scores first goal since January as Chile beat Japan". The Guardian. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  10. ↑ "Fiorentina: Pulgar e Ghidotti positivi al coronavirus". eurosport.it (in Italian). 23 August 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  11. ↑ "E. Pulgar". Soccerway.
  12. ↑ "Erick Pulgar". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  13. ↑ "Gabi Leads Flamengo To Libertadores Title". CONMEBOL Libertadores. 30 October 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
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