Personal Information
Full Name | Óscar Mauricio Opazo Lara |
Date of Birth | October 18, 1990 |
Nationality | Chilean |
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
Role | Defender |
Oscar Opazo: A Brief Biography
Óscar Mauricio Opazo Lara is a Chilean professional football player. He was born on 18 October 1990 in Concón, Chile. He mainly plays the role of a Defender and is currently playing for Colo-Colo in the Primera División de Chile. His present market value at the age of 27 is £540k.
Background
Opazo began his career at Santiago Wanderers as a young player aged about eleven and then shifted to its senior squad in 2008, playing there for nine years and scoring three goals in 215 appearances.
Debut
Opazo debuted for Chile national team on Jan 11, 2017 with the International friendly match against Croatia, where he played as a right back. Chile won the match 5:2.
Rise to glory
Opazo got a chance to play in the Supercopa de Chile in 2017 and 2018, both of which his club Colo Colo won. In 2018 Supercopa de Chile he scored 1 goal in the 28th minute.
Club career
He started his professional club career with the Santiago Wanderers U19 in 2001 after playing for them for seven years he moved to the club’s senior division on January 1, 2008.
On July 1, 2017, he was transferred to Club CSD Colo Colo for a transfer fee of £405k and made four goals in the eleven appearances he made for it.
On 23rd July 2017, he was in the Colo Colo team for 2017 Supercopa de Chile which won the championship.
On 26 January 2018, he was in the Colo Colo team for 2018 Supercopa de Chile and scored a goal in the 28th minute thus helping his team win the championship.