Alejandro Bernal (Chilean footballer)

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Alejandro Bernal
Personal information
Full name Alejandro Antonio Bernal Gutiérrez
Date of birth (1969-05-21)21 May 1969
Place of birth San Felipe, Chile
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Unión San Felipe
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1990 Unión San Felipe (15)
1990 Universidad de Chile 6 (0)
1991–1994 Unión Española 53 (9)
1995 Coquimbo Unido 15 (1)
1996 Unión San Felipe 23 (4)
1997 O'Higgins 26 (11)
1998 Deportes Linares (5)
1999 Deportes Puerto Montt 29 (5)
2000–2001 Deportes Ovalle (6)
2003–2004 Persik Kediri (1)
Total (57)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alejandro Antonio Bernal Gutiérrez (born 21 May 1969) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for clubs in Chile and Indonesia.

Club career[edit]

A product of the Unión San Felipe youth system, Bernal made his debut in 1986, when the team was relegated to the Chilean Segunda División, alongside players such as Héctor Roco and Ricardo González,[1] making seven appearances.[2] He stayed with the team until the 1989 season,[3] when they had returned to the Chilean Primera División and were again relegated to the second level.[4]

In the Chilean Primera División, he also played for Universidad de Chile (1990),[5] Unión Española (1991–94),[6] Coquimbo Unido (1995)[7] and Deportes Puerto Montt (1999).[8]

In the second level of Chilean football, he also played for O'Higgins (1997), becoming the top goalscorer of the team in the season,[9] Deportes Linares (1998)[10] and Deportes Ovalle (2000–01).[11]

Abroad, he played for Indonesian club Persik Kediri in 2003–04,[12] where he coincided with his compatriots Juan Carlos Tapia and Claudio Villan. As a member of Persik Kediri, he won the league title in 2003.[13]

Honours[edit]

Persik Kediri

References[edit]

  1. ^ "De los potreros a la Libertadores" (in Spanish). Unión San Felipe. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  2. ^ "San Felipe 1986 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  3. ^ "San Felipe 1989 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  4. ^ Campos, Carlos (23 February 2022). "Liguilla de Promoción 1989: Santiago Wanderers es de Primera". Asifuch (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Universidad de Chile 1990 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Club Deportivo UNIÓN ESPAÑOLA". Fútbol en América (in Spanish). 23 August 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  7. ^ (UdeChileVideos) Coquimbo U. 0-1 U. DE CHILE. 12° Fecha, T. Nacional 1995 on YouTube. 5 May 2015 (in Spanish)
  8. ^ Pérez, Carlos (15 March 2022). "La aventura asiática de Deportes Puerto Montt". Asifuch (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  9. ^ "Historia". O'Higgins FC (in Spanish). O'Higgins F.C. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  10. ^ "Campeonato de Primera División "B" 1998". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  11. ^ "Campeonato de Primera División "B" 2000". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  12. ^ "Persebaya Kini Pimpin Klasemen". sepakbola (in Indonesian). 26 September 2004. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  13. ^ Plesmana, Fendhy (21 April 2022). "Hariyanto, Pemain Ndeso yang Sukses Bawa Persik Juara Liga 3 Kali". Ngopibareng (in Indonesian). Retrieved 29 December 2022.

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