Carlos Escobar
Personal information
Full name Carlos Humberto Escobar Ortiz
Date of birth (1989-12-24) 24 December 1989
Place of birth Coquimbo, Chile
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Sport Huancayo
Number 9
Youth career
2001–2005 Coquimbo Unido
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2011 Coquimbo Unido 58 (16)
2007 → Deportes Temuco (loan) 13 (2)
2012–2015 O'Higgins 40 (6)
2014–2015 → Cobresal (loan) 30 (2)
2015–2017 San Luis 54 (19)
2017–2018 Universidad de Concepción 11 (0)
2018 → San Luis (loan) 17 (1)
2019 Cobresal 13 (1)
2020–2022 Deportes Temuco 84 (21)
2023– Sport Huancayo 14 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 December 2022

Carlos Humberto Escobar Ortiz (born 24 December 1989), known as Carlos Escobar (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkaɾlos eskoˈβaɾ]), is a Chilean footballer that currently plays for Peruvian Primera División club Sport Huancayo as a striker.

Club career

O'Higgins

Escobar in 2012 signed for O'Higgins from Coquimbo Unido. On 10 December 2013, he won the Apertura 2013–14 with O'Higgins. In the tournament, he played in 9 of 18 matches.[1]

In 2014, he won the Supercopa de Chile against Deportes Iquique.[2]

He participated with the club in the 2014 Copa Libertadores where they faced Deportivo Cali, Cerro Porteño and Lanús, being third and being eliminated in the group stage. [3]

Sport Huancayo

He signed with Sport Huancayo for the 2023 season.[4]

International career

He was part of a Chile under-25 squad in a training session led by Claudio Borghi in May 2011, alongside his teammates in Coquimbo Unido, Nicolás Ortiz and Carlos Ross.[5][6]

Personal life

He is the cousin of the brothers Luciano[7] and Darwin Araya Escobar,[8] both footballers from the Coquimbo Unido youth system.

Honours

Club

O'Higgins
Cobresal

Individual

O'Higgins
  • Medalla Santa Cruz de Triana: 2014

References

  1. ↑ "El cielo se tiñó de celeste: ¡O'Higgins campeón!".
  2. ↑ "O'higgins Ganó la Supercopa al Vencer a Deportes Iquique".
  3. ↑ "O'Higgins se quedó en blanco con Lanús y fue eliminado de la Copa Libertadores".
  4. ↑ "Chileno Carlos Escobar es nuevo delantero de Sport Huancayo". Ovación Corporación Deportiva (in Spanish). 26 December 2022.
  5. ↑ "Claudio Borghi nomina a 28 jugadores para selección de Primera B". BioBioChile (in Spanish). Radio Bío-Bío. 2 May 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  6. ↑ "Selección sub 25 cumplió su primera práctica bajo el mando de Claudio Borghi". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 16 May 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  7. ↑ "Luciano Araya". www.ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  8. ↑ "Darwin Araya :: Darwin Alejandro Araya Escobar ::". www.ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 September 2022.


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