Pablo Contreras

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Pablo Andrés Contreras Fica (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpaβlo konˈtɾeɾas]; born 11 September 1978) is a Chilean retired footballer, who played as a centre back or even as a right back. Contreras began his career at Colo-Colo. He earned his first senior honours in 1997, winning the Chilean Primera División title. He also won an Olympic bronze medal with Chile in the Sydney Games. Contreras moved to Europe in 1999, signing with French side Monaco, where he won the Ligue 1 in his first season. After his spell in France, he was loaned to Argentine Primera División club Racing Club in 2001, and the next season Contreras joined Spain's La Liga side Celta de Vigo in a €4.2 million transfer deal. He was immediately loaned to Osasuna and then to Sporting CP, playing in the UEFA Champions League, before returning after to Celta. He played over 100 matches with the Galician club until the 2006–07 season, after Celta's relegation to the Segunda División, after which he decided to leave the club. He signed a six-month contract with Braga in January 2008 before moving in June of that year to Super League Greece side PAOK. In the middle of the 2011–12 season, Conteras left the club due to the Greek government debt-crisis and opted to return to Colo-Colo, coached by Ivo Basay at the time. A Chilean international on 66 occasions, Contreras was part of squad that earned the bronze medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics at Sydney. In his country, Pablo is nicknamed Espartaco by Chilevisión relator Paulo Flores specifically, referred him as the Spartan hero of his national team during the matches, when Contreras was under the orders of Claudio Borghi in Chile.

Career

1. 1978
   Born
2. 1997
   Joined Club Social y Deportivo Colo Colo
3. 1999
   Joined AS Monaco FC
4. 1999
   Joined Chile men's national football team
5. 2001
   Joined Club Atlético Osasuna
6. 2001
   Joined RC Celta de Vigo
7. 2001
   Joined Racing Club
8. 2002
   Joined Sporting CP
9. 2008
   Joined PAOK FC
10. 2008
    Joined S.C. Braga
11. 2012
    Joined Olympiacos F.C.
12. 2012
    Joined Club Social y Deportivo Colo Colo
13. 2013
    Joined Melbourne Victory FC

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Santiago
• •Citizenship: Chile
• •Known as: association football player
• •Sport: association football