Erick Andrés Wiemberg Higuera (born June 20, 1994) is a Chilean footballer who currently plays for Chilean club Colo-colo as a defender.

Erick Wiemberg
Wiemberg with Unión La Calera in 2019
Personal information
Full name Erick Andrés Wiemberg Higuera
Date of birth (1994-06-20) June 20, 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Valdivia, Chile
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Colo-colo
Number 21
Youth career
0000–2013 Deportes Valdivia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2020 Deportes Valdivia 157 (9)
2019Unión La Calera (loan) 19 (0)
2020– Unión La Calera 49 (0)
2023–Colo-colo (loan) 9 (1)
International career
2021– Chile 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 September 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2021

Club career

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Deportes Valdivia

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He began his career playing for Deportes Valdivia at the Segunda División, the third level of the Chilean football. Along with Valdivia, he obtained the promotion to the Primera B after winning the 2015-16 season.[1] Playing at the Primera B, he stayed at the club until July 2020 - loaned to Unión La Calera during 2019 season - solving a judicial conflict with It.[2]

Unión La Calera

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On 2019 season, he played on loan from Valdivia at the cement club in Primera División, appearing also in three Copa Sudamericana matches against Chapecoense and Atlético Mineiro.[3]

After a contract conflict between Deportes Valdivia and Unión La Calera, he played for Valdivia[4] during the first half of the 2020 Primera B, going back to La Calera in July 2020.[2][5]

International career

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After being called up to training microcycles of the Chile senior team by both Reinaldo Rueda[6] and Martín Lasarte,[7] he made his international debut at the friendly match against Bolivia on March 26, 2021.[8]

Honours

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Club

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Deportes Valdivia

References

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  1. ^ "DEPORTES VALDIVIA ES EL CAMPEÓN DE LA SEGUNDA DIVISIÓN 2015-2016" [DEPORTES VALDIVIA IS THE 2015-16 SEGUNDA DIVISIÓN'S CHAMPION] (in Spanish). ANFP. 8 May 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Erick Wiemberg regresa a Primera División" [Erick Wiemberg returns to Primera División] (in Spanish). CDF. 30 July 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  3. ^ "La Calera cae en los penales frente a Atlético Mineiro y no logra pasar de fase" [La Calera is defeated by penalties by Atlético Mineiro and fails to continue to the next stage] (in Spanish). ANFP. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Erick Wiemberg tras renovar en Deportes Valdivia: Estoy pagando un asunto que no me incumbe" [Erick Wiemberg after renewing with Deportes Valdivia: I'm paying for an issue that does not concern me] (in Spanish). alairelibre.cl. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  5. ^ "¡Vuelve a casa!" [Back to home!] (in Spanish). @ulcsadpoficial. 30 July 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  6. ^ Parker, Matías (12 September 2020). "Erick Wiemberg, lateral de La Calera: "No sabía que Rueda me estaba siguiendo"" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Martín Lasarte inicia su primer microciclo con la Selección Chilena Local". LaRoja.cl. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  8. ^ Barrera, Cristian (27 March 2021). "El uno a uno de Chile: Jiménez, Alarcón y Wiemberg aprueban en la Roja" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
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