In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Valdebenito and the second or maternal family name is Gómez.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kormac Sidney Valdebenito Gómez | ||
Date of birth | (1982-02-01) 1 February 1982 (age 42) | ||
Place of birth | Valdivia, Chile | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1995–2011 | Universidad Católica | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2001–2004 | Universidad Católica | 12 | (1) |
2004 | Deportes Melipilla | 0 | (0) |
2005 | Deportes Puerto Montt | ||
2005 | Virginia Beach Mariners | ||
2005–2006 | Deportes Melipilla | 1 | (0) |
2006 | Puerto Rico Islanders | 19 | (5) |
2007 | Unión Española | 1 | (0) |
International career | |||
1999 | Chile U17 | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Kormac Sidney Valdebenito Gómez (born 1 February 1982) is a Chilean former football player who played as a midfielder.
Club career
Born in Valdivia, Valdebenito came to Universidad Católica youth system in 1995, after being watched by Jorge Alvial, a football agent, in a championship in his city of birth called Mundialito (Little World Cup), joining the first team thanks to coach Juvenal Olmos in 2001, with whom he won the Chilean Primera División title in 2002 Apertura.
In Chile he also played for Deportes Melipilla, Deportes Puerto Montt and Unión Española.
Abroad he played for USL First Division clubs Virginia Beach Mariners and Puerto Rico Islanders, where he was recommended by Jorge Alvial.
International career
He represented Chile at under-17 level in the 1999 South American Championship.
Post-retirement
He graduated as a football manager at the INAF (National Football Institute).
He works as a football agent, having been the representative of players such as Felipe Jaramillo, Jean Beausejour, Marco Estrada, Carlos Carmona, among others.
In 2010, he also worked as Sport Manager of Sportverein Jugendland Fussball from Peñaflor in the Chilean Tercera B, with Eduardo Bonvallet as coach.
Honours
Universidad Católica
Deportes Melipilla
References
- Entrevista a Kormac Valdebenito (Sección "Fueron campeones") on YouTube Cruzados: Canal Oficial de Universidad Católica (in Spanish)
- "2002 Plantel CAMPEÓN de Club Deportivo Universidad". www.bdfa.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- 25 ANIVERSARIO! Deportes Melipilla on Facebook (in Spanish)
- "Ficha Estadistica de KORMAC VALDEBENITO". www.bdfa.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- "Jorge Alvial, el DT que lleva futbolistas chilenos a Puerto Rico". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 6 March 2006. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Sub-17". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- ^ Kormac Valdebenito on LinkedIn
- "Deportes La Serena ganó la puja y fichó al colombiano Felipe Jaramillo" (in Spanish). TNT Sports Chile. 8 March 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- ^ "Kormac Valdebenito: "Necesitábamos de una persona con un trabajo serio"". www.triunfo.cl (in Spanish). La Nación. 11 January 2010. Archived from the original on 9 February 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
External links
- Kormac Valdebenito at WorldFootball.net
- Kormac Valdebenito at BDFA (in Spanish)
- Kormac Valdebenito at PlaymakerStats
- 1982 births
- Living people
- People from Valdivia
- Chilean men's footballers
- 21st-century Chilean sportsmen
- Chilean expatriate men's footballers
- Chile men's youth international footballers
- Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers
- Deportes Melipilla footballers
- Deportes Puerto Montt footballers
- Virginia Beach Mariners players
- Puerto Rico Islanders players
- Unión Española footballers
- Chilean Primera División players
- Primera B de Chile players
- USL First Division players
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Puerto Rico
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Expatriate men's footballers in Puerto Rico
- Men's association football midfielders
- Chilean football managers
- Association football agents