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Chilean footballer (born 1982)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Valdebenito and the second or maternal family name is Gómez.
Kormac Valdebenito
Personal information
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

  1. Entrevista a Kormac Valdebenito (Sección "Fueron campeones") on YouTube Cruzados: Canal Oficial de Universidad Católica (in Spanish)
  2. "2002 Plantel CAMPEÓN de Club Deportivo Universidad". www.bdfa.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  3. 25 ANIVERSARIO! Deportes Melipilla on Facebook (in Spanish)
  4. "Ficha Estadistica de KORMAC VALDEBENITO". www.bdfa.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  5. "Jorge Alvial, el DT que lleva futbolistas chilenos a Puerto Rico". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 6 March 2006. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  6. "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Sub-17". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  7. ^ Kormac Valdebenito on LinkedIn
  8. "Deportes La Serena ganó la puja y fichó al colombiano Felipe Jaramillo" (in Spanish). TNT Sports Chile. 8 March 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  9. ^ "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.

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