Arturo Vidal

Profile Football Stars | Arturo Vidal | The match was Between Colo Colo and arch-rivals Universidad de Chile. Vidal came on as a late substitute for Gonzalo Fierro. Colo-Colo would go on to win the game 2-1 and win the championship as well. In the following season (2006 Clausura Tournament) he Became a more Important part of the squad and would lead to Colo-Colo Their second championship win in a row. Vidal scored three goals in Colo-Colo's Copa Sudamericana 2006 campaign.

The 2007 Apertura Tournament was Vidal's last with Colo-Colo as he left for Bayer Leverkusen in the summer. The two clubs then Agreed on a fee of $ 11 million with Bayer Leverkusen paying $ 7.7 million for 70% ownership of his contract. His transfer broke the previous record of Matías Fernández's $ 9 million transfer to Villarreal. Upon his return, he scored a goal to break the deadlock in the 4-1 semifinal win over Mainz in the German Cup but Bayer eventually lost to Werder Bremen in the final. The 2010-11 season would be Vidal's last with Bayer. He helped the club to a runner-up finish in the Bundesliga and topped the charts for his club assists with 11 assists, the which was joint second in the league.  After a good 2010-11 season, Vidal was linked with Various clubs, Including Bayer's Bundesliga rivals Bayern Munich.

Vidal represented Chile at the Under-20 level at the 2007 South American Youth Championship in Paraguay where he was the tournament's second top scorer with six goals. During the tournament he played central midfield and helped the team to qualify for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup where Chile finished in third place with two goals Vidal scoring in the tournament, Including the match winner against Portugal in the Round of 16. Vidal made his senior debut in a friendly against Venezuela where Chile won 1-0. He Became a regular under Marcelo Bielsa when fit during 2010 World Cup qualifying, playing in 11 matches and scoring a goal.

Personal information
Full name Arturo Erasmo Vidal Pardo
Date of birth 22 May 1987 (age 24)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1/2 in)
Playing position Midfielder

Club information
Current club Juventus
Number 22

Youth career
Melipilla
Colo-Colo

Senior career
years Team
Colo-Colo 2005-2007 36 (2)
2007-2011 Bayer Leverkusen 117 (15)
2011-Juventus 29 (6)

National team
2007 Chile U-20 13 (8)
2007-Chile 37 (3)

Alexis Sánchez

Profile Football Stars | Alexis Sánchez | On 27 February 2011, Sánchez scored four of seven goals as his team Defeated 7-0 Palermo, playing only the first 52 minutes of the game. This event broke the record he Meant of goals scored by a Chilean player (in a single match) in the Italian Serie A, Thus Spake beating the records set by his countrymen historic Marcelo Salas and Ivan Zamorano. Sánchez made his international debut for his national team against New Zealand in April 2006, Becoming the youngest player ever playing for the national team with only 17 years and four months, and scored his first goal against Switzerland in a 2-1 loss, being also The first goal of the Marcelo Bielsa era. Bielsa during the period, he was Chile's top scorer with 12 goals, surpassing Humberto Suazo's previous record of 11 goals. Alexis Alejandro Sánchez, is a Chilean footballer WHO plays as a forward for FC Barcelona and for the Chilean national team.

Sánchez was born in Tocopilla to a family of Fishermen. His biological father abandoned Sánchez and his family to go work in a mine, leaving Sanchez to help his family out financially from an early age. Sánchez washed cars in a graveyard to earn some money. Being a former amateur football player, Delaigue saw great potential in the young Sánchez. The mayor's decision was a worthwhile one, while playing for Tocopilla in a regional tournament, dominated Sánchez, in one particular match he scored 8 goals.

"Sánchez is very young," said manager Josep Guardiola.  Sánchez returned on 1 November 2011 in an away match against Viktoria Plzeň.  On 14 February 2012, Sanchez scored the first and second UEFA Champions League goals of his career in Barcelona's 3-1 victory against Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

Sánchez made his international debut for his national team against New Zealand on 27 April 2006. Fully recovered now, he led to Chile to the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Becoming the team's star player.
Prior to the 2011 Copa América, Sánchez had scored two goals in four games, against Uruguay and Estonia.

Personal information
Full name Alexis Alejandro Sánchez Sánchez
Date of birth 19 December 1988 (age 23)
Place of birth Tocopilla, Chile
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Forward

Club information
Current club Barcelona
Number 9

Youth career
Cobreloa 2003-2004

Senior career
years Team
Cobreloa 2005-2006 47 (12)
Udinese 2006-2011 95 (20)
Colo-Colo 2006-2007 (loan) 32 (5)
2007-2008 River Plate (loan) 23 (4)
2011 - Barcelona 14 (8)

National team
U20 Chile 2007 12
2006 - Chile 44 (14)

Honours

Club
Colo-Colo
     Chilean Primera División (2): 2006 Clausura, 2007 Apertura
     Copa Sudamericana (1): Runner-up 2006

River Plate
     Primera División de Argentina (1): 2008 Clausura

Barcelona
     Supercopa de España (1): 2011
     UEFA Super Cup (1): 2011
     FIFA Club World Cup (1): 2011

International
     FIFA U-20 World Cup (1): Third place 2007

Individual
     Serie A Player of the Month (1): February 2011
     Serie A Footballer of the Year (1): 2010-11