Kormac Sidney Valdebenito Gómez (born 1 February 1982) is a Chilean former football player who played as a midfielder.

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

Club career

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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,[1] with whom he won the Chilean Primera División title in 2002 Apertura.[2]

In Chile he also played for Deportes Melipilla,[3] Deportes Puerto Montt and Unión Española.[4]

Abroad he played for USL First Division clubs Virginia Beach Mariners and Puerto Rico Islanders, where he was recommended by Jorge Alvial.[5]

International career

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He represented Chile at under-17 level in the 1999 South American Championship.[6]

Post-retirement

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He graduated as a football manager at the INAF [es] (National Football Institute).[7]

He works as a football agent,[7] having been the representative of players such as Felipe Jaramillo,[8] Jean Beausejour, Marco Estrada, Carlos Carmona, among others.[9]

In 2010, he also worked as Sport Manager of Sportverein Jugendland Fussball from Peñaflor in the Chilean Tercera B, with Eduardo Bonvallet as coach.[9]

Honours

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Universidad Católica

Deportes Melipilla

References

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  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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "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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