Ricardo Antonio Queraltó Alvarado (born 12 January 1976) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Ricardo Queraltó
Personal information
Full name Ricardo Antonio Queraltó Alvarado
Date of birth (1976-01-12) 12 January 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Unión Española
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–2001 Unión Española 99 (34)
1996Deportes Linares (loan)
2001 AC Arezzo
2002 Colo-Colo 1 (0)
2002–2004 Santiago Morning
2004 Mitra Kukar
2005 Deportes Melipilla 22 (0)
International career
2000 Chile 2 (1)
Managerial career
Palestino (youth)
Unión Española (youth)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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A product of Unión Española youth system, Queraltó played for Unión Española, Deportes Linares, Colo-Colo,[1] Santiago Morning and Deportes Melipilla.[2]

Along with Unión Española, he won the 1999 Primera B de Chile and got promotion to the top division, after the club had been relegated in 1998.[3] In the championship, he scored 21 goals.[4]

He also had a stint with Italian club AC Arezzo in 2001.[5] Previously, he had gone to China along with Gabriel Mendoza and the agent of Unión Española, Francisco Ugarte, to sign with Shandong Luneng, but just Mendoza joined the club and Queraltó returned to Chile after three months.[6] In 2004, he also was with Mitra Kukar in 2004, where he coincided with Rodrigo Cuevas as fellow and Hernán Godoy as coach.[7]

International career

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Queraltó made two appearances for the Chile national team in 2000, scoring a goal against Guatemala on 5 February.[8]

Coaching career

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As a football coach, he has worked in the youth ranks of both Palestino[9] and Unión Española.[10]

Honours

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Unión Española

References

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  1. ^ "Historia de Colo-Colo - Torneo de Apertura 2002 - Estadísticas". historiadecolocolo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Ricardo Queraltó". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Historia". cdysunionespanola.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  4. ^ Villaseca, Agustín (18 May 2022). "¡Feliz 125 Aniversario, Unión Española!" (in Spanish). Unión Española. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Queraltó ya puede debutar por Colo Colo". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 27 March 2002. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  6. ^ Abarzúa, Esteban (30 March 2020). "Secretos de camarín" (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Los clubes empezaron a armar sus planteles para el Torneo de Apertura 2005". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 8 January 2005. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Ricardo Queraltó". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  9. ^ "SUB 16: PALESTINO VENCIÓ SIN SOBRESALTOS A EVERTON EN QUILIN" (in Spanish). ANFP. 28 March 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  10. ^ @ueoficial (15 May 2022). "#ClásicodeColonias 🇪🇸🇮🇹 en el Campeonato #FormativoInfantil" (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 September 2022 – via Instagram.
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