Fredy Segura
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fredy Eduardo Segura Donoso | ||
| Date of birth | 5 January 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Cabildo, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Liverpool de Cabildo | |||
| 1993 | Cabildo (city team)[2] | ||
| 1994–1996 | Huachipato | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–1998 | Huachipato | 5 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | → Hutt City (loan) | ||
| 1999 | Universidad Católica | 0 | (0) |
| 1999 | Universidad Católica B | – | (–) |
| 2000 | Provincial Osorno | 25 | (1) |
| 2001 | Rangers | 25 | (0) |
| 2002–2007 | Universidad de Concepción | 208 | (3) |
| 2008 | Cobresal | 34 | (0) |
| 2009 | Deportes La Serena | 12 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Fredy Eduardo Segura Donoso[3] (born 5 January 1977), frequently and wrongly named Freddy Segura, is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
Career
Born in Cabildo, Chile,[3] Segura joined the Huachipato youth system in 1994, was promoted to the first team in 1997 under Andrija Perčić and made his professional debut against Santiago Wanderers in the same year. For the 1997–98 season, he moved on loan to New Zealand alongside his compatriot Patricio Almendra to play for Hutt City in the National Summer Soccer League.[4][2][5]
Back in Chile, Segura joined Universidad Católica in 1999 and played for the B-team in the Chilean Tercera División.[2] He continued with Provincial Osorno[6] and Rangers de Talca[7] the next two years in the Primera División.
A historical player of Universidad de Concepción,[8] Segura joined them in 2002 in the Primera B,[9] got the promotion to the top division in the same season and left them in 2007. As a member of them, he took part in both the 2004 Copa Libertadores[10] and the 2004 Copa Sudamericana[11] and became the runner-up in the 2007 Torneo Clausura as the team captain alongside players such as Jorge Valdivia and Jean Beausejour.[2][5]
His last clubs were Cobresal[12] and Deportes La Serena in 2008 and 2009, respectively.[2]
References
- ^ "Freddy Segura". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 May 2025.
- ^ a b c d e "Ex compañero de Beausejour y Valdivia ahora ayuda a niños con problemas de salud mental". www.observador.cl (in Spanish). 15 May 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
- ^ a b "Fredy Eduardo Segura Donoso (Chile, 5 de enero de 1977)" (in Spanish). Cabildo, la pasión de un pueblo. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
- ^ Díaz, Sebastián (23 February 2018). "Patricio Almendra: Una vida de esfuerzo y fútbol". La Tribuna (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 May 2025.
fichando por el Lower Hutt City de Nueva Zelanda. "Mi representante me ofreció la posibilidad de ir... conmigo fue Freddy Segura
- ^ a b "Ex seleccionado y compañero de Jorge Valdivia ahora es enfermero en psiquiatría infantil". Meganoticias (in Spanish). 7 May 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
- ^ "PLANTEL 2000". Todos Toros!! (in Spanish). 27 January 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
- ^ "Chile se prepara con victoria ante Rangers". EMOL (in Spanish). 11 November 2001. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
- ^ "Universidad de Concepción: El estudiante superdotado". www.emol.com (in Spanish). El Mercurio. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
- ^ Hunchrise, Rodrigo (29 July 2006). "Plantel del Club Deportivo Universidad de Concepción en 2002". www.clubdeportivo.udec.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 May 2025.
- ^ "La Libertadores 2004 marca su vida". www.economiaynegocios.cl (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
- ^ "Wanderers y U. de Concepción clasificaron a la Copa Sudamericana". EMOL (in Spanish). 5 August 2004. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
- ^ "2008". Club Deportes Cobresal (in Spanish). 16 July 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
External links
- Fredy Segura at Soccerway
- Fredy Segura at BDFA (in Spanish)