Marco Antonio Figueroa

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Figueroa and the second or maternal family name is Montero.

Marco Antonio Figueroa

Personal information
Full name	Marco Antonio Figueroa Montero
Date of birth	(1962-02-21) 21 February 1962
Place of birth	San Felipe, Chile
Height
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1979–1983	Unión La Calera	?	(?)
1983–1985	Everton	?	(?)
1986–1990	Monarcas Morelia	133	(55)
1990–1991	América	15	(5)
1992–1993	Cobreloa	?	(?)
1993–1997	Morelia	134	(75)
1997	Celaya	17	(3)
1998	Universidad Católica	?	(?)
International career
1987–1993	Chile	?	(?)
Managerial career
2001	Comunicaciones
2002–2003	Celaya
2003	Salamanca
2004–2005	Celaya
2005	Querétano
2006	UAG Tecos
2006–2007	Morelia
2008	Cobreloa
2009–2010	Universidad Católica
2010	O'Higgins
2011–2012	Everton
2012	Unión San Felipe
2013	Cobreloa
2013–2014	Universidad de Chile
2015–	Cobreloa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marco Antonio Figueroa Montero (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmaɾko anˈtonjo fiɣeˈɾo.a]; born 21 February 1962) is a Chilean former footballer, currently manager. He is commonly known as "El Fantasma" (Spanish word: "The phantom"). Figueroa played as a striker and spent the majority of his playing career at Mexico, after retiring in 1998, at the Chilean powerhouse Universidad Católica, aged 36.

Coaching Career

In January 2001, he debuted as head coach at the Guatemalan successful club Comunicaciones, signing the next season for Atlético Celaya of the Liga de Ascenso, in where Figueroa had two spells, after of direct to Salamanca F.C. of the same country in the 2003 season. Three years later, with abobe steps at Querétaro and UAG Tecos, in September 2006, he signed a contract with Monarcas Morelia, his old club when was player, team in where also was an historic goalscorer during the 1980s and 90s.

Figueroa came back to his homeland in July 2008 signing for Cobreloa, another old club in his career, of this form returning to his country after ten years out in Mexico and Guatemala. After a successful season at the team of Calama, reaching the Clausura Tournament semi–finals, in December of that year, he reached an agreement with Universidad Católica for direct to that team in the next season. At Católica, Figueroa was runner–up the 2009 Clausura Tournament, after a regular season in the last semester, despite of reach the semi–finals of the Apertura Tournament, being also named as the coach of the year according to El Gráfico. The next season, after a regular campaign with Católica in the first part of the league tournament and in the 2010 Copa Libertadores, he was fired of the club, but signed months later for O'Higgins.

On 11 April 2011, Figueroa signed a contract with the Primera B side Everton, replacing to Diego Osella, because the bad results that the Argentine coach reached in the first weeks of the Apertura Tournament of that division. At the club based in Viña del Mar, he was champion of the Clausura Tournament of that level, but not achieved the promotion, after of loss against Unión San Felipe and Rangers. The next season, he was fired from the club.

Honours

Player

Cobreloa

• Chilean Primera División (1): 1992

Individual

• Chilean Primera División Top–scorer (1): 1993
• Monarcas Morelia all-time top scorer (130 goals)

Manager

Universidad Católica

• Clausura Tournament (1): Runner–up 2009

Everton

• Primera B Apertura (1): 2011
• Promotion playoffs (1): Runner-up 2011

Individual

• ANFP Golden Ball (1): Best coach 2009

External links

• Los Reyes del Gol: Marco Antonio Figueroa
• Marco Antonio Figueroa Liga MX stats at Medio Tiempo.com (Spanish)