Gary Medel
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.jpg) Medel with Chile in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gary Alexis Medel Soto[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 3 August 1987
(aged 39)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[3] | ||
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder, defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Vasco da Gama | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–2006 | Universidad Católica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2009 | Universidad Católica | 68 | (10) |
| 2009–2011 | Boca Juniors | 46 | (7) |
| 2011–2013 | Sevilla | 78 | (8) |
| 2013–2014 | Cardiff City | 34 | (0) |
| 2014–2017 | Inter Milan | 91 | (1) |
| 2017–2019 | Beşiktaş | 51 | (1) |
| 2019–2023 | Bologna | 96 | (0) |
| 2023– | Vasco da Gama | 3 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007 | Chile U20 | 15 | (0) |
| 2008 | Chile U23 | 8 | (0) |
| 2007– | Chile | 160 | (7) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:30, 4 June 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 08:23, 18 November 2023 (UTC) | |||
Gary Alexis Medel Soto (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈɡaɾi meˈðel]; born 3 August 1987) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Vasco da Gama and the Chile national team as a centre-back and a defensive midfielder.[4]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 4 June 2023[5]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Universidad Católica | 2008 | Chilean Primera División | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4 |
| 2009 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6[b] | 0 | 19 | 1 | ||
| Total | 41 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 47 | 5 | ||
| Boca Juniors | 2009–10 | Argentine Primera División | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 31 | 7 |
| 2010–11 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Total | 46 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 7 | ||
| Sevilla | 2010–11 | La Liga | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[d] | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 2011–12 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2[e] | 0 | 37 | 2 | ||
| 2012–13 | 32 | 6 | 7 | 1 | — | 39 | 7 | |||
| Total | 78 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 94 | 9 | ||
| Cardiff City | 2013–14 | Premier League | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 35 | 0 | |
| Inter Milan | 2014–15 | Serie A | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7[e] | 0 | 44 | 0 |
| 2015–16 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 34 | 1 | |||
| 2016–17 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3[e] | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| Total | 91 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 109 | 1 | ||
| Beşiktaş | 2017–18 | Süper Lig | 25 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8[d] | 0 | 40 | 1 |
| 2018–19 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11[e] | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 51 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 77 | 1 | ||
| Bologna | 2019–20 | Serie A | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 24 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 34 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 31 | 0 | |||
| Total | 96 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 101 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 436 | 22 | 33 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 511 | 23 | ||
- ↑ Includes Copa del Rey, FA Cup, Coppa Italia, Turkish Cup
- ↑ Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
- ↑ Appearances in Copa Libertadores
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
International
Chile
Honours
Individual
- Chilean Footballer of the Year: 2008[7]
- Universidad Católica Footballer of the year: 2008[8]
- Team of Copa Libertadores : 2008[9]
- Team of year in South America: 2009[10]
- Copa América Team of the Tournament: 2015,[11] 2016[12]
Gary Medel Media
Medel playing for Sevilla in 2011
Medel in action against Neymar of Brazil at World Cup 2014
References
- ↑ Inter submit squad for UEL group stages (1 September 2016)Inter Milan. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ↑ 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil List of Players. FIFA.
- ↑ F.C. Inter Player Profiles: Gary Medel. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ↑ Jerrad Peters. Mancini, Melo lead Inter's binary warriors (24 September 2015)Sportsnet. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
- ↑ Gary Medel at Soccerway
- ↑ Chile's long wait for Copa América glory over as Argentina pay the penalty. 2015 Copa América. 4 July 2015. http://www.ca2015.com/en/news/chiles-long-wait-for-copa-america-glory-over-as-argentina-pay-the-penalty/fsm6m1235m9p1bizg5frh3rey. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
- ↑ nacion.cl - Gary Medel fue elegido el mejor futbolista del año. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ↑ Gary Medel fue el mejor del 2008. Fuente: lacatolica.cl Consultado el 14 de enero de 2010. Archived 29 June 2012 at Archive.today
- ↑ Portal de Registro y Autentificación El Mercurio
- ↑ Gary Medel también está en el 'equipo ideal' de América | FÚTBOL | latercera.com Archived 26 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Copa América 2015 - Team of the tournamentCONMEBOL. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
- ↑ Copa América 2016: Awards (27 June 2016)Copa America Organisation. Retrieved 27 June 2016.