Mauricio Salvador Segovia Piffaut, (born December 30, 1977) is a Chilean former football (soccer) defender.

Mauricio Segovia
Personal information
Full name Mauricio Salvador Segovia Piffaut
Date of birth (1977-12-30) 30 December 1977 (age 46)
Place of birth Punta Arenas, Chile
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1994–1997 Universidad Católica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2004 Universidad Católica 63 (3)
1999Unión Española (loan) 0 (0)
2000–2001Deportes Antofagasta (loan) 0 (0)
2004–2006 Palestino 40 (0)
2006–2007 Puerto Rico Islanders 43 (0)
2008 Carolina Railhawks 22 (0)
2009 Provincial Osorno 25 (0)
2010 Curicó Unido 13 (1)
2011 Deportes Puerto Montt 24 (2)
2012–2013 San Marcos 45 (3)
2013–2014 Magallanes 11 (0)
Total 286 (9)
Managerial career
2014–2015 Magallanes U17
2015–2018 Curicó Unido (assistant)
2018–2019 Deportes La Serena (assistant)
2020–2021 Rangers (assistant)
2021 Deportes Valdivia (assistant)
2021 Deportes Valdivia (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He last played for San Marcos de Arica. He spent nine seasons in the Chilean First Division and two with the Puerto Rico Islanders of USL-1 before transferring to the RailHawks in 2008.

Club career edit

Segovia began his career as a youth player with Universidad Católica in 1994. In 1997, he moved up to the first team and remained with it until he transferred to Unión Española in 1999. He then spent a single season with them and another single season with Antofagasta in 2000–2001.

He was back at Universidad Católica in 2001 and remained until 2004 when he moved to Palestino. In 2006, he left Chile to sign with the Puerto Rico Islanders of the USL First Division. He was the 2006 USL-1 Defender of the Year and a first team All Star. In 2008, he moved to the Carolina RailHawks. In 2009, he moved to Provincial Osorno in the second division from Chile

Coaching career edit

Following his retirement as a football player, Segovia began coaching at the Magallanes at the under-17 level from 2014 to 2015. Next. He has worked as an assistant coach for several clubs in Chile.[1] On 12 September 2021, he coached Deportes Valdivia as a caretaker after Luis Marcoleta, the head coach, couldn't make it.[2]

Honours edit

Club edit

Universidad Católica
Unión Española
San Marcos de Arica

References edit

  1. ^ Mauricio Segovia on LinkedIn
  2. ^ Vargas, Guido (12 September 2021). "DEPORTES VALDIVIA REENCANTA A SU HINCHADA CON TRIUNFO CATEGÓRICO SOBRE COLINA". Rumbo a Primera (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 July 2022.

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