Ramón Patricio Ávila Castro (born February 20, 1982) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a forward for clubs in Chile and El Salvador.

Ramón Ávila
Personal information
Full name Ramón Patricio Ávila Castro
Date of birth (1982-02-20) February 20, 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Villa Alegre, Chile
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10+12 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1996–2001 Colo-Colo
2001 Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2011 Rangers 124 (20)
2008–2009 Luis Ángel Firpo 8 (4)
2010 Rangers 12 (1)
Total 144 (25)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career edit

Born in Villa Alegre, Chile,[1] Ávila played in the Colo Colo youth teams before joining Rangers de Talca in 2001.[2]

He spent the most part of his career with Rangers, with a stint in El Salvador, where he played for Luis Ángel Firpo[3] and won the league title in 2008.[1] He retired in 2010 while he played for Rangers in the Primera B de Chile.[4]

Personal life edit

In December 2021, he had a heart attack when he was a player of the amateur club 8 1/2 from Talca.[3]

Honours edit

Luis Ángel Firpo

References edit

  1. ^ a b Retamal, Rodrigo (1 March 2017). "Historias fuera del radar: El glorioso paso de Ramón "Moncho" Avila en El Salvador" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  2. ^ Ávila: "Mi meta es rebasar los diez goles" - El Gráfico (in Spanish)
  3. ^ a b "HOSPITALIZARON DE URGENCIA A RAMÓN MONCHO ÁVILA". Vitrina Deportiva (in Spanish). 9 December 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Torneo Fútbol Chileno 2010 - Primera B - Un especial de Emol.com". www.emol.com (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2023.

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