Rubén Alberto Dundo (born 16 December 1967) is a former Argentine naturalized Chilean footballer who played for clubs of Argentina and Chile.

Rubén Dundo
Personal information
Full name Rubén Alberto Dundo
Date of birth (1967-12-16) 16 December 1967 (age 56)
Place of birth San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
River Plate
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1991 Chaco For Ever
1989–1990Nuvea Chicago (loan)
1992 Magallanes
1993 Rangers
1993 Deportes Melipilla
1994–1995 Huachipato
1995 Audax Italiano
1995 Cortuluá
1996–1997 Fernández Vial
1997 Deportes Iquique
1998–1999 Cobresal
2000 Provincial Osorno
2001–2003 Lota Schwager
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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As a youth player, Dundo was with River Plate[1] before starting to play at a professional level for Chaco For Ever, but moved to Chile where he would represent 14 clubs, including Magallanes, C.D. Arturo Fernández Vial, Cobresal and Huachipato, before he retired.[2] He scored 40 goals in two seasons with Cobresal.[3]

Personal life

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He naturalized Chilean by residence.[4]

Dundo made his home in Chile and has worked as a football coach for the Escuela de Fútbol San Miguel, a football academy in the eponymous commune.[5]

His son, Maxi, who was born in Chile, played football for clubs such as Ferroviarios[6] in Chile and Ital-Inter in Canada.[7]

Honours

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Rangers

Deportes Iquique

Cobresal

Individual

References

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  1. ^ "Qué fue de Rubén Dundo, el goleador "ascensorista" del fútbol chileno y que fue parte de la recordada dupla "Ru-Ru"". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 23 April 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  2. ^ "¿Qué fue del gran goleador de Cobresal, Rubén Dundo?". foxsports.com.ar (in Spanish). 25 January 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  3. ^ "La nueva vida lejos del fútbol del recordado Rubén Dundo". as.com (in Spanish). 17 December 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  4. ^ Recuerdos del Fútbol Chileno Fotos y Vídeos.) Rubén Alberto Dundo (Breve Biografía) on Facebook (in Spanish). 14 October 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Decreto Alcaldicio N° 1145" (PDF). sanmiguel.cl (in Spanish). Municipality of San Miguel. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  6. ^ Inostroza, Paulo (20 December 2018). "Lacroix elige las primeras piezas para Naval 2019". Diario Concepción (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  7. ^ @FutbolistasAXEM (13 December 2019). "Maxi Dundo está en el Ital Inter de la 3ra de #Canadá" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 March 2023 – via Twitter.
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