Moisés Villarroel (Chilean footballer)

Moisés Villarroel
Personal information
Full name	Moisés Fermín Villarroel Ayala
Date of birth	12 February 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth	Viña del Mar, Chile
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1995–2002	Santiago Wanderers
2003–2008	Colo-Colo
2009–2014	Santiago Wanderers
Total
International career
1997–2005	Chile
Managerial career
2014–2018	Santiago Wanderers (youth)
2018	Santiago Wanderers
2018–2021	Santiago Wanderers (youth)
2021	Santiago Wanderers (interim)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Moisés Fermín Villarroel Ayala (born 12 February 1976) is a Chilean football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.

Career

He played for Colo-Colo, where he was part of the 2006 apertura, 2006 clausura, 2007 apertura, 2007 clausura, 2008 clausura championship teams.

Now he is the captain of Santiago Wanderers club where he started his football

career.

Villarroel's international debut came in a match against Venezuela, which Chile won 6–0 on April 29, 1997. He has capped 34 times and scored 1 goal for the Chile national team between 1997 and 2005, including four games at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He has also represented his country in four Copa América tournaments.

Villaroel has mainly played as a right sided defender and defensive midfielder. He has been described as a tough defensive minded player with a high work-rate.

Coaching career

Santiago Wanderers

Short after retiring in 2014, Villarroel started coaching the youth teams at Santiago Wanderers. On 21 March 2018, Villarroel was appointed as the new manager of Santiago Wanderers.^[1] Until December 2021, he was the manager of Santiago Wanderers' youth setup.^[2]