Carlos Escobar (footballer, born 1989)

Carlos Humberto Escobar Ortiz (born 24 December 1989)(Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkaɾlos eskoˈβaɾ]), is a Chilean footballer who plays as a striker for Deportes Concepción.

Not to be confused with Carlos Escobar (footballer, born 1990).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Escobar and the second or maternal family name is Ortíz.
Carlos Escobar
Personal information
Full name Carlos Humberto Escobar Ortiz
Date of birth (1989-12-24) 24 December 1989
Place of birth Coquimbo, Chile
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Deportes Concepción
Youth career
2001–2005 Coquimbo Unido
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2011 Coquimbo Unido 58 (16)
2007 → Deportes Temuco (loan) 13 (2)
2012–2015 O'Higgins 40 (6)
2014–2015 → Cobresal (loan) 30 (2)
2015–2017 San Luis 54 (19)
2017–2018 Universidad de Concepción 11 (0)
2018 → San Luis (loan) 17 (1)
2019 Cobresal 13 (1)
2020–2022 Deportes Temuco 84 (21)
2023 Sport Huancayo 28 (4)
2024– Deportes Concepción 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 January 2024

Club career

Escobar in 2012 signed for O'Higgins from Coquimbo Unido. On 10 December 2013, he won the Apertura 2013–14 with O'Higgins. In the tournament, he played in 9 of 18 matches.[1]

In 2014, he won the Supercopa de Chile against Deportes Iquique.[2]

He participated with the club in the 2014 Copa Libertadores where they faced Deportivo Cali, Cerro Porteño and Lanús, being third and being eliminated in the group stage. [3]

He signed with Sport Huancayo for the 2023 season.[4]

In 2024, he returned to Chile and joined Deportes Concepción in the Segunda División Profesional.[5]

International career

He was part of a Chile under-25 squad in a training session led by Claudio Borghi in May 2011, alongside his teammates in Coquimbo Unido, Nicolás Ortiz and Carlos Ross.[6][7]

Personal life

He is the cousin of the brothers Luciano[8] and Darwin Araya Escobar,[9] both footballers from the Coquimbo Unido youth system.

Honours
O'Higgins
Cobresal
Individual
  • Medalla Santa Cruz de Triana: 2014

References
  1. "El cielo se tiñó de celeste: ¡O'Higgins campeón!".
  2. "O'higgins Ganó la Supercopa al Vencer a Deportes Iquique".
  3. "O'Higgins se quedó en blanco con Lanús y fue eliminado de la Copa Libertadores".
  4. "Chileno Carlos Escobar es nuevo delantero de Sport Huancayo". Ovación Corporación Deportiva (in Spanish). 26 December 2022.
  5. "Deportes Concepción anunció el regreso a Chile del delantero Carlos Escobar". PrimeraBChile.cl (in Spanish). 30 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  6. "Claudio Borghi nomina a 28 jugadores para selección de Primera B". BioBioChile (in Spanish). Radio Bío-Bío. 2 May 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  7. "Selección sub 25 cumplió su primera práctica bajo el mando de Claudio Borghi". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 16 May 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  8. "Luciano Araya". www.ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  9. "Darwin Araya :: Darwin Alejandro Araya Escobar ::". www.ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 September 2022.
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