Francisco Pedraza

Francisco Pedraza
Personal information
Full name Francisco Javier Pedraza Abrilot
Date of birth (1988-07-06) 6 July 1988
Place of birth Viña del Mar, Chile
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Position Right midfielder
Youth career
Everton
Santiago Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2013 Santiago Wanderers 23 (0)
2008 → Unión Quilpué (loan)
2009 → Trasandino (loan)
2010 → Deportes Temuco (loan)
2013 → Deportes Linares (loan) 16 (0)
2014 Chaco Petrolero
2014 EMI
2015–2017 Always Ready
2018 Deportivo FATIC
2019–2020 Unión Maestranza
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francisco Javier Pedraza Abrilot (born 6 July 1988) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a right midfielder.

Career

As a youth player, Pedraza was with Everton and next he moved to Santiago Wanderers,[1] making his debut on 22 July 2007 in a 1–0 win against Universidad Católica.[2] For the team, he made appearances in the top division in both the 2007[3] and the 2011[4][5] seasons.

After stints on loan at Unión Quilpué,[6] Trasandino,[7] Deportes Temuco[8] and Deportes Linares,[1] he emigrated to Bolivia.[6]

In 2014 he moved to Bolivia and played for clubs in the Asociación de Fútbol de La Paz.[2] His first team was Chaco Petrolero,[6] playing after for Escuela Militar Ingeniería (EMI), Always Ready, Deportivo FATIC and Unión Maestranza.[2] In Deportivo FATIC, he coincided with his compatriot Roberto Luco.[9]

Controversies

In October 2012, Pedraza was stabbed in the back in the context of a fight at a party when he was a player of Deportes Temuco.[8]

In 2013, Pedraza was accused of rape when he was a player of Deportes Linares. On 28 July 2021 he was arrested in Bolivia and then extradited to Chile to go on the court case.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "En qué está el caso de exfutbolista de Santiago Wanderers imputado por violación a menor" (in Spanish). Diario El Día. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Francisco PEDRAZA". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  3. ↑ "Wanderers 2007 - Campeonato de Clausura". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  4. ↑ "Wanderers 2011 - Campeonato de Apertura". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  5. ↑ "Wanderers 2011 - Campeonato de Clausura". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  6. 1 2 3 "Piden extradición de futbolista chileno desde Bolivia por presunta violación" (in Spanish). La Tercera. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  7. ↑ "TRASANDINO 3Division". 3Division (in Spanish). 11 March 2009. Archived from the original on 15 March 2009. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  8. 1 2 "Jugador de Wanderers, Francisco Pedraza, fue apuñalado en Temuco". www.eseaene.cl (in Spanish). 12 October 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  9. ↑ Club Deportivo FATIC Zona Deportes Bolivia on Facebook (in Spanish)
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