Gustavo Poirrier

Gustavo Poirrier
Personal information
Full name Gustavo Eduardo Poirrier Silva
Date of birth (1964-05-27)27 May 1964
Place of birth Valparaíso, Chile
Date of death 4 January 2003(2003-01-04) (aged 38)
Place of death Queens, New York, United States
Position Attacking midfielder
Youth career
Deportes Recreo
Orompello
Santiago Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1990 Santiago Wanderers 150 (9)
1991 Unión Española 6 (1)
1992–1997 Deportes Temuco 142 (13)
1998 Deportes Concepción 26 (0)
1999 Deportes Puerto Montt 16 (0)
2001–2003 Chilean New York – (–)
International career
1996 Chile 2 (0)
Managerial career
2001–2003 Colo-Colo NY
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gustavo Eduardo Poirrier Silva (born 27 May 1964 – 4 January 2003) was a Chilean football player who played as an attacking midfielder.

Early years

Born in Valparaíso, Chile, Poirrier was with clubs Deportes Recreo and Orompello before joining the Santiago Wanderers youth ranks. He made his professional debut in the 2–0 home victory against Lota Schwager in the 1982 Segunda División on 16 January 1983. They got promotion to the Primera División in the same season.[1][2] Relegated to the Segunda División again, Poirrier helped them to return to the top division in the 1989 season.[3][4]

Following Santiago Wanderers, Poirrier joined Unión Española for the 1991 Primera División[5] and switched to Deportes Temuco the next season. He spent 6 six years with them, becoming a historical player.[1][6][7]

Poirrier ended his career with Deportes Concepción[8] and Deportes Puerto Montt[9] in 1998 and 1999, respectively.[1]

Following his retirement, Poirrier emigrated to New York in 2001 and represented an amateur club made up by Chilean immigrants called Chilean New York.[1]

International career

Poirrier earned two caps for the Chile national team under Xabier Azkargorta in 1996.[10]

Coaching career

Settled in the United States, Poirrier served as coach for a Colo-Colo academy based in New York.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Fernández, Ricardo (4 January 2023). "Un día como hoy fallece Gustavo Poirrier". Golazo FM (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 August 2026.
  2. ↑ Toro, Germán. "Gustavo POIRRIER". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 August 2026.
  3. ↑ Toro, Germán. "Wanderers en Campeonato de Segunda División 1989". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 August 2026.
  4. ↑ Marambio, Luis (June 2010). VALPARAÍSO Y WANDERERS: COSMOPOLITAS Y PIONEROS (PDF) (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: University of Chile. pp. 158, 159. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
  5. ↑ "Union Española 1991 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 August 2026.
  6. ↑ "Club de DEPORTES TEMUCO". Fútbol en América (in Spanish). 1 December 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
  7. ↑ Reyes, Luis (25 November 2015). "Formaciones que hicieron historia". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 August 2026.
  8. ↑ "Club Social y de DEPORTES CONCEPCIÓN". Fútbol en América (in Spanish). 28 March 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
  9. ↑ "Puerto Montt 1999 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 August 2026.
  10. ↑ "Gustavo Poirrier". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 August 2026.
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