Ricardo Escobar

Ricardo Escobar
Personal information
Full name Ricardo Antonio Escobar Acuña
Date of birth (1998-03-30) 30 March 1998
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
 Penya Encarnada
Number 4
Youth career
Audax Italiano
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2023 Audax Italiano 35 (0)
2020–2021 → Magallanes (loan) 7 (0)
2021–2022 → Coquimbo Unido (loan) 19 (1)
2023 → Deportes Valdivia (loan) 22 (1)
2024 Deportes Limache 10 (0)
2025 Atlètic Amèrica 6 (0)
2025– Penya Encarnada 20 (0)
International career
Chile U15
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 June 2026

Ricardo Antonio Escobar Acuña (born 30 March 1998) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a defender for Andorran club Penya Encarnada.[1]

Career

A product of Audax Italiano youth system, Escobar was loaned to Coquimbo Unido in the 2021 season.[2]

In 2023, Escobar was loaned to Deportes Valdivia in the Segunda División Profesional de Chile.[3]

In 2024, Escobar joined Deportes Limache in the Primera B.[4]

In January 2025, Escobar moved to Europe and signed with Andorran club Atlètic Amèrica alongside his compatriots Claudio Santis and Daniel Mansilla.[5] In June of the same year, he switched to Penya Encarnada in the Primera Divisió.[6]

Personal life

Escobar studied and got a degree in business management at the same time he played professional football.[7][6]

Honours

Coquimbo Unido

References

  1. ↑ Ricardo Escobar at Soccerway
  2. ↑ "Ricardo Escobar estará a préstamo por un año en @coquimbounido" (in Spanish). Audax Italiano. 4 March 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  3. ↑ @depvaldivia_oficial; (24 February 2023). "INCORPORACIONES 2023" (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 April 2023 – via Instagram.
  4. ↑ Vera, Pablo (8 January 2024). "Limache remece a la B con un bicampeón de América y un ex Independiente". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  5. ↑ Vera, Pablo (28 January 2025). "Tres jugadores chilenos dan el salto y llegan al fútbol de Europa". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  6. 1 2 Arriaza, Bastian (26 June 2025). "Ascendió dos veces en Chile y hoy brilla en Europa: "Mi objetivo es quedarme a vivir acá"". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  7. ↑ "La esforzada historia de la joya de Audax que está a un paso de ser ingeniero comercial". chile.as.com (in Spanish). AS Chile. 25 July 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2021.


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