Mauricio Aros

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Mauricio Aros
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Personal information
Full name	Mauricio Fernando Aros Bahamóndez
Date of birth	March 9, 1976 (1976-03-09) (age 32)
Place of birth	Punta Arenas, Chile
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	U. de Concepción
Number	6
Youth clubs
	Deportes Concepción
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995-1997 1998-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004 2005-2006 2007-present	Deportes Concepción Universidad de Chile Feyenoord Rotterdam Maccabi Tel Aviv Al-Hilal Club Deportivo Huachipato Cobreloa Universidad de Concepción	63 (3) 103 (3) 5 (0) 15 (0) ? (?) 15 (1) 60 (5) 44 (7)
National team2
1998-2004	Chile	30 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 February 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 7 June 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Mauricio Fernando Aros Bahamóndez (born 9 March 1976) is a Chilean football player, who currently plays midfielder for Universidad de Concepción.

[edit] Career

He began his career in the youth squads of Deportes Concepción and debuted as a professional in 1995. In 1998, Aros left the club for Universidad de Chile and won two Primera Division Chilean Championships and two Copa Chile trophies with the club.

In 2001, he signed for Dutch club Feyenoord. He won UEFA Cup 2001-02 with the club, but did not receive regular playing time. In 2002, Aros was loaned to Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv and in 2003 he was loaned to Saudi club Al-Hilal.

In the middle of 2004, Aros contract expired and he returned to Chile to play for Huachipato. He than moved to Cobreloa for two years.

In the Clausura 2007 tournament, Universidad de Concepción made the finals of the playoffs and lost to Colo-Colo.

[edit] International

Aros made his international debut for Chile on April 29, 1998 against Lithuania. He was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup with Chile. He only played in one game at the '98 World Cup, which was in the Round of 16 match versus Brazil. Aros participated in three Copa América's (1999, 2001, and 2004). In the 1999 Copa América, Chile made it to the semifinals against Uruguay. The game went to penalties and Aros missed the second penalty shot, which would prove to be the decisive penalty for Chile. Chile went on to lose the third place game versus Mexico. His last international match was against Costa Rica on July 14, 2004 in a group match of the Copa América 2004. Aros finished his international career with 30 caps.

[edit] Titles

Season	Club	Title
1998	Universidad de Chile	Copa Chile Champion
1999	Universidad de Chile	Primera Division Chile Champion
2000	Universidad de Chile	Copa Chile Champion
2000	Universidad de Chile	Primera Division Chile Champion
2002	Feyenoord Rotterdam	UEFA Cup Champion

Mauricio Aros international tournaments v • d • e Chile squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup 1 Tapia • 2 Castañeda • 3 Fuentes • 4 Rojas • 5 Margas • 6 Reyes • 7 Parraguez • 8 Acuña • 9 Zamorano • 10 Sierra • 11 Salas • 12 Marcelo Ramírez • 13 Neira • 14 Miguel Ramírez • 15 Villarroel • 16 Aros • 17 Vega • 18 Musrri • 19 Cornejo • 20 Estay • 21 Barrera • 22 Tejas • Coach: Acosta v • d • e Chile squad - Copa América 1999 1 Marcelo Ramírez • 2 Palacios • 3 Miguel Ramírez • 4 Rojas • 5 Margas • 6 Reyes • 7 Parraguez • 8 Acuña • 9 Zamorano • 10 Sierra • 11 Salas • 12 Tapia • 13 Vargas • 14 Cartes • 15 Villarroel • 16 Aros • 17 Nuñez • 18 González • 19 Valencia • 20 Estay • 21 Contreras • 22 Pizarro • Coach: Acosta v • d • e Chile squad - Copa América 2001 1 Vargas • 2 Pozo • 3 Maldonado • 4 Henríquez • 5 Fuentes • 6 Reyes • 7 Pérez • 8 Osorio • 9 Navia • 10 Neira • 11 Valenzuela • 12 Toro • 13 Corrales • 14 Aros • 15 Montecinos • 16 Rojas • 17 Villarroel • 18 Villaseca • 19 Galdames • 20 Núñez • 21 Barra • 22 Tapia • Coach: García v • d • e Chile squad - Copa América 2004 1 Bravo • 2 Álvarez • 3 L. Fuentes • 4 Pérez • 5 Ramírez • 6 Acuña • 7 Valenzuela • 8 Millar • 9 S. González • 10 Jiménez • 11 M. González • 12 Varas • 13 I. Fuentes • 14 Villarroel • 15 Mancilla • 16 Cisternas • 17 Mirosevic • 18 Meléndez • 19 Olarra • 20 Aros • 21 Figueroa • 22 Galaz • Coach: Olmos