Back
العربية
Gary Medel
Gary Medel · Jimmy Baikovicius, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Person

Gary Medel

b. 1987

Chilean association football player

Born
3 Aug 1987 · Santiago
Part ofChile1546 – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 45 years
  1. 3 Aug 1987BornBorn in Santiago
  2. 2006 – 2009TeamClub Deportivo Universidad Católica
  3. 2007TeamChile men's national football team
  4. 2007TeamChile national under-20 football team
  5. 2008TeamChile men's national under-23 association football team
  6. 2009 – 2011TeamBoca Juniors
  7. 2010Took part2010 FIFA World Cup
  8. 2011 – 2013TeamSevilla FC
  9. 2013 – 2014TeamCardiff City F.C.
  10. 2014Took part2014 FIFA World Cup
  11. 2014 – 2017TeamInter Milan
  12. 2017 – 2019TeamBeşiktaş J.K.
  13. 2019 – 2023TeamBologna F.C. 1909
  14. 2023 – 2024TeamCR Vasco da Gama
  15. 2024 – 2025TeamBoca Juniors
  16. 2025TeamClub Deportivo Universidad Católica

Loading from Wikipedia and Wikidata…

Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1987 – today).

  1. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  2. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  3. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  4. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  5. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  7. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  8. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  9. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  10. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  11. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  12. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  13. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  14. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  15. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  16. 20112011 Norway attacks
  17. 2011Libyan civil war
  18. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  19. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  20. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  21. 2015Paris Agreement
  22. 20182018 FIFA World Cup
  23. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  24. 20212020 Summer Olympics
  25. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
  26. 2023Gaza war
  27. 20242024 Summer Olympics
  28. 20262026 Iran war

Biography

Gary Alexis Medel Soto (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈɡaɾi meˈðel]; born 3 August 1987) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays for Chilean Primera División club Universidad Católica as a centre-back and a defensive midfielder.

Medel has played club football with several teams in numerous countries, starting out with Chilean side Universidad Católica, and later playing for Argentine side Boca Juniors, Spanish side Sevilla, Premier League side Cardiff City, and Italian side Inter Milan, before moving to Beşiktaş in Turkey in 2017. He then moved back to Italy and joined Bologna in 2019.

A full Chilean international with over 160 caps since 2007, Medel has represented the nation at two FIFA World Cups, five Copa América tournaments, and one edition of the FIFA Confederations Cup. He was part of the squad that won the 2015 Copa América (where he was named in the Team of the tournament) and the Copa América Centenario (2016). He was also included in squads that finished fourth at the 2019 Copa América and as the runners-up at the 2017 Confederations Cup.

Text from the Wikipedia article Gary Medel, CC BY-SA 4.0

About this information

Dates and life events come from this person’s Wikidata entry.

We only show events that the sources give a date for. Anything without a date is left out rather than guessed.