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Name
Gary Medel

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Born
1987 (37 years old)

Birth Place
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Conchalí, Chile

Position
Defensive Midfield

Status
Active

Ethnicity
Hispanic

Team Number
17

Height
1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)

Weight
141 lbs

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Vibra Futbol

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Player Manager ID
75000560

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Soccer

Team
Universidad Católica

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League
Chile Primera Division

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Description

Gary Alexis Medel Soto (Spanish pronunciation: ; born 3 August 1987) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Vasco da Gama and the Chile national team 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.

Season Stats
2 appearances in the current 2025 Season