Marco Etcheverry
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Marco Antonio Etcheverry Vargas | ||
| Date of birth | September 26, 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Playmaker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1984-1986 | Tahuichi Academy | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1989 | Destroyers | 81 | (17) |
| 1990–1991 | Bolívar | 99 | (29) |
| 1992–1993 | Albacete | 15 | (2) |
| 1994 | Colo Colo | 28 | (8) |
| 1995 | América de Cali | 21 | (0) |
| 1996–2003 | D.C. United | 190 | (34) |
| 1997 | → Barcelona SC (loan) | 13 | (6) |
| 1998 | → Emelec (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 1999 | → Barcelona SC (loan) | ||
| 2001 | → Oriente (loan) | ||
| 2004 | Bolívar | 7 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1989–2003 | Bolivia | 71 | (13) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2009 | Aucas | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Marco Antonio Etcheverry Vargas (born September 26, 1970) is a retired Bolivian footballer, considered one of the greatest Bolivian players of all time. Etcheverry played for D.C. United of Major League Soccer from 1996 to 2003. He helped D.C United win eight trophies during that time, and was nominated to the MLS Best XI in four consecutive seasons from 1996 to 1999.
Etcheverry, nicknamed El Diablo (The Devil).
Etcheverry was trained at Bolivia's Tahuichi Academy, after which he played professionally with Bolivian sides (Destroyers, Bolívar, Oriente Petrolero), Spain (Albacete), Chile (Colo-Colo), Colombia (América de Cali) and Ecuador (Barcelona, Emelec).
Etchverry joined D.C. United of Major League Soccer in its inaugural season of 1996, and led the team to three MLS Cups and was named MLS MVP in 1998. In eight years with the team, Etcheverry played 191 league games, scoring 34 goals and registering 101 assists (the games and assists were DC records). He retired at the end of the 2003 season.
In 2005, he was named to the MLS All-Time Best XI.
On September 23, 2006, Etcheverry was honored at a home game against the New York Red Bulls. During halftime he was put up on the "D.C. United Tradition of Excellence" sign in the stadium. After all of this Etcheverry walked over to the La Barra Brava part of the stadium and did his trademark clap in front of them, he did after every game, win or lose.
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