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SANTIAGO.- With many fresh young faces, Marcelo Bielsa embarks this January 18th upon the Chilean National Team's Asian tour.
At 12:00 PM today, the coach for the Chilean team announced the roster of players who will travel to Japan. The list includes only one athlete who plays for a foreign club: midfielder Mathias Vidangossy of the Spanish club "Almería".
The rest of the players that were chosen all play for local teams, including two stand-out players from the recent tournament finalist, the University of Concepción.
The roster includes the following players:
- Miguel Pinto, Universidad de Chile
- Cristopher Toselli, Universidad Católica
- Gonzalo Jara, Colo Colo
- Gonzalo Fierro, Colo Colo
- Roberto Cereceda, Colo Colo
- Fernando Meneses, Colo Colo
- Eduardo Rubio, Colo Colo
- Hans Martínez, Universidad Católica
- Gary Medel, Universidad Católica
- Pablo González, Universidad Católica
- Osvaldo González, Universidad de Concepción
- Manuel Iturra, Universidad de Chile
- Marco Estrada, Universidad de Chile
- Pedro Morales, Universidad de Chile
- Carlos Villanueva, Audax Italiano
- Fabián Orellana, Audax Italiano
- Jean Beausejour, Cobreloa
- Mathias Vidangossy, Almería (Spain)