Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nelson Maximiliano Bustamante Lorca | ||
Date of birth | 23 December 1992 | ||
Place of birth | San Bernardo, Santiago, Chile [1] | ||
Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Shadow-striker, attacking midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
2007 | Universidad Católica | ||
2007–2011 | Brescia | ||
2011–2012 | Bologna | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2012–2013 | Lecce | 4 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Matera | 2 | (0) |
2016 | Verbania | 11 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Virtus Bolzano | 15 | (1) |
2017 | Santiago Morning | 10 | (2) |
2018 | Barnechea | 5 | (0) |
Total | 47 | (3) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Nelson Maximiliano Bustamante Lorca (born 23 December 1992) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a forward. [2] [3]
Bustamante was born in San Bernardo, Chile, and developed a passion for football from his father, who played for a local team. [4] As a child, he would tell his father that he was going to mow lawns for money, but would instead go to dribble a football on the local streets, earning money from passers-by. [4] In 2007, while performing on a street corner, he was spotted by Chilean investigative news show Contacto , run by Canal 13, and following the report, he was taken on by a group of businessmen, including agent René Curiaz and former footballer Frank Lobos. [4] [5] [6]
Curiaz and Lobos offered him to top-flight Chilean sides Colo-Colo and Universidad Católica, and he spent some time with the latter, but as they were unable to provide growth hormone treatment for his growth hormone deficiency, [7] the same condition that afflicted his idol, Lionel Messi, he opted to move to Italy, joining the academy of Brescia. [4] In 2011, he was released by Brescia, who deemed his short stature not an appropriate height to progress as a professional footballer, and he joined Bologna, though he only spent six months with the club before again being released. [5] [6]
In October 2012, he joined Lega Pro Primera Divisione side Lecce, with the club's managing director, Antonio Tesoro, stating that he was a "great talent", comparing him to Argentine player Maximiliano Moralez. [8] [9] He made his professional debut shortly after joining, playing in Lecce's 1–0 Coppa Italia Lega Pro win over Nocerina on 18 October. [10] The following month, he scored his first goal for the club in Lecce's 5–1 Coppa Italia Lega Pro win against Aprilia. [5] [11]
By May 2013, Bustamante found himself training separately from the Lecce first team. [12] He was released by the club, and went on to join fellow Lega Pro side Matera the following summer. [13] In December 2015, having been released by Matera, he returned to his native Chile, with the hope of finding a club to join. [6] However, he returned to Italy in August of the following year, having failed to join a club in Chile, and joined Serie D side Verbania. [14] Four months later, in December 2016, he moved to fellow Serie D side Virtus Bolzano.
In July 2017, after fifteen league appearances and one goal with Virtus Bolzano, Bustamante returned to Chile, signing with Primera B de Chile side Santiago Morning. [15] He scored his first goal for the club on 7 August of the same year, the only goal in a 1–0 win against Unión La Calera. [16] The following season he moved to fellow Primera B side Barnechea. [17] At the conclusion of the 2018 season, Bustamante decided to retire from football and spend time playing football for his neighbourhood's teams. [18]
During his playing career, Bustamante was nicknamed the "Chilean Messi" after Argentine footballing legend Lionel Messi, due to the two sharing a similar stature.
Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Lecce | 2012–13 | Lega Pro Prima Divisione | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 [a] | 1 | 6 | 1 |
Matera | 2014–15 | Lega Pro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Verbania | 2016–17 | Serie D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
Virtus Bolzano | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | ||
Santiago Morning | 2017 | Primera B de Chile | 10 | 2 | 2 [b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
Barnechea | 2018 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
Career total | 47 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 51 | 4 |
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Nelson Maximiliano Bustamante Lorca | ||
Date of birth | 23 December 1992 | ||
Place of birth | San Bernardo, Santiago, Chile [1] | ||
Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Shadow-striker, attacking midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
2007 | Universidad Católica | ||
2007–2011 | Brescia | ||
2011–2012 | Bologna | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2012–2013 | Lecce | 4 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Matera | 2 | (0) |
2016 | Verbania | 11 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Virtus Bolzano | 15 | (1) |
2017 | Santiago Morning | 10 | (2) |
2018 | Barnechea | 5 | (0) |
Total | 47 | (3) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Nelson Maximiliano Bustamante Lorca (born 23 December 1992) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a forward. [2] [3]
Bustamante was born in San Bernardo, Chile, and developed a passion for football from his father, who played for a local team. [4] As a child, he would tell his father that he was going to mow lawns for money, but would instead go to dribble a football on the local streets, earning money from passers-by. [4] In 2007, while performing on a street corner, he was spotted by Chilean investigative news show Contacto , run by Canal 13, and following the report, he was taken on by a group of businessmen, including agent René Curiaz and former footballer Frank Lobos. [4] [5] [6]
Curiaz and Lobos offered him to top-flight Chilean sides Colo-Colo and Universidad Católica, and he spent some time with the latter, but as they were unable to provide growth hormone treatment for his growth hormone deficiency, [7] the same condition that afflicted his idol, Lionel Messi, he opted to move to Italy, joining the academy of Brescia. [4] In 2011, he was released by Brescia, who deemed his short stature not an appropriate height to progress as a professional footballer, and he joined Bologna, though he only spent six months with the club before again being released. [5] [6]
In October 2012, he joined Lega Pro Primera Divisione side Lecce, with the club's managing director, Antonio Tesoro, stating that he was a "great talent", comparing him to Argentine player Maximiliano Moralez. [8] [9] He made his professional debut shortly after joining, playing in Lecce's 1–0 Coppa Italia Lega Pro win over Nocerina on 18 October. [10] The following month, he scored his first goal for the club in Lecce's 5–1 Coppa Italia Lega Pro win against Aprilia. [5] [11]
By May 2013, Bustamante found himself training separately from the Lecce first team. [12] He was released by the club, and went on to join fellow Lega Pro side Matera the following summer. [13] In December 2015, having been released by Matera, he returned to his native Chile, with the hope of finding a club to join. [6] However, he returned to Italy in August of the following year, having failed to join a club in Chile, and joined Serie D side Verbania. [14] Four months later, in December 2016, he moved to fellow Serie D side Virtus Bolzano.
In July 2017, after fifteen league appearances and one goal with Virtus Bolzano, Bustamante returned to Chile, signing with Primera B de Chile side Santiago Morning. [15] He scored his first goal for the club on 7 August of the same year, the only goal in a 1–0 win against Unión La Calera. [16] The following season he moved to fellow Primera B side Barnechea. [17] At the conclusion of the 2018 season, Bustamante decided to retire from football and spend time playing football for his neighbourhood's teams. [18]
During his playing career, Bustamante was nicknamed the "Chilean Messi" after Argentine footballing legend Lionel Messi, due to the two sharing a similar stature.
Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Lecce | 2012–13 | Lega Pro Prima Divisione | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 [a] | 1 | 6 | 1 |
Matera | 2014–15 | Lega Pro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Verbania | 2016–17 | Serie D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
Virtus Bolzano | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | ||
Santiago Morning | 2017 | Primera B de Chile | 10 | 2 | 2 [b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
Barnechea | 2018 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
Career total | 47 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 51 | 4 |