Erick Pulgar

Erick Antonio Pulgar Farfán (born 15 January 1994) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays for Serie A side Fiorentina. Mainly a defensive midfielder, he can also play as a defender.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Pulgar and the second or maternal family name is Farfán.

Erick Pulgar

Personal information
Full name	Erick Antonio Pulgar Farfán
Date of birth	(1994-01-15) 15 January 1994
Place of birth	Antofagasta, Chile
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1 ^1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team	Fiorentina
Number	78
Youth career
	Deportes Antofagasta
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2014	Deportes Antofagasta	38	(2)
2014–2015	Universidad Católica	35	(7)
2015–2019	Bologna	100	(10)
2019–	Fiorentina	38	(7)
National team^‡
2015–	Chile	17	(1)
Honours Representing  Chile Winner Copa América Centenario 2016
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:17, 2 August 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 June 2019

Club career

Deportes Antofagasta

Born in Antofagasta, Pulgar started playing 6 years in South West Miramar club. At 15 he was invited to a championship Minera Escondida, Playa Blanca juice for where was the 'professional' Carlos Carcamo, who approached the young player to come to try to cadets. In Miramar played Antofagasta created but newcomer was winger and left back. It was in the 16 sub center where he lay until now. Debuted in 2013 and then ah been a regular in the series. He is a tall, fast and loose player that covers the defense very well. He also has good passing game despite his thin body fight strongly above. In 2014 the decommissioning stressed again and this caught the revelation player of the season.[1]

Universidad Catolica

On 28 June 2014, Deportes Antofagasta confirmed the transfer of Pulgar to Universidad Católica, for $400,000 US dollars for 70% of the player's rights. Pulgar signed a three-year contract.[2]

Pulgar was the most outstanding player on a bad Universidad Católica half of 2014. After the arrival of Mario Salas starts playing in the position of the midfielder, where a prominent, even converting two goals in three games

Bologna

On 20 August 2015, Italian club Bologna signed Pulgar from Universidad Católica on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee.[3] He was given the number 5 shirt. On 11 January 2019, Pulgar extended his contract until 30 June 2022.[4]

Fiorentina

On 9 August 2019, Pulgar signed for Fiorentina.[5]

International career

At the 2019 Copa America, Pulgar scored a goal in Chile's opening match against Japan.[6] This was his first goal for the national side.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 2 August 2020[7]

Club	Season	League	League		Cup		Europe		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Antofagasta	2011	Primera B	1	0	–		–		–		1	0
	2012	Primera División	0	0	3	0	–		–		3	0
	2013		5	2	6	0	–		–		11	2
	2013–14		32	0	0	0	–		–		32	0
	2014–15		0	0	2	0	–		–		2	0
	Total		38	2	11	0	0	0	0	0	49	2
Universidad Católica	2014–15	Primera División	35	7	3	1	2	0	–		40	8
Bologna	2015–16	Serie A	13	0	0	0	–		–		13	0
	2016–17		27	1	3	0	–		–		30	1
	2017–18		32	3	1	0	–		–		33	3
	2018–19		28	6	2	0	–		–		30	6
	Total		100	10	6	0	0	0	0	0	106	10
Fiorentina	2019–20	Serie A	38	7	4	0	–		–		42	7
Career total			211	26	24	1	2	0	0	0	237	27

International goals

Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first.

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	17 June 2019	Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil	Japan	1–0	4–0	2019 Copa América

Honours

International

Chile

• Copa América: 2016
• Copa America 4 place (copper medals):2019[8]

References

1. "erick pulgar el jugador relevacion" (in Spanish). 5 May 2014. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
2. "Erick Pulgar se suma a Universidad Catolica" (in Spanish). 4 July 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
3. "UFFICIALE: Bologna, preso Pulgar dall'Universidad Catolica" (in Italian). 20 August 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
4. "UFFICIALE: Bologna, rinnovo fino al 2022 per il cileno Pulgar" (in Italian). Retrieved 12 January 2019.
5. "UFFICIALE: Pulgar è un nuovo giocatore della Fiorentina". Retrieved 9 August 2019.
6. "Alexis Sánchez scores first goal since January as Chile beat Japan". Guardian. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
7. "Erick Pulgar". Soccerway.com.
8. https://copaamerica.com/en/regulations/

External links

• Erick Pulgar at Soccerway