Sabalero worldwide: Libertadores with Colo Colo, now Kings League champ | OneFootball

The competition that keeps gaining followers has a champion of America as its main figure.

Football, like life, takes many twists and turns. Sergio Verdirame can certainly attest to that: he reached the pinnacle by winning the Copa Libertadores with Colo Colo, and now he is enjoying great success in the Kings League.

Verdirame was one of the Albos’ foreign players in that historic 1991 campaign. The Argentine had arrived from Colón de Santa Fe and got to experience the greatest achievement in the history of the Macul club. These days he is far from traditional football, though not entirely, shining in Gerard Piqué’s up-and-coming league.

Verdirame, Kings League champion

Sergio Verdirame arrived at Colo Colo from the Sabalero, although he did not get much playing time at Estadio Monumental. For that reason, after winning the Copa Libertadores, he moved to Mexican football. There he made a name for himself, playing for renowned clubs such as Morelia, Monterrey, Cruz Azul, and Santos Laguna.

But his true home ended up being with Rayados, and he eventually settled in Monterrey. It is there that, at 55, he owns a restaurant and also works as a coach, managing Aniquiladores in the Kings League. He has been very successful in this league and, in fact, this past weekend he became champion.

“I’m doing very well, I’m in Monterrey, I have a restaurant here. I coach Los Aniquiladores in the Kings League. I was the first coach involved in the Kings League in Europe, and our team moved to Mexico City. I coached Colombia in the Kings League, Gerard Piqué’s league. And we reached the world final against Brazil. I’m very happy. I live in a very beautiful city,” Verdirame told RedGol some time ago.

Thanks to this adventure, he has spent time in Spain, and there he built a relationship with the aforementioned Piqué and Jordi Alba. He has rubbed shoulders with major celebrities not only from the sports world, but also from the streaming world, all part of this league that keeps gaining followers.

“In Spain, getting to know the people I’ve met, becoming friends with Gerard Piqué and Jordi Alba... life has given me so much. I’m very grateful; when I was little, I dreamed of being like them,” he emphasized.

Today, Sergio Verdirame uses the knowledge from his successful career at Colón, Colo Colo, and Monterrey, among others, and brings it to the Kings League. There he took a victory lap with Aniquiladores and hopes to keep racking up success in this steadily growing competition. In his trophy room, he can now place another medal next to his Copa Libertadores champion’s medal.

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