Juan Machuca
Juan de Dios Machuca Valdés is a Chilean football defender who played for [Chile national association football|football team|Chile] in the 1974 FIFA World Cup.
Career
Machuca played all his career for Unión Española, winning the Chilean Primera División titles in 1973, 1975 and 1977. With them, he reached the final match in the 1975 Copa Libertadores.At international level, he made 35 appearances in total for the Chile national team, earning 22 caps in official matches from 1972 to 1977. He was a member of the Chile squad in the 1974 FIFA World Cup.
As a coach, he led Deportes Polpaico in the 1997 Cuarta División, winning the league title. He also coached women's football teams, Lautaro de Buin, among others.