title: Adolfo Esparza
text: # Adolfo Esparza
  
  Adolfo Alejandro Esparza Tapia (born 22 August 1969) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a forward.
  
  ## Club career
  
  A product of Universidad Católica youth system, Esparza made his debut in the 1989 season. In the Chilean Primera División, he also played for Deportes Iquique (1990), Cobresal (1991), Coquimbo Unido (1993–1996) and Provincial Osorno (2000).
  
  In the second level, he played for Rangers de Talca (1992), O'Higgins (1997), Everton (1998) and Deportes Linares (1999).
  
  Esparza also had a stint abroad in the French football.
  
  ## International career
  
  Esparza represented Chile at under-20 level in the 1988 South American Championship.
  
  ## Personal life
  
  Esparza graduated as a child care technician thanks to a program from the Integra Foundation, a Chilean state institution. He has served as driver of Jardín Sobre Ruedas (Kindergarten On Wheels) in the O'Higgins Region, a programme that provides education to children who lives far away from cities. Prior to this, he got a degree in sports coaching at AIEP Institute.
  
  In football, he has worked as coach for the football academy of Universidad Católica based in Coltauco, O'Higgins Region.
  
  