title: Miguel Ángel Gamboa
text: # Miguel Ángel Gamboa
  
  Miguel Ángel Luis Gamboa Pedemonte (born June 21, 1951) is a former football striker from Chile.
  
  ## Career
  
  He represented his native country at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, wearing the number 21 jersey. He also played for several clubs in Chile, including Universidad de Chile and Colo Colo, and in Mexico for Tecos UAG, where he coincided with his compatriot Mario Maldonado, and América.
  
  ## Post-retirement
  
  Gamboa has coached the Rapanui national football team. He also led the Chile beach soccer team in the 2009 South American Championship, where he called up some retired professional footballers such as Rodrigo Sanhueza, Rodrigo Cuevas, Cristian Olivares, Jorge Torres and Carlos Medina.
  
  He has taken part in friendly matches along with historical players of Universidad de Chile such as Cristián Castañeda, Patricio Mardones, Martín Gálvez, among others.
  
  