title: Moisés Villarroel (Chilean footballer)
text: # Moisés Villarroel (Chilean footballer)
  
  Moisés Fermín Villarroel Ayala (born 12 February 1976) is a Chilean football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.
  
  ## Career
  
  He played for Colo-Colo, where he was part of the 2006 apertura, 2006 clausura, 2007 apertura, 2007 clausura, 2008 clausura championship teams.
  
  Now he is the captain of Santiago Wanderers club where he started his football
  
  career.
  
  Villarroel's international debut came in a match against Venezuela, which Chile won 6–0 on April 29, 1997. He has capped 34 times and scored 1 goal for the Chile national team between 1997 and 2005, including four games at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He has also represented his country in four Copa América tournaments.
  
  Villaroel has mainly played as a right sided defender and defensive midfielder. He has been described as a tough defensive minded player with a high work-rate.
  
  ## Coaching career
  
  ### Santiago Wanderers
  
  Short after retiring in 2014, Villarroel started coaching the youth teams at Santiago Wanderers. On 21 March 2018, Villarroel was appointed as the new manager of Santiago Wanderers. Until December 2021, he was the manager of Santiago Wanderers' youth setup.
  
  ## Personal life
  
  He is the father of the professional footballer Martín Villarroel who is a product of the Santiago Wanderers youth system.
  
  ## Honours
  
  ### Club
  
  **Santiago Wanderers**
  
  * Segunda División de Chile (1): 1995
  * Primera División de Chile (1): 2001
  
  **Colo-Colo**
  
  * Primera División de Chile (5): 2006-A, 2006-C, 2007-A, 2007-C, 2008-C
  