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Vega was born in Pueblo Nuevo neighborhood from [[Iquique]] and played for the local club, Unión Pueblo Nuevo.<ref name=”emol”>{{cite web |title=Qué fue de Héctor “Caldillo” Vega, el futbolista chileno que se ganó el Loto hace casi 20 años |url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/Deportes/2020/05/08/985563/Hector-Vega.html |website=Emol |publisher=[[El Mercurio]] |access-date=12 August 2022 |language=es |date=9 May 2020 |archive-date=24 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524075843/https://www.emol.com/noticias/Deportes/2020/05/08/985563/Hector-Vega.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |
Vega was born in Pueblo Nuevo neighborhood from [[Iquique]] and played for the local club, Unión Pueblo Nuevo.<ref name=”emol”>{{cite web |title=Qué fue de Héctor “Caldillo” Vega, el futbolista chileno que se ganó el Loto hace casi 20 años |url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/Deportes/2020/05/08/985563/Hector-Vega.html |website=Emol |publisher=[[El Mercurio]] |access-date=12 August 2022 |language=es |date=9 May 2020 |archive-date=24 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524075843/https://www.emol.com/noticias/Deportes/2020/05/08/985563/Hector-Vega.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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A product of [[Deportes Iquique]] youth system, he made his debut in 1985. When the club was relegated to the [[Primera B de Chile|second level of the Chilean football]], in 1992 he moved to |
A product of [[Deportes Iquique]] youth system, he made his debut in 1985. When the club was relegated to the [[Primera B de Chile|second level of the Chilean football]], in 1992 he moved to Peru and joined [[Hijos de Yurimaguas|Deportivo Yurimaguas]].<ref name=”emol”/> In Peru, he also played for [[Deportivo Wanka|Deportivo Sipesa]] (1995) and [[Sport Boys]] (1996).<ref>{{cite web |title=El chileno Héctor ‘Caldillo’ Vega jugó en nuestro país, pero se hizo famoso porque ganó una millonaria suma en la lotería, pero no supo administrar su dinero y ahora trabaja en barcos en Iquique |url=https://elbocon.pe/internacional/el-futbolista-que-paso-de-millonario-mendigo-177594/ |website=El Bocón |access-date=12 August 2022 |language=es |date=20 November 2018 |archive-date=22 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122183411/https://elbocon.pe/internacional/el-futbolista-que-paso-de-millonario-mendigo-177594/ |url-status=live }}</ref> To Deportes Iquique, he returned three times: 1993, 1997 and 2001.<ref name=”fernandez”>{{cite web |last1=Fernández |first1=Denís |title=Caldillo vuelve a la orilla |url=https://www.latercera.com/noticia/caldillo-vuelve-a-la-orilla/ |publisher=[[La Tercera]] |access-date=12 August 2022 |language=es |date=7 December 2016 |archive-date=18 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218140354/http://www.latercera.com/noticia/caldillo-vuelve-a-la-orilla/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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After playing for [[S.D. Quito]], in 1999 he returned to Chile and joined [[Santiago Wanderers]] in the [[Primera B de Chile|Primera B]], getting promotion to the [[Chilean Primera División|Primera División]] after the club was the runner-up of the season.<ref name=”emol”/> His last club was [[Everton de Viña del Mar]] in 2002.<ref name=”fernandez”/> |
After playing for [[S.D. Quito]], in 1999 he returned to Chile and joined [[Santiago Wanderers]] in the [[Primera B de Chile|Primera B]], getting promotion to the [[Chilean Primera División|Primera División]] after the club was the runner-up of the season.<ref name=”emol”/> His last club was [[Everton de Viña del Mar]] in 2002.<ref name=”fernandez”/> |
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Chilean footballer
Héctor Luis Vega Astudillo (born 13 December 1967) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder for clubs in Chile, Peru and Ecuador.
Vega was born in Pueblo Nuevo neighborhood from Iquique and played for the local club, Unión Pueblo Nuevo.[1]
A product of Deportes Iquique youth system, he made his debut in 1985. When the club was relegated to the second level of the Chilean football, in 1992 he moved to Peru and joined Deportivo Yurimaguas.[1] In Peru, he also played for Deportivo Sipesa (1995) and Sport Boys (1996).[2] To Deportes Iquique, he returned three times: 1993, 1997 and 2001.[3]
After playing for S.D. Quito, in 1999 he returned to Chile and joined Santiago Wanderers in the Primera B, getting promotion to the Primera División after the club was the runner-up of the season.[1] His last club was Everton de Viña del Mar in 2002.[3]
Vega is well-known by his nickname Caldillo (Fish Soup) what was inherited from his father.[3]
He is the father of the Peruvian-Chilean former professional footballer of the same name Héctor Fabrizzio Vega, who was born in Lima, Peru, when his father played for Deportivo Yurimaguas.[4]
In 2001, he earned 457 millions Chilean pesos by playing Loto, a game of chance.[1] After mismanagement of the award money, he worked as manager of a pizzeria, as a truck driver in the mining industry and in the port of Iquique (ITI).[3]
In the context of COVID-19 pandemic, he and his son started a football academy named “Imperio H” in Iquique, making links with clubs in both Chile and Mexico.[5]
Deportes Iquique
