Eduardo Rubio

Club

Rubio made his debut for Universidad Católica in 2002 against Unión Española. After five years with Universidad Católica, Rubio left Chile at the beginning of 2007 for Mexico to play for Cruz Azul. In Mexico, Rubio went through a horrible time only playing nine times and never finding the back of the net. At the end of 2007 Rubio returned to Chile on a yearlong loan, to play for Colo-Colo where he enjoyed modest success. On 19 July 2008, it was announced he had signed for Swiss Super League Champions FC Basel on a one-year loan, with the option of a permanent takeover. He joined Basel's first team for their 2008–09 season under head coach Christian Gross. Rubio played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game in the St. Jakob-Park on 23 July. He came on substitute for Fabian Frei as Basel won 1–0 against Grasshopper Club. He made his full debut on 2 August in a 2–0 defeat to FC Sion at Stade Tourbillon and he was shown the yellow card for a rude foul in the 26th minute. He scored his first league goal for the team the following week, on 9 August. It was the last goal of the game as Basel won 4–0 at home against FC Vaduz. Basel joined the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League in the second qualifying round and with an aggregate score of 5–3 they eliminated IFK Göteborg. Rubio made first European appearance in a Basel shirt on 13 August 2008 as a substitute in Champions League Qualifying match against Vitória de Guimarães at Estádio D. Afonso Henriques,…

He graduated as Football Manager at the Instituto Nacional del Fútbol (National Football Institute) and began his managerial career in Colo-Colo at under-12 level in 2017. After an outbreak of COVID-19, he replaced Gustavo Quinteros and managed Colo-Colo in the Chilean Primera División match against Audax Italiano on 28 October 2021. Rubio left Colo-Colo in August 2025 and moved to the United States to work for Sonny G Academy.

Rubio studied engineering as well as playing professional football. He is also known as Pajarito and Edu and is the son of former Chilean international player Hugo "Pájaro" Rubio and the grandson of Ildefonso Rubio, a historical goalkeeper of Rangers de Talca. His brothers Matías and Diego are professional footballers. In 2011, Rubio married the Chilean actress and former participant of the second season of the dating show Amor Ciego (Blind Love), Javiera de Rosas.

Universidad Católica

Chilean Primera División: 2005 Clausura Colo-Colo

Chilean Primera División: 2007 Clausura