Hugo Rubio

At the age of 16, Rubio joined amateur club Club Internacional Atlético Comercio. The club is from Talca and was founded by Rubio's grandfather Aurelio Mortecinos Carrasco. The club paid him $100 per goal he scored. In 1978, he joined the youth system of Rangers de Talca. He also spent time on loan with San Javier, another youth squad. In 1979, Rubio had an offer to sign with Chilean club San Luis Quillota, an established team. However, he decided to stay with Rangers since he was studying at the time at Universidad Católica de Talca (1978–1981). His first two professional goals came on 6 August 1979 in the '63 and '80 minutes. In 1981, he helped Rangers gain promotion to Chilean First Division. He became very popular among the Rangers supporters during his time with the club. His good form piqued the interest of Chilean club Cobreloa, who would be playing in the Copa Libertadores. Cobreloa signed Rubio in 1982 and went on to place as runner-up in 1982 Copa Libertadores. In 1982, he won the Chilean national title. He stayed with the club until 1985. During his time with Cobreloa he made a name for himself in all of Chile. Rubio's good form led him to be loaned to Spanish club CD Málaga, where he would score seven goals in the season of 1985–1986. He was then sold to Chilean club Colo-Colo. He immediately showed his good football once again. In 1988, he was sold for, at the time, a record amount to Italian side Bologna. The profits Colo-Colo received for Rubio helped finish…

His international career began in 1983 and lasted until 1991. His two biggest accomplishments with La Roja were the second place in the 1987 Copa América in Argentina and the third place in 1991 Copa América in Chile. He played 36 games and scored 12 goals for La Roja.

Rubio is the son of Ildefonso Rubio, a historical goalkeeper of Rangers de Talca. His sons, Eduardo, Matias and Diego are or were professional footballers. Eduardo and Diego have been internationals with Chile, while Matías was a Chile international at under-20 level.

Cobreloa

Copa Libertadores runner-up: 1982 Chilean Primera División: 1982, 1985 Colo-Colo

Chilean Primera División: 1986, 1991, 1993, 1996 Recopa Sudamericana: 1992 Copa Interamericana: 1992 Copa Chile: 1996