{{short description|Chilean footballer (born 1995)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{family name hatnote|Cerda|Woldarsky|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Ivo Cerda | image = | fullname = Ivo Héctor Cerda Woldarsky | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|10|31|df=y}} | birth_place = Santiago, Chile | height = 177 cm | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = Midfielder | youthyears1 = 2007–2014 | youthclubs1 = Universidad Católica | collegeyears1 = 2015–2018 | college1 = Michigan Wolverines | collegecaps1 = 66 | collegegoals1 = 9 | years1 = 2016 | clubs1 = Chicago FC United | caps1 = 7 | goals1 = 1 | years2 = 2017–2018 | clubs2 = Michigan Bucks | caps2 = 7 | goals2 = 2 | years3 = 2019 | clubs3 = Lansing Ignite | caps3 = 27 | goals3 = 0 | club-update = 14 October 2019 }}
'''Ivo Héctor Cerda Woldarsky''' (born 31 October 1995), known as '''Ivo Cerda''', is a Chilean footballer.
==Career== Cerda began his soccer career in the academy system of Chilean professional club Universidad Católica, where he played from 2007 to 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cooperativa.cl |title=Ivo Cerda, jugador de la UC sub 16: "Católica es el equipo de mi vida" |url=https://cooperativa.cl/noticias/deportes/futbol/futbol-joven/ivo-cerda-jugador-de-la-uc-sub-16-catolica-es-el-equipo-de-mi-vida/2011-09-02/113040.html |access-date= |website=Cooperativa.cl |language=Spanish}}</ref> During that time he represented Chile at the 2008 Latin American Volkswagen Youth Cup in Argentina and the 2011 International School Sports Federation World Championship in Brazil. He made his professional debut for Universidad Católica in a friendly game against Deportes Iquique on July 10th, 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-07-10 |title=Fútbol: Franco Costanzo citado por primera vez en la UC para amistoso ante Deportes Iquique |url=https://www.elmostrador.cl/ahora/2013/07/10/futbol-franco-costanzo-citado-por-primera-vez-en-la-uc-para-amistoso-ante-deportes-iquique/ |access-date= |website=El Mostrador |language=es}}</ref>
Cerda played collegiate soccer at the University of Michigan from 2015 to 2018 and served as team captain during the 2017 and 2018 seasons.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ivo Cerda - Men's Soccer |url=https://mgoblue.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster/ivo-cerda/18546 |access-date= |website=University of Michigan Athletics |language=en}}</ref> He was named to the Big Ten All-Tournament Team in 2017. That same year, Michigan won its first Big Ten Regular Season Championship.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Michigan defeats Maryland to win first Big Ten championship {{!}} NCAA.com |url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/soccer-men/article/2017-10-30/mens-soccer-michigan-defeats-no-9-maryland-double-ot-win-first |access-date= |website=www.ncaa.com |language=en}}</ref>
Cerda played professional soccer as a midfielder for Lansing Ignite FC of USL League One in 2019.<ref name="Soccerway">{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/ivo-hector-cerda-woldarsky/351367/ |title=Chile – I. Cerda – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway |website=int.soccerway.com |accessdate=31 March 2019}}</ref> He led the league in interceptions and tackle success ratio.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Weintraub |first=Jason |date=2019-09-20 |title=Cerda, Gomez Key to Lansing's Success |url=https://www.uslleagueone.com/news_article/show/1050665-cerda-gomez-key-to-lansing-s-success |access-date= |website=USL League One |language=en-us}}</ref>
==Personal== In 2016, Cerda was named the University of Michigan Rookie Student-Athlete of the Year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Men's Soccer |url=https://mgoblue.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster/ivo-cerda/18546 |access-date= |website=University of Michigan Athletics |language=en}}</ref> He went on to earn multiple academic honors, including three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2016 - 18), two-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2016, 17), three-time First Team Academic All-District (2016 - 2018), and three-time U-M Academic Achievement Award (2016 - 18).<ref>{{Cite web |title=MGoBlue Men's Soccer - Cerda, Ivo |url=https://mgoblue.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster/ivo-cerda/18546 |access-date= |website=University of Michigan Athletics |language=en}}</ref> He received the Bates Deskins Award in 2018, recognizing the top junior student-athlete in the athletic department and was a finalist for the 2018 National Senior CLASS Award.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ivo Cerda {{!}} Men’s Soccer 2018 {{!}} Senior CLASS Award |url=https://www.seniorclassaward.com/athletes/ivo_cerda#:~:text=At%20the%20university%20level,%20he,at%20the%20University%20of%20Michigan. |access-date= |website=www.seniorclassaward.com}}</ref>
Cerda was selected as a First-Team Academic All-American by College Sports Communicators in both 2017 and 2018, a first in program history.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America® NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Team Announced |url=https://academicallamerica.com/news/2018/12/6/2018-google-cloud-academic-all-america-ncaa-division-i-mens-soccer-team-announced.aspx |access-date= |website=academicallamerica.com |language=en}}</ref>
In May 2021, Cerda was named the sole male recipient of the NCAA's Walter Byers Graduate Scholarship, the organization's highest academic honor.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Svoboda |first1=Kurt |title=Cerda Named 2021 Byers Graduate Scholarship Recipient |url=https://mgoblue.com/news/2021/5/18/mens-soccer-cerda-named-2021-byers-graduate-scholarship-recipient.aspx |website=MGoBlue.com |access-date=17 October 2021}}</ref> Cerda enrolled at Harvard Medical School in the Fall of 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Google Scholar Ivo Cerda |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=0lP8NwQAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao |access-date= |website=scholar.google.com}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{USL League One player|ivo-cerda}} * [https://mgoblue.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=5050 Profile at University of Michigan Athletics]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cerda, Ivo}} Category:1995 births Category:Living people Category:Chilean men's footballers Category:21st-century Chilean sportsmen Category:Chilean expatriate men's footballers Category:Chilean expatriate sportspeople in the United States Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Chicago FC United players Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Category:Lansing Ignite FC players Category:Flint City Bucks players Category:Michigan Wolverines men's soccer players Category:Footballers from Santiago, Chile Category:USL League One players Category:USL League Two players Category:Harvard Medical School alumni
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