Luis Fuentes

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For the Mexican footballer, see Luis Fernando Fuentes. For the Guatemalan wrestler, see Luis Fuentes (wrestler).
Not to be confused with Luis Fuentes (footballer, born 1995).
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fuentes and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.
Luis Fuentes
Personal information
Full name Luis Alberto Fuentes Rodríguez
Date of birth (1971-08-14) 14 August 1971 (age 50)
Place of birth Petorca, Chile
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
Coquimbo Unido
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1998 Coquimbo Unido 156 (12)
1999–2008 Cobreloa 295 (18)
2009 Coquimbo Unido 34 (1)
2010–2011 Deportes Iquique 68 (2)
2012–2014 Coquimbo Unido 77 (2)
Total 630 (35)
National team
1998–2005 Chile 27 (4)
1998 Chile B 1 (0)
Teams managed
2015–2020 Coquimbo Unido (youth)
2020 Cobreloa U21
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Luis Alberto Fuentes Rodríguez (born 14 August 1971) is Chilean former footballer that played as centre back in his years active. His last club was Coquimbo Unido.

International career[]

Fuentes made 24 appearances for Chile from 1998 to 2005.[1] In addition, he played for Chile B against England B on February 10, 1998. Chile won by 2-1.[2]

As a curiosity, he popularized a striking play what was called Culebra (Snake) due to the fact he threw himself to the ground to block Ronaldo in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Brazil on June 6, 2004.[3]

Managerial career[]

While he was a player of Coquimbo Unido, he studied at the INAF (Football National Institute) and graduated as a Football Manager in 2014.[4] So, he has coached the Youth Teams of both Coquimbo Unido[5] and Cobreloa.[6]

Honours[]

Club[]

Cobreloa
Deportes Iquique

Individual[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Luis Fuentes". PartidosdelaRoja (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Inglaterra 1 – Chile 2: Cuando la (otra) Selección venció a Inglaterra". Guioteca.com (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 13 April 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  3. ^ "A 14 años de la 'culebra' de Luis Fuentes, la jugada que 'humilló' a Ronaldo en el Nacional" (in Spanish). Bío-Bío. 8 June 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  4. ^ "El incansable Luis Fuentes: Con 41 años no piensa en el retiro | Emol.com". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 28 April 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  5. ^ "COLEGIO SAN LUIS Y CLUB DE DEPORTES COQUIMBO UNIDO FIRMAN CONVENIO DE COLABORACIÓN". Tamsec (in Spanish). 31 July 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2021. Luis Fuentes, Director Técnico sub 17 y 19 recalcó que es muy relevante poder contar con el Establecimiento San Luis para la formación de los cadetes,
  6. ^ "Cobreloa desvincula a cuerpo técnico de Cadetes en Calama". enlalinea.cl (in Spanish). 17 September 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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