Arturo Norambuena
Personal information
Full name Arturo Andrés Norambuena Ardiles
Date of birth (1971-11-24) 24 November 1971
Place of birth Valdivia, Chile
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Universidad Austral
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996 Iberia
1997 Santiago Morning 20 (4)
1998 Universidad de Concepción
1999 Audax Italiano 31 (12)
2000–2003 Universidad Católica 110 (49)
2004 Quilmes 3 (0)
2004–2005 Cobreloa 41 (10)
2006 Puerto Rico Islanders 21 (5)
International career
2001–2003 Chile 5 (1)
Managerial career
2015 Cobresal
2017–2018 Barnechea
2019 Deportes Valdivia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Arturo Andrés Norambuena Ardiles (born 24 November 1971) is a retired Chilean footballer who played as forward and current manager.

Playing career

Norambuena represented the team of Universidad Austral before playing professional football, being well-known by his stint with Universidad Católica.[1]

Norambuena also was involved with Chile's national set-up.

Coaching career

Deportes Valdivia

On 27 August 2019, Norambuena was appointed manager of Deportes Valdivia.[2] However, after a period with bad results, he was fired on 2 October 2019.[3]

Personal life

Norambuena graduated in forestry in Universidad Austral de Chile. Because of this, he was nicknamed El Ingeniero del Gol (The Goal Engineer) while he was a footballer.[1]

Norambuena is the cousin of the brothers Iván and Mauricio Hernández Norambuena, former guerrilla fighters of the political-military organization FPMR (Frente Patriótico Manuel Rodríguez), who played football for club Orompello from Valparaíso as defenders, winning the regional championship,[1] and after took part in the 1977 Amateur Youth National Championship in Pedro de Valdivia nitrate works representing the Valparaíso city team alongside fellows such as Juan Carlos Letelier, later a Chile international, and Jaime Zapata, later a professional goalkeeper.[4] Later, Iván played for Quintero Unido and Mauricio for Iván Mayo.[1]

Honours

Club

Universidad Católica
Cobreloa

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Arcos, Cristián (31 July 2023). "El "comandante Ramiro" y su primo Arturo Norambuena". ADN (in Spanish). ADN Radio Chile. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  2. ↑ Deportes Valdivia anunció a Arturo Norambuena como sucesor de Pedro González, alairelibre.cl, 27 August 2019
  3. ↑ Continúan los despidos... Arturo Norambuena no va más en Valdivia y ya son 23 los técnicos cesados entre la A y B, emol.com, 2 October 2019
  4. ↑ "FPMR Fútbol Club". Revista Qué Pasa (in Spanish). 31 March 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
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