Luis Fuentes
Personal information
Full name Luis Alberto Fuentes Rodríguez
Date of birth (1971-08-14) 14 August 1971
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)
International career
1998–2005 Chile 27 (4)
1998 Chile B 1 (0)
Managerial career
2015–2020 Coquimbo Unido (youth)
2020–2023 Cobreloa (youth)
2021 Cobreloa (women)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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 10 February 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 6 June 2004.[3]

Managerial career

While he was a player of Coquimbo Unido, he studied at the INAF (National Football Institute) and graduated as a football manager in 2014.[4]

He has coached the youth teams of both Coquimbo Unido[5] and Cobreloa.[6] In April 2021, he also was confirmed as the coach of Cobreloa women's team.[7] In November 2023, he left Cobreloa.[8]

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 (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.
  7. ↑ "Cobreloa ratificó a Luis Fuentes y Adán Vergara como DT's del fútbol joven y femenino" (in Spanish). TNT Sports Chile. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  8. ↑ "Luis Fuentes deja Cobreloa: "Cuando no te quieren es mejor caminar no más"". enlalinea.cl (in Spanish). 19 November 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
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