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Luis Pérez (footballer, born 1969)
Chilean footballer and manager From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Luis Alberto Pérez Franco (born 27 January 1969) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a midfielder and current manager.
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Playing career
Pérez joined Colo-Colo youth system in the late 1970s thanks to the former player Bernardo Bello, who met him playing in the Tabancura neighborhood in Las Condes, Santiago. After having little chance to play for the first team, he played on loan at Deportes Valdivia, Deportes Linares, Deportes Arica and Magallanes.[1]
In his homeland, Pérez also played for Coquimbo Unido, Santiago Morning and Unión San Felipe.[2]
Abroad, he played for the French clubs FC Lorient,[3] AS Dompierroise and US Chanay. In the United States, he played for Western Mass Pioneers.[4][5]
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Coaching career
After graduating as football manager at the INAF [es] (National Football Institute), he started a football academy with the Caja de Compensación (compensation fund) Gabriela Mistral what turned into a Colo-Colo Academy.[1]
Pérez worked at the Colo-Colo youth system for eight years, taking part of the training of players such as Vicente Pizarro, Luciano Arriagada, Luis Rojas, Alexander Oroz, among others.[6] In 2017, he joined Municipal Santiago thanks to the former footballers Leonel Herrera and his son of the same name, winning the league title of the Tercera B.
Since then, he also won league titles of the Tercera A with Deportes Linares (2019, 2022) and Trasandino in 2021.[4][6]
Pérez was confirmed as coach of Deportes Linares for the 2023 season.[7] In May 2023, he switched to Provincial Ovalle, becoming the Tercera A champions.[8]
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Honours
As manager
Municipal Santiago
Deportes Linares
Trasandino
Provincial Ovalle
References
External links
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