Manuel Suárez (Chilean footballer)

Manuel Antonio Suárez Jiménez (born 28 February 1972) is a Chilean football manager and former player who played as a goalkeeper.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Suárez and the second or maternal family name is Jiménez.
Manuel Suárez
Personal information
Full name Manuel Antonio Suárez Jiménez
Date of birth (1972-02-28) 28 February 1972
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Unión Española
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1992 Unión Española
1992 St. Gallen
1993 Unión Española
1994 Audax Italiano
1995–1996 Unión Española
1997 Unión San Felipe
International career
1994 Chile U23
Managerial career
2010–2011 Universidad Católica (assistant)
2011–2012 Rosario Central (assistant)
2012–2013 San Lorenzo (assistant)
2014 Valencia (assistant)
2015–2016 León (assistant)
2016–2017 Chile (assistant)
2018 Saudi Arabia (assistant)
2022 Cortuluá
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Born in Santiago, Suárez started his career with Unión Española in 1990. He also played for Audax Italiano and Unión San Felipe in his home country, aside from a short spell at Swiss side FC St. Gallen before retiring in 1997.[1] In an international level, he played for the Chile under-23 national team in 1994.[2][3]

Managerial career

After retiring, Suárez started working as a goalkeeping coach until joining Universidad Católica in 2003.[2] In 2010, after Juan Antonio Pizzi was named manager of the club's first team, Suárez was named as his assistant.

Suárez followed Pizzi to Rosario Central,[2] San Lorenzo,[4] Valencia,[5] León[6] and the Chile[7] and Saudi Arabia national teams,[8] always as his assistant. He left the latter in September 2018, and returned to his home country to work at Deportes La Serena as a sports consultant.[9]

On 3 January 2022, Suárez was announced as manager of Categoría Primera A side Cortuluá for the 2022 season.[10] On 2 May, he was sacked.[11]

References
  1. "DT Manuel Suárez a cinco años del título de Chile en la Copa América Centenario: "En ese torneo fuimos de menos a más"" [Manager Manuel Suárez five years from the title of Chile in the Copa América Centenario: "In this tournament we started small"] (in Spanish). ADN Radio. 26 June 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  2. "Manuel Suárez será uno de sus ayudantes" [Manuel Suárez will be one of his assistants] (in Spanish). El Ciudadano. 24 June 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  3. "Conoce a Manuel Suárez, el ayudante chileno de Pizzi" [Know Manuel Suárez, the Chilean assistant of Pizzi] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 5 February 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  4. "FUTBOL-Pizzi asume DT San Lorenzo argentino, pide protagonismo" [FOOTBALL-Pizzi takes over as manager of Argentine San Lorenzo, asks for protagonism] (in Spanish). Reuters. 12 October 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  5. "Valencia hires Juan Antonio Pizzi to replace Djukic". Goal. 26 December 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  6. "Pizzi desea mantener la base del equipo y la intensidad en León" [Pizzi wants to keep the core of the team and its intensity at León] (in Spanish). ESPN. 7 December 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  7. "¿Cómo es el cuerpo técnico de Pizzi?" [How it is Pizzi's technical staff?] (in Spanish). Goal. 5 February 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  8. "El rol clave de los chilenos que acompañan a Pizzi en Arabia" [The key role of the Chilean who accompany Pizzi in Arabia] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  9. "Pizzi despide a su mano derecha, que llega a Deportes La Serena" [Pizzi sacks his right hand, who arrives at Deportes La Serena] (in Spanish). La Tercera. 11 September 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  10. "¡Un equipo de primera!: Cortuluá junto a su nuevo técnico inició la pretemporada 2022" [A top tier team!: Cortuluá started the 2022 pre-season with their manager] (in Spanish). El País. 3 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  11. "Cortuluá se quedó sin DT: el chileno Manuel Suárez Jiménez se fue por malos resultados" [Cortuluá were left without a manager: the Chilean Manuel Suárez Jiménez left due to poor results] (in Spanish). El País. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
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