Aurelio Valenzuela
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aurelio Gerardo Valenzuela Flores | ||
| Date of birth | 2 December 1942 | ||
| Place of birth | Arica, Chile | ||
| Position(s) | Playmaker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1962–1964 | San Luis de Quillota | 75 | (18) |
| 1965–1969 | Santiago Morning | 86 | (24) |
| 1971–1972 | Santiago Morning | ||
| International career | |||
| 1965–1967 | Chile | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1976 | Santiago Morning (interim) | ||
| 1979 | Audax Italiano | ||
| 1984 | Cobresal (youth) | ||
| 1985 | Deportes Iquique | ||
| 1986 | Regional Atacama | ||
| 1988 | Regional Atacama | ||
| 1989 | Deportes Arica | ||
| Guadalajara (youth) | |||
| Toluca (youth) | |||
| 2003 | Nacional Tijuana | ||
| 2011 | Baja California (women) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Aurelio Gerardo Valenzuela Flores (born 2 December 1942) is a Chilean football manager and former player who played as a playmaker.
Playing career[edit]
Born in Arica, Chile, Valenzuela played for two clubs in the Chilean Primera División.[1] He made his professional debut in 1962 with San Luis de Quillota,[2] playing for them until 1964.[3][4] As a member of them, he also faced the English club Stoke City in a friendly match on 3 June 1964.[5]
In 1965, he switched to Santiago Morning until 1969.[6][7] After the team was relegated to the Segunda División in 1969, he moved to play to Mexico thanks to Carlos Reinoso, then a player of América, in place of his compatriots Leopoldo Vallejos and Aurelio Vásquez.[8] Back in Chile, he rejoined Santiago Morning until 1972.[2]
At international level, he was a member of the Chile national team between 1965 and 1967.[2]
Coaching career[edit]
As a football coach, Valenzuela led Santiago Morning,[9] Audax Italiano,[10] Deportes Iquique,[11] Regional Atacama[12] and Deportes Arica in his homeland. In addition, he led the Cobresal youth system in 1984.[13]
In 1986, he took part in the Colegio de Entrenadores de Fútbol de Chile (National Association of Football Managers of Chile).[2]
Once in Mexico, he led Nacional Tijuana in 2003.[14] He also worked in the youth systems of clubs such as Guadalajara and Toluca.[15]
He has also started football academies like Atenea and the namesake, Aurelio Valenzuela[2] and worked with women players like the Baja California state team in the Olimpiada Nacional tournament.[16]
Personal life[edit]
Valenzuela made his home in Querétaro, Mexico.[15]
References[edit]
- ^ "Ariqueños al Profesionalismo". futbolarica.uta.cl (in Spanish). University of Tarapacá. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Academia de Fútbol". Dtav (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "SAN LUIS 0:3 COLO-COLO TORNEO NACIONAL 1963". historiadecolocolo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ Reyes, Luis (23 April 2017). "El arquero de Colo Colo que se fue y regresó en un mismo partido". AS Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ Manzo, Francisco (13 October 2020). "San Luis y los ingleses". Asifuch (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ Sánchez, Eugenio (15 May 1967). "Reinoso, Primer Actor del Triunfo de Audax" (PDF). La Nación (in Spanish). 18, 058. Santiago, Chile: 3. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "COLO-COLO 2:2 SANTIAGO MORNING TORNEO NACIONAL 1968". historiadecolocolo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ Chomsky (6 August 2018). "Aurelio Vásquez, el Toscano". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ "Santiago Morning 1976 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "Audax Italiano 1979 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "DEPORTES IQUIQUE 1:0 COLO-COLO TORNEO NACIONAL 1985". historiadecolocolo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ Márquez, Nicolás (1 November 2021). "Entrevista: Juan Manuel Silva, gerente deportivo de Cobresal: "Siempre ha sido un desafío traer jugadores a El Salvador"". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "1984-1985 – El gran debut y consolidación en Primera". CDCobresal.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "Un Gallo de Tijuana". Semanario ZETA (in Spanish). 4 August 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
Nacional de Tijuana, bajo las órdenes de Sergio Pacheco y Aurelio Valenzuela.
- ^ a b (Rosales, Araceli) Aurelio Valenzuela D.T. Profesional de Fútbol on Facebook (in Spanish). 1 December 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "ES ELIMINADA SELECCIÓN JUVENIL SUPERIOR FEMENIL DE FUTBOL". INDEBC Noticias (in Spanish). 6 June 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2024.