Aurelio Gerardo Valenzuela Flores (born 2 December 1942) is a Chilean

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manager and former player who played as a

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Playing career

Born in

Arica Arica ( ; ) is a Communes of Chile, commune and a port city with a population of 222,619 in the Arica Province of northern Chile's Arica y Parinacota Region. It is Chile's northernmost city, being located only south of the border with Peru. The ...

, Chile, Valenzuela played for two clubs in the

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. He made his professional debut in 1962 with San Luis de Quillota, playing for them until 1964. As a member of them, he also faced the English club

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in a friendly match on 3 June 1964. In 1965, he switched to

Santiago Morning Club de Deportes Santiago Morning (popularly known as Chaguito Morning or Morning) is a Chilean professional football club based in Recoleta, Santiago. They compete in the Primera B. Santiago Morning was one of Primera División de Chile found ...

until 1969. After the team was relegated to the

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in 1969, he moved to play to Mexico thanks to

Carlos Reinoso Carlos Enzo Exzequiel Reinoso Valdenegro (born 7 March 1945) is a Chilean former footballer and manager who recently managed Mexican club UAT. He began his career in the 1960s playing for Audax Italiano in his native Chile. In 1970 Reinoso was ...

, then a player of América, in place of his compatriots

Leopoldo Vallejos Leopoldo Manuel Vallejos Bravo (born July 16, 1944 in Santiago, Chile) is a former Chilean footballer. He played for 6 clubs in Chile and appeared for the Chile national football team at the 1974 FIFA World Cup, held in Germany. Teams * Unive ...

and Aurelio Vásquez. Back in Chile, he rejoined Santiago Morning until 1972. At international level, he was a member of the Chile national team between 1965 and 1967.

Coaching career

As a football coach, Valenzuela led

Audax Italiano Audax Club Sportivo Italiano () is a Chilean football club based in La Florida. Founded in 1910, it plays in the Campeonato Nacional and has spent most of its history in the top tier of Chilean football. Audax has been national champions four t ...

Deportes Iquique Club de Deportes Iquique S.A.D.P. is a Chilean football club based in Iquique that is a current member of the Primera B. Founded in 1978, the club's home stadium is the Estadio Tierra de Campeones, which has a 13,171 capacity. Iquique has spent ...

Regional Atacama Regional Atacama was a Chilean football club based in the city of Copiapó, Atacama Region. The club was founded in 1979, playing a total of six season at the top level of Chilean football during its 18-year existence. In 1998, the club was f ...

and

Deportes Arica Club Deportivo San Marcos de Arica, also known as San Marcos, is a Chilean professional football club based in Arica, that is a current member of the Segunda División. The club was founded on February 14, 1978. Between 1978 and 2005, the club ...

in his homeland. In addition, he led the

Cobresal Club de Deportes Cobresal or simply Cobresal, is a Chilean football club based in El Salvador, Atacama, a Chilean mining camp, and participates in Campeonato Nacional. The team was founded on 5 May 1979, and the name of the club comes from the l ...

youth system in 1984. In 1986, he took part in the Colegio de Entrenadores de Fútbol de Chile (National Association of Football Managers of Chile). Once in Mexico, he led

Nacional Tijuana Club de Fútbol Nacional de Tijuana was a Mexican football team that played in the Primera Division 'A' of before their disappearance. They played their games in the city of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. They managed to be in the Primera ...

in 2003. He also worked in the youth systems of clubs such as

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and

Toluca Toluca , officially Toluca de Lerdo , is the States of Mexico, state capital of the State of Mexico as well as the seat of the Municipality of Toluca. With a population of 910,608 as of the 2020 census, Toluca is the fifth most populous city in M ...

.(Rosales, Araceli
Aurelio Valenzuela D.T. Profesional de Fútbol
on Facebook . 1 December 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2024. He has also started football academies like Atenea and the namesake, Aurelio Valenzuela and worked with women players like the

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state team in the Olimpiada Nacional tournament.

Personal life

Valenzuela made his home in

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, Mexico.

References

External links

DT. Aurelio Valenzuela / Marruecos supero a España en penaltis y avanzó a cuartos de final en Qatar 2022
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