Eduardo Guillermo Bonvallet Godoy (13 January 1955 – 18 September 2015) was a Chilean

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who played as a

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and later developed a sportscasting career. He was best known for his strong and rather harsh commentaries on Chilean football players, coaches and managerial structures. Bonvallet had put himself forward repeatedly for the position of coach for the national team. Bonvallet had experience training university-level teams, such as Universidad Gabriela Mistral.

Playing career

Club

He played for local giants

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and Universidad Católica and had spells in the NASL with

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and

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International

Bonvallet made his international debut in 1979, earning a total of 24 caps, but no scoring. He represented his country in one

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match and played in three games at the

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Managerial career

In 2007, Bonvallet was appointed manager of Deportivo Temuco (owned by Nehuen S.A.). The club was in difficulties, losing many games before Bonvallet took charge. This was his first chance to manage a professional team in the second division but success eluded him, Temuco being relegated to the Chilean third division. In 2010, he assumed as coach of Sportverein Jugendland Fussball from Peñaflor in the Chilean Tercera B, with Kormac Valdebenito as the Sport Manager.

Media career

Bonvallet had also coined a lot of insulting words and phrases in

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, which became popular on his show TVO Channel thanks to the involuntary aid of another one, Caiga Quién Caiga. Some of his notorious phrases were: *¡Avíspate re-huevón! (React, dumbass!) *¡Desconchetumadrízate! (Un-motherfucker-ize yourself!) *¡Ahuevonado al máximo! (Dumbass to the max!) *¡Feo, mamón y no sabís nada! (Ugly! Pussy! And you don't know anything!) *¡Grita huevón, grita! (Scream idiot! Scream!) *¡O eres monje, fakir o guerrero, o sencillamente te pierdes! (You must be either a

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, a

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or a

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or you will simply get confused!) *¡Tienen que comer carne! (They have to eat meat!) He was on trial several times for publicly insulting managers, politicians, businessmen, etc. During his last years he earned considerable support, proclaiming himself "''El gurú''" ("The

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").

Titles

Personal life and death

His son, , played football at professional level as a

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for both

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and

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and has continued on a career in the media and social networks like his father. His daughter, Daniela, is a journalist who was an elected member for the

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, Santiago, in 2021. In June 2008, it was reported that there was a physical altercation between Bonvallet and former Chilean footballer

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. The location was a

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ice cream shop located in the commune of Las Condes. Witnesses reported that there was a fist fight after the two had an exchange of words. In 2011, Bonvallet was diagnosed with

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. However, in late 2012 he announced he had beaten the illness but was required to undergo

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for at least another year. On 18 September 2015, Bonvallet was found dead by hanging using a belt at Nogales Hotel in the kitchen of room 213. Local news report he was suffering from depression.

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