Eduardo Antonio Furniel Arriagada (born 2 January 1956), commonly known as Eduardo Fournier, is a

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

an former

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who played at both professional and international levels before becoming a coach.

Career

Playing career

Born in

Talca Talca () is a List of cities in Chile, city and Communes of Chile, commune in Chile located about south of Santiago, Chile, Santiago, and is the capital of both Talca Province and Maule Region (7th Region of Chile). As of the 2012 census, the ...

, Fournier played as a

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for clubs including

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 ...

and

Cobreloa Club de Deportes Cobreloa S.A.D.P. (), commonly referred to as Cobreloa, is a Chilean football professional club based in Calama, Región de Antofagasta, Chile. That competes in the Primera B. The club's home ground is the Estadio Zorros del ...

. Fournier represented

at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

. Fournier also made one appearance for Chile in the 1987 Pan-American games.

Coaching career

After retiring as a player, Fournier became a football coach and managed a number of Chilean club sides including

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and

. From 2008 to 2017, he worked as goalkeeping coach of

Santiago Wanderers Club de Deportes Santiago Wanderers is a football club based in Valparaíso, a founding member of the Chilean Football Federation. Their home ground, Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, is in the north-west of the city. Wanderers have played their ...

Personal life

His son, Gianni Furniel, also known as Gianni Fournier, is a former professional footballer who played as a defender for

Rangers de Talca Club Social de Deportes Rangers is a Chilean football club based in the city of Talca. The club was founded November 2, 1902 and plays in the second level of the Chilean football system. Their home games are played at the Fiscal stadium, which ha ...

and

Fernández Vial Fernández () is a Spanish surname meaning "son of Fernando". The Germanic name that it derives from (Gothic: ''Frið-nanð'') means "brave traveler." The Portuguese version of this surname is Fernandes. The Arabized version is ''Ibn Faranda'' ...

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* * 1956 births Living people Chilean people of French descent People from Talca Chilean footballers Chile international footballers C.D. Aviación footballers Deportes Concepción (Chile) footballers Cobreloa footballers C.D. Arturo Fernández Vial footballers Universidad de Chile footballers Provincial Osorno footballers Audax Italiano footballers Chilean Primera División players Primera B de Chile players Association football goalkeepers Chilean football managers Rangers de Talca managers Cobreloa managers Chilean Primera División managers Footballers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Chile Pan American Games medalists in football Pan American Games silver medalists for Chile Footballers at the 1987 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games {{Chile-footy-goalkeeper-stub