Hugo Tassara Olivares (14 February 1924 – 12 February 2016) was a Chilean former football

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Career

Born in

Iquique Iquique () is a port city and commune in northern Chile, capital of both the Iquique Province and Tarapacá Region. It lies on the Pacific coast, west of the Pampa del Tamarugal, which is part of the Atacama Desert. It has a population of 191, ...

, Chile, Tassara had a short career as a football goalkeeper, playing for the teams of

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, María Elena and

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. At professional level, he was a substitute of Mario Ibáñez for 3 years in

Universidad de Chile The University of Chile ( es, Universidad de Chile) is a public research university in Santiago, Chile. It was founded on November 19, 1842, and inaugurated on September 17, 1843.

. Next, he worked in the youth system of the club and also in the

Colo-Colo Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo () is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano they play in the Chilean Primera División, from which they have never been relegated. The team has pla ...

youth system in 1955. After managing

in his country of birth, winning two titles in 1958 and 1963, Tassara came to Costa Rica in 1959, joining

Alajuelense Liga Deportiva Alajuelense (LDA, ), commonly known as Alajuelense and nicknamed La Liga (), is a Costa Rican multisport club based in the borough of El Llano, Alajuela, Alajuela province. Although they compete in a number of different sports, Ala ...

and winning two consecutive titles in 1959 and 1960. He coached the same team in three other steps, in addition to

Herediano Club Sport Herediano (), commonly known as Herediano and nicknamed El Team, is a Costa Rican multisport club based in Heredia, Heredia province. Although they compete in a number of different sports, Herediano is mostly known for its association ...

in 1969 and Cartaginés in 1979. He coached

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and the Panama national team. He has been one of the five Chileans who have managed the Panama national team along with

Óscar Rendoll Gómez Óscar Rendoll Gómez (born 26 August 1916) was a Chilean football manager. He has been one of the five Chileans who have managed the Panama national team along with Óscar Suman (1949), Néstor Valdés (1969), Hugo Tassara (1972–1973) and ...

(1946–47/1951–52), Óscar Suman (1949), Néstor Valdés (1969–1970) and

Renato Panay Luis Renato Panay Pérez (4 November 1922 – unknown), known as Renato Panay, was a Chilean people, Chilean association football, football Manager (association football), manager. Career Club Panay had a prolific career in South America and Pan ...

(1976–1977). In the

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s and

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s, he worked as Director of the

youth system.

Other works

In addition to work as a football coach, he also was a fitness coach, instructor, author, normal teacher,

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, sport journalist,

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and painter. As a fitness coach, he worked in

and

Saprissa Deportivo Saprissa is a Costa Rican sports club, mostly known for its football team. The club is based in San Juan de Tibás, San José, and play their home games at the Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá. The team's signature colours are purple ...

. He graduated as a normal teacher in

, Chile, and next he studied

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, beginning his teaching career in María Elena in 1952. As a football coach, he started football academies in Costa Rica, Chile, Colombia, Perú, Venezuela and Guatemala, adding TV instructive programs. In addition, he recorded brief technical lessons for the Costa Rican TV and radio media. Always in Costa Rica, he worked as a columnist and TV

for local games and

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s since 1970, earning the award "Best Football Commentator" in 1993. Previously in Chile, he had worked as a radio sports journalist and became the first Chilean play-by-play commentator after conveying the match

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versus Switzerland in the

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. As an author, he published books focused in teaching for kids such as ''Una Manera de Pensar el Fútbol'' (A Way to Plan Football), ''Realidad y Fantasía del Fútbol Total'' (Reality and Fantasy of Total Football), ''Guía Práctica del Fútbol'' (Football Practical Guide), ''Fútbol Total'' ( Total Football), ''Entrenamiento del Niño Futbolista'' (Football Kid Training) and ''Fútbol Simplemente'' (Just Football).

Personal life

Tassara liked to live in Costa Rica because of calm of the country and the behavior of the native people. His children were born in Chile, but they naturalized Costa Rican.

Honours

Club

;Colo-Colo *

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: 1958 *

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: 1963 ;Alajuelense *

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(2): 1959, 1960 * Campeón de Campeones de Costa Rica:

Individual

* Best Football Commentator of Costa Rica: 1993

References

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