José Santos Arias González (22 January 1928 – 4 September 2012), known as José Santos Arias, was a Chilean

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player who played as a

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and manager.

Career

Arias joined Colo-Colo after taking part in a championship in the Estadio Nacional as a member of the team of

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from Victoria city. As a player of Colo-Colo, he made fifty-three appearances and scored nine goals in the Chilean top division from 1950 to 1952. In 1953, he switched to the traditional rival, Universidad de Chile, becoming the fifth player to make it directly after

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, Pedro Hugo López, Jorge Peñaloza and

Javier Mascaró Carlos Javier Mascaró Vildósola (24 July 1934 – unknown), known as Javier Mascaró, was a Chilean football manager and a goalkeeper. Playing career A goalkeeper, Mascaró is one of the few players who have played for the three greatest club ...

. For them, he made twenty-seven appearances and scored four goals at league level. His last club was Green Cross in 1955.

Coaching career

Considered a

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's disciple, at youth level he worked for clubs such as Green Cross, with whom he began his career, Colo-Colo,

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, Deportes La Serena, among others. He also coached the Chile under-20 team at both the

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and the 1974 South American Championships. At senior level, he coached clubs such as and Universidad Técnica in the second level. In the top division, he led

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(1968),

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(1971), Colo-Colo as interim (1974), Santiago Morning (1978–79) and Deportes La Serena (1990–91). He also won the Cuarta División in 1984 and got the promotion to the

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with Soinca Bata. In 1973, he coached the Chile national amateur team with views to the

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, previous to the

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. As a football teacher, he was one of the founders of the Football Managers Association of Chile and gave classes alongside colleagues such as Pedro Morales and Eddio Inostroza.

Personal life

He graduated as a teacher at the normal school of Victoria, where he coincided with

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and

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, who were footballers and managers later.

Honours

Soinca Bata * Cuarta División: 1984

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Arias, Jose Santos 1928 births 2012 deaths People from Bío Bío Province Footballers from Biobío Region Chilean men's footballers Chilean Primera División players Colo-Colo footballers Club Universidad de Chile footballers Club de Deportes Green Cross footballers Men's association football forwards Chilean football managers Chilean expatriate football managers Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador Expatriate football managers in Ecuador Chile national under-20 football team managers Chile national football team managers Primera B de Chile managers Chilean Primera División managers Rangers de Talca managers Audax Italiano managers Colo-Colo managers Santiago Morning managers Deportes La Serena managers Deportes Melipilla managers