Luis Alberto Fuentes Rodríguez (born 14 August 1971) is Chilean former

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that played as

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in his years active. His last club was

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International career

Fuentes made 24 appearances for Chile from 1998 to 2005. In addition, he played for Chile B against England B on 10 February 1998. Chile won by 2-1. As a curiosity, he popularized a striking play what was called ''Culebra'' (Snake) due to the fact he threw himself to the ground to block

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in the

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match against

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on 6 June 2004.

Managerial career

While he was a player of

, he studied at the

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(Football National Institute) and graduated as a

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in 2014. So, he has coached the Youth Teams of both Coquimbo Unido 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 ...

. In April 2021, he also was confirmed as the coach of Cobreloa women's team.

Honours

Club

;Cobreloa *

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(3): 2003 Apertura, 2003 Clausura, 2004 Clausura ;Deportes Iquique * Primera B (1): 2010 *

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(1): 2010

Individual

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(1): 2004

References

External links

Fuentes at Football-Lineups
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fuentes, Luis 1971 births Living people People from Petorca Footballers from Valparaíso Region Chilean men's footballers Chile men's international footballers C.D. Cobreloa footballers Coquimbo Unido footballers Deportes Iquique footballers Chilean Primera División players Primera B de Chile players 2001 Copa América players 2004 Copa América players Men's association football defenders Chilean football managers