Luis Alberto Pérez Franco (born 27 January 1969) is a Chilean former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a midfielder and current manager. He is currently in charge of

Provincial Ovalle Provincial Ovalle is a Chilean football team. They currently play in Third Division A of Chilean Football, and have played in Copa Chile The Copa Chile (''Chile Cup'') is an annual cup competition for Chilean football teams. Due to time const ...

Playing career

Pérez joined Colo-Colo youth system in the late 1970s thanks to the former player Bernardo Bello, who met him playing in the Tabancura neighborhood in

Las Condes Las Condes is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. The area is inhabited primarily by upper-mid- to high income families, and known in the Chilean collective consciousness as home to the country's economi ...

, Santiago. After having little chance to play for the first team, he played on loan at

Deportes Valdivia Deportes Valdivia is a Chilean football club in the town of Valdivia, Chile. It currently plays in Segunda División, the third level of Chilean football. The club was founded on June 5, 1983, and re-founded on December 19, 2003. Honours *Chi ...

, Deportes Linares,

Deportes Arica Club Deportivo San Marcos de Arica, also known as San Marcos, is a Chilean professional football club based in Arica, that is a current member of the Segunda División. The club was founded on February 14, 1978. Between 1978 and 2005, the club ...

and

Magallanes Magallanes may refer to: * Ferdinand Magellan (1480–1521), Portuguese explorer who led part of the first expedition around the world * Strait of Magellan, the strait between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, located in Chile Places * Magallane ...

. In his homeland, Pérez also played for Coquimbo Unido, Santiago Morning and Unión San Felipe. Abroad, he played for the French clubs FC Lorient, AS Dompierroise and US Chanay. In the United States, he played for Western Mass Pioneers.

Coaching career

After graduating as football manager at the (National Football Institute), he started a football academy with the Caja de Compensación (compensation fund) Gabriela Mistral what turned into a Colo-Colo Academy. Pérez worked at the Colo-Colo youth system for eight years, taking part of the training of players such as Vicente Pizarro, Luciano Arriagada, Luis Rojas, Alexander Oroz, among others. In 2017, he joined thanks to the former footballers Leonel Herrera and his son of the same name, winning the league title of the

Tercera B Tercera División B de Chile (Third Division B of Chile), is the fifth category of Chilean football (soccer) in the Liga Chilena de Fútbol, and is organized by the Federación de Fútbol de Chile and the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Amateur ...

. Since then, he also won league titles of the Tercera A with Deportes Linares (2019, 2022) and

Trasandino Trasandino de Los Andes are a Chilean Football club, their home town is Los Andes in the V Región of Valparaíso in Chile. They currently play in the Segunda División. The club was founded on April 1, 1906. Between 1985 and 1992 the club was ...

in 2021. Pérez was confirmed as coach of Deportes Linares for the 2023 season. In May 2023, he switched to

, becoming the Tercera A champions.

Honours

As manager

Municipal Santiago *

: 2017 Deportes Linares * Tercera A: * Tercera A: Trasandino * Tercera A: Provincial Ovalle * Tercera A:

References

External links

Luis Pérez
at PlaymakerStats.com
Luis Pérez
EnElCamarín.cl * {{DEFAULTSORT:Perez, Luis 1969 births Living people Chilean men's footballers Footballers from Santiago Chilean expatriate men's footballers Colo-Colo footballers Deportes Valdivia footballers Deportes Linares footballers San Marcos de Arica footballers Deportes Magallanes footballers FC Lorient players Coquimbo Unido footballers Santiago Morning footballers Unión San Felipe footballers Western Mass Pioneers players Chilean Primera División players Primera B de Chile players Championnat National players USL Second Division players Chilean expatriate sportspeople in France Chilean expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Men's association football midfielders Chilean football managers Trasandino de Los Andes managers Segunda División Profesional de Chile managers People from Santiago Province, Chile