Luis Alberto Santibáñez Díaz (7 February 1936 – 5 September 2008) was a

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an football

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. As a team coach he won the Chilean title four times, once with

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(1971) and three times with

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(1973, 1975, and 1977). He served as manager of the

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between 1977 and 1982, which included qualification for the

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in Spain. There Chile was eliminated in the first round, in a group with

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and

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, losing all three matches.

Honours

Club

;Unión San Felipe * Segunda División de Chile:

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Ja ...

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1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

;Unión Española *

(3):

1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic R ...

;Barcelona Sporting Club *

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: 1985

References

External links

Luis Santibáñez
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Weltfussball Profile
1936 births 2008 deaths Sportspeople from Antofagasta Chilean football managers Chilean expatriate football managers Deportes Antofagasta managers Coquimbo Unido managers Unión San Felipe managers Unión Española managers Chile national football team managers O'Higgins F.C. managers Club Deportivo Universidad Católica managers Club Universidad de Chile managers Huachipato FC managers Barcelona S.C. managers Filanbanco managers Deportes La Serena managers Santiago Wanderers managers Deportes Temuco managers Everton de Viña del Mar managers LDU Portoviejo managers Al-Arabi SC (Qatar) managers San Marcos de Arica managers Arturo Fernández Vial managers Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Expatriate football managers in Ecuador Expatriate football managers in Qatar 1979 Copa América managers 1982 FIFA World Cup managers Chilean Primera División managers Qatar Stars League managers Primera B de Chile managers {{chile-footy-bio-stub