Manuel Antonio Suárez Jiménez (born 28 February 1972) is a Chilean

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and former player who played as a

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. He is currently in charge of the Chilean club Deportes Concepción.

Playing career

Born in

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, Suárez started his career with

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in 1990. He also played for

Audax Italiano Audax Club Sportivo Italiano () is a Chilean football club based in La Florida playing in the Campeonato Nacional, having has spent most of its history in the top tier of Chilean football. History The club was founded by Italian residents in S ...

and

Unión San Felipe Unión San Felipe is a Chilean football club, their hometown is San Felipe in the V Región of Valparaíso. They play in the second level of the Chilean football league, the Primera B. The club was founded on October 16, 1956 with the merger ...

in his home country, aside from a short spell at Swiss side

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before retiring in 1997. In an international level, he played for the Chile under-23 national team in 1994.

Managerial career

After retiring, Suárez started working as a goalkeeping coach until joining Universidad Católica in 2003. In 2010, after

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was named manager of the club's first team, Suárez was named as his assistant. Suárez followed Pizzi to

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, León and the

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and

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national teams, always as his assistant. He left the latter in September 2018, and returned to his home country to work at

Deportes La Serena Club de Deportes La Serena S.A.D.P., is a Chilean football club based in the city of La Serena, Coquimbo Region. The club was founded 9 December 1955 and plays in the second division of the Chilean football league. Their home games are play ...

as a sports consultant. On 3 January 2022, Suárez was announced as manager of

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side

Cortuluá Cortuluá, officially named Cortuluá Fútbol Club S. A. and previously known as Corporación Club Deportivo Tuluá for short, was a Colombian football club from Tuluá, Valle del Cauca Department. It was founded in 1967 and last played in Categ ...

for the 2022 season. On 2 May, he was sacked. In June 2024, he assumed as manager of Deportes Concepción in the

Segunda División Profesional de Chile Segunda División Profesional del Fútbol Profesional Chileno () is the third level of Chilean football league system, since the season 2012, is organized by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional. The Chilean ''Segunda División Profe ...

after coaching the Al-Qadsiah under-19 team.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Suarez, Manuel 1972 births Living people Footballers from Santiago, Chile Chilean men's footballers Unión Española footballers FC St. Gallen players Audax Italiano footballers Unión San Felipe footballers Chilean Primera División players Swiss Super League players Primera B de Chile players Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Men's association football goalkeepers Association football goalkeeping coaches Chilean football coaches Chilean football managers Club León non-playing staff Cortuluá managers Deportes Concepción (Chile) managers Categoría Primera A managers Chilean expatriate football managers Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Spain Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Colombia Expatriate football managers in Colombia 20th-century Chilean sportsmen