Ricardo Abumohor (, born 9 June 1942) is a Chilean businessman of

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origin, current owner of Primera División club O'Higgins since 2006. He also was the president of the ANFP five years, in where the Chilean national team during his period qualified to the

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held in France thanks to the coach

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O'Higgins

First term

Abumohor bought the team to

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, having the Primera B title as principal objective for return to the Primera División, achieving also that objective, defeating 4–3 to

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in the aggregate for the promotion with

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and Mario Núñez as the key players of the success.

The titles

In 2012 Apertura, was runner-up with O'Higgins, after lose the final against

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in the penalty shoot-out. In 2013, he won the Apertura 2013–14 with O'Higgins, being the first title in the history of the club, receiving with the coach

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the ''Llaves de la Ciudad de Rancagua'' by the Rancagua's alcalde Eduardo Soto. In 2014, he won the

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against

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in the penalty shoot-out. The club participated in the

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where they faced

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and

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, being third and being eliminated in the group stage.

Honours

Club

;O'Higgins * Primera División: Apertura 2013–14 *

: 2014

Individual

;O'Higgins * Llaves de la Ciudad de Rancagua: 2014

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:ABUMOHOR, RICARDO O'Higgins F.C. 1942 births Living people Chilean people of Palestinian descent People from Santiago Presidents of the ANFP