Guillermo Osvaldo Báez Astudillo (1909 – ''unknown'') was a Chilean

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manager and player who played as a defender.

Playing career

Born in

Valparaíso Valparaíso () is a major city, Communes of Chile, commune, Port, seaport, and naval base facility in the Valparaíso Region of Chile. Valparaíso was originally named after Valparaíso de Arriba, in Castilla–La Mancha, Castile-La Mancha, Spain ...

, Báez stood out as a player of

Santiago Wanderers Club de Deportes Santiago Wanderers is a football club based in Valparaíso, a founding member of the Chilean Football Federation. Their home ground, Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, is in the north-west of the city. Wanderers have played their ...

in the 1920s and 1930s. Before the professional era in Chilean football, he also played for Unión Deportiva Española, Everton and . Abroad, he played for in

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. In the

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, he played for Santiago Wanderers,

Unión Española Club Unión Española S.A.D.P. is a professional football club based in the Independencia neighborhood, commune of Santiago, Chile currently participating in the Primera División de Chile. History Foundation, Amateur Era and First seasons ...

and Green Cross.

Post-retirement

As referee

Following his retirement, he performed as a football referee in the Chilean football.

As coach

As a football coach, he led many clubs in the Chilean football. A year before

Ñublense Club Deportivo Ñublense () is a professional Association football, football team based in Chillán, Ñuble Region, Chile. The club was formed in 1916 under the name of Liceo Fútbol Club. They compete in Chile's Chilean Primera División, Primer ...

joined the professional football, he led them in the 1958 regional championship of Concepción. In the

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, he coached clubs such as Lister Rossel, becoming the runner-up in 1964 and

Naval de Talcahuano Naval de Talcahuano, were a Chilean football club based in the city of Talcahuano, Biobío Region. The club founded in 1944 as ''Asociación Naval de Foot-Ball'', was property of the Armada de Chile and played only at amateur level for 24 yea ...

, winning the 1971 league title. In the

, he coached clubs such as

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and Deportes Concepción, becoming the runner-up in the 1975 season with

Vicente Cantatore Vicente Cantatore (6 October 1935 – 15 January 2021) was an Argentine football player and manager Nationalized Chilean. Career Cantatore played for Talleres de Córdoba, Tigre, San Lorenzo, Rangers de Talca, Santiago Wanderers and Deportes C ...

as assistant.

Personal life

His older brother, Telésforo, was also a footballer who represented the Chile national team in the 1919 South American Championship. He was nicknamed ''Gallego'' (Galician). At the same time he was a player of Green Cross, he worked as a bus driver.

Honours

Manager

Naval *

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1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

References

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