José Luis "Coto" Sierra Pando (born 5 December 1968) is a Chilean football coach and former player. Playing in the midfield, he retired in 2009, and one year later he became the coach of his long-time team

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Club career

Unión Española

Sierra made his debut in professional soccer with Unión Española in November 1988 against the

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. After two solid campaigns with Unión Española, Sierra was transferred to

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in Spain. However, during Sierra's short time in Spain, the team had economic problems which caused him to return to Unión Española. After more success he made his debut with the Chile national team. Sierra won the Copa Chile with Unión Española in 1992 and 1993.

Colo-Colo

After an unsuccessful stint in Brazil playing for

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, he went on to spend three successful years with

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, which saw his team capture the championship in all three seasons. Currently Sierra has found his way back to Unión Española, making a stop in between to play with

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in Mexico for one season. He captured the Golden Boot in Chile (awarded to the best professional football player in Chile) in 2004 and 2005. In 1997, it was widely rumoured that then

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side Everton manager

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had made an approach to bring Sierra to

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. However, for unknown reasons, possibly relating to lack of sufficient capital, Kendall decided to pull the plug on the deal.

Return to Unión Española

Sierra announced his retirement in December 2008 and accepted the position of manager with his beloved

. He will continue on the position until the end of the Clausura 2009 tournament.

International career

Sierra was capped 53 times and scored eight goals for the Chile national team between 1991 and 2000. He played four games at the

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, scoring a goal on a free-kick against

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International goals

:''Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first.''

Coaching career

Sierra started coaching in 2010 of Chilean club

and spent five years there. He won the 2013 Torneo Transición with them. Unión won the Apertura Tournament of 2013, after defeating

1–0 in the final match. In 2015, he became the coach of

. In only one season, he won the 2015 Torneo Apertura title with and also led them into the 2015 Copa Chile. On July 22, 2016, he signed a one-year contract with eight-time Saudi champions

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with an option to sign for another season. On 7 November 2021, Sierra was appointed as the manager of Saudi Arabian club Al-Tai. On 20 October 2022, Sierra was appointed as manager of Al-Wehda.

Personal life

His parents, Domingo Sierra and Pilar Pando, are Spanish immigrants in Chile of Galician and Asturian origin, respectively. He studied in the ''Colegio Hispano Americano'', which belongs to Spanish residents in Chile. Belonging to a football family, his father was a director of Unión Española and his great uncle, Félix Cantín, was a doctor and midfielder of Unión Deportiva Española from 1928 to 1932. His son of the same name, José Luis Jr., was a Chile international at under-20 level and his brother-in-law, Sebastián Miranda, is a football manager and former professional footballer in Chile and abroad. His nephew, Benjamín Sierra, who is also the nephew of Sebastián Miranda, plays at the Spanish Kings League.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

He played in Chile on the national soccer team for nine years, from 1991 to 2000.

Club

;Colo-Colo *

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1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

, 1997–C

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

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;Unión Española *

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1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

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Individual

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: 2005

Manager

Club

;Unión Española *

(1): 2013 Transición ;Colo-Colo *

(1): 2015 Apertura *

: Runner-up

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;Ittihad FC *

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Individual

* Saudi Professional League Manager of the Month: April 2019

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sierra, Jose Luis 1968 births Living people Footballers from Santiago, Chile Men's association football midfielders Chilean people of Galician descent Chilean people of Asturian descent Chilean people of Spanish descent Sportspeople of Spanish descent Chilean men's footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chile men's international footballers Unión Española footballers Real Valladolid players São Paulo FC players Colo-Colo footballers Tigres UANL footballers Chilean Primera División players La Liga players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Liga MX players 1998 FIFA World Cup players 1993 Copa América players 1995 Copa América players 1999 Copa América players Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Chilean football managers Unión Española managers Colo-Colo managers Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah) managers Al Ahli Club (Dubai) managers Club Deportivo Palestino managers Al-Tai FC managers Al Wehda FC managers Chilean Primera División managers Saudi Pro League managers UAE Pro League managers Chilean expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Expatriate football managers in the United Arab Emirates Chilean expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates 20th-century Chilean sportsmen