José Santos Arias González (22 January 1928 – 4 September 2012), known as José Santos Arias, was a Chilean

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player who played as a forward and manager.

Career

Arias joined

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after taking part in a championship in the Estadio Nacional as a member of the team of normal school from

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city. As a player of Colo-Colo, he made fifty-three appearances and scored nine goals in the Chilean top division from 1950 to 1952. In 1953, he switched to the traditional rival,

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, becoming the fifth player to make it directly after Alfonso Domínguez,

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, Jorge Peñaloza and Javier Mascaró. For them, he made twenty-seven appearances and scored four goals at league level. His last club was Green Cross in 1955.

Coaching career

Considered a

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's disciple, at youth level he worked for clubs such as Green Cross, with whom he began his career, Colo-Colo,

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, among others. He also coached the Chile under-20 team at both the

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and the 1974 South American Championships. At senior level, he coached clubs such as and Universidad Técnica in the second level. In the top division, he led

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(1968),

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(1971), Colo-Colo as interim (1974),

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(1978–79) and Deportes La Serena (1990–91). He also won the Cuarta División in 1984 and got the promotion to the

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with Soinca Bata. In 1973, he coached the Chile national amateur team with views to the

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, previous to the Chilean coup d'état. As a football teacher, he was one of the founders of the Football Managers Association of Chile and gave classes alongside colleagues such as

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and Eddio Inostroza.

Personal life

He graduated as a teacher at the normal school of

, where he coincided with Constantino Mohor and

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, who were footballers and managers later.

Honours

Soinca Bata * Cuarta División: 1984

References

External links

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José Santos Arias
at HistoriadeColoColo.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Arias, Jose Santos 1928 births 2012 deaths People from Bío Bío Province Footballers from Biobío Region Chilean men's footballers Chilean Primera División players Colo-Colo footballers Club Universidad de Chile footballers Club de Deportes Green Cross footballers Men's association football forwards Chilean football coaches Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador Chilean football managers Chile national under-20 football team managers Chile national football team managers Primera B de Chile managers Chilean Primera División managers Rangers de Talca managers Audax Italiano managers Colo-Colo managers Santiago Morning managers Deportes La Serena managers Deportes Melipilla managers 20th-century Chilean sportsmen