Juan José Ribera Fonseca (born 11 October 1980) is a Chilean
football
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manager and former player who played as a
midfielder
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. He is the current manager of
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 ...
.
Ribera played for Chile in the
1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship
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in
Egypt
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.
Coaching career
In addition to professional football, Ribera has been in charge of a football academy in
Angol
Angol is a commune and capital city of the Malleco Province in the Araucanía Region of southern Chile. It is located at the foot of the Cordillera de Nahuelbuta and next to the Vergara River, that permitted communications by small boats to the ...
affiliated to
Universidad Católica, just like another former players such as
René Valenzuela,
Carlos Verdugo,
Luciano Saavedra,
Ian Mac-Niven, among others.
In 2024, he assumed as manager of
San Luis de Quillota
San Luis de Quillota is a Chilean professional football club based in Quillota, that competes in the Primera B. The club's home stadium is the Estadio Bicentenario Lucio Fariña.
Managers
Interim coaches appear in italics.
* Frank Powell (19 ...
.
Honours
As player
Universidad Católica
*
Primera División de Chile
Primera may refer to
* Nissan Primera, a car
* Primera Air, a former airline
* Primera división (disambiguation), multiple top division football leagues
* Primera, Texas, a town in Cameron County, Texas
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:
2002 Apertura
Unión Española
* Primera División de Chile:
2005 Apertura
References
External links
*
1980 births
Living people
Footballers from Santiago, Chile
Chilean men's footballers
Chile men's youth international footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers
Provincial Osorno footballers
Deportes Puerto Montt footballers
C.D. Universidad de Concepción footballers
Unión Española footballers
Everton de Viña del Mar footballers
Deportes Concepción (Chile) footballers
Ñublense footballers
Deportes La Serena footballers
Santiago Morning footballers
Chilean Primera División players
Chilean football managers
Deportes Concepción (Chile) managers
Coquimbo Unido managers
Rangers de Talca managers
Audax Italiano managers
Deportes Antofagasta managers
Deportes Temuco managers
Curicó Unido managers
San Luis de Quillota managers
Segunda División Profesional de Chile managers
Chilean Primera División managers
Primera B de Chile managers
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