Luis Alberto Santibáñez Díaz (7 February 1936 – 5 September 2008) was a Chilean football

manager Management (or managing) is the administration of organizations, whether businesses, nonprofit organizations, or a government bodies through business administration, nonprofit management, or the political science sub-field of public administra ...

. As a team coach he won the Chilean title four times, once with

Unión San Felipe Unión San Felipe is a Chilean football club, their hometown is San Felipe in the V Región of Valparaíso. They play in the second level of the Chilean football league, the Primera B. The club was founded on October 16, 1956 with the merger ...

(1971) and three times with

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 ...

(1973, 1975, and 1977). He served as manager of the

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between 1977 and 1982, which included qualification for the

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in Spain. There Chile was eliminated in the first round, in a group with

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and

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, losing all three matches.

Honours

Club

;Unión San Felipe * Segunda División de Chile:

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 ...

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1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

;Unión Española *

(3):

1973 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

1977 Events January * January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (no ...

;Barcelona Sporting Club *

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: 1985

References

External links

Luis Santibáñez
at PartidosdeLaRoja
Weltfussball Profile
1936 births 2008 deaths Sportspeople from Antofagasta Chilean football managers Chilean expatriate football managers Deportes Antofagasta managers Coquimbo Unido managers Unión San Felipe managers Unión Española managers Chile national football team managers O'Higgins F.C. managers Club Deportivo Universidad Católica managers Club Universidad de Chile managers Huachipato FC managers Barcelona S.C. managers Filanbanco managers Deportes La Serena managers Santiago Wanderers managers Deportes Temuco managers Everton de Viña del Mar managers LDU Portoviejo managers Al-Arabi SC (Qatar) managers San Marcos de Arica managers Arturo Fernández Vial managers Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Expatriate football managers in Ecuador Expatriate football managers in Qatar 1979 Copa América managers 1982 FIFA World Cup managers Chilean Primera División managers Qatar Stars League managers Primera B de Chile managers {{chile-footy-bio-stub