Nelson Oyarzún Arenas (21 March 1943 – 10 September 1978), known as ''Consomé'' (Consomme), was a Chilean

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Club career

Oyarzún was born in

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in 1942, moving years later to the capital

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. He attended Liceo José Victorino Lastarria when he was teenager. In the early 1970s, he went to

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to study a

grade, finishing it in 1972 at

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. Three years later, Oyarzún joined

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, leaving the team amid the tournament. Two seasons later he moved to Deportes Concepción, where despite his short spell was remembered for the incredible performance that the club reached under him as coach alongside the German players Hans Schellberg, Hans Lamour and Ralf Berger. These facts, added his strategy acquired during his years of study at Europe, revolutionized Chilean football. In 1978, Oyarzún was hired by Chilean giants

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where he re-united with Schellberg, but following bad results he was fired. Months later he joined

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 ...

, a first-tier team from

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Death

Once in Chillán, aged 35 during 1978 as manager of Ñublense, he progressively saw their

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worsen and died on 10 September. Hours prior his death at the Herminda Martin Hospital alongside his spouse, his sons and his brother Gastón, he asked the latter to leave him his message to the captain of

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, Fernando Chesta, that he would communicate the team players at the city's Isabel Riquelme Hotel the following: The message could not be completely transmitted due to the excitement of the players and the same captain of Carabineros. In the afternoon of that same day, Ñublense played against

Colo-Colo Colo-Colo (), officially Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo, is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano, it competes in the Chilean Primera División, from which the club has never been ...

and won 2–1 in a memorable match. Once finished the game the players knew that Oyarzún had died; his remains rest in the Municipal Cemetery of Chillán.

Personal life

He is the father of Marcelo Oyarzún, a Fitness Coach who was a member of the technical staff of

at the

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, among others football teams, and grandfather of Diego Oyarzún, a professional football player.

Curiosities

He was commonly known as ''Consomé'' (Consomme) due to he used to serve a portion of broth to his players.

References

External links

Chillán en fotos
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