Rolando Moisés García Jiménez (born 15 December 1942) is a

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...

an former

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defender who played for

in the

1974 FIFA World Cup The 1974 FIFA World Cup was the 10th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in West Germany (and West Berlin) between 13 June and 7 July. The tournament marked the ...

. He also played for

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 ...

at club level.

Playing career

Trained at club Walter Müller from

Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile (), is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is located in the country's central valley and is the center of the Santiago Metropolitan Regi ...

, García played for , the club after Bádminton, Deportes Concepción and

in the

Chilean Primera División The Chilean Primera División () is a professional association football league in Chile and the highest level of the Chilean football league system. Founded in 1933, it is organized by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (ANFP). The l ...

. He won the 1965 Segunda División de Chile with Ferrobádminton and the

1974 Copa Chile The 1974 Copa Chile was the sixth edition of the Chilean Cup tournament. The competition started on April 6, 1974, and concluded on August 25, 1974. Colo-Colo won the competition for the second time, beating Santiago Wanderers 3–0 on the final ...

with Colo-Colo. At international level, García made 19 appearances for the Chile national team between 1971 and 1975.

MAangerial career

In 1987, García led the Chile B national team in the 1987 President's Cup International Football Tournament at the same time he was the manager of Deportes Valdivia.

Honours

Player

Ferrobádminton *

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commonly known as Segunda División or La Liga 2, and officially known as LaLiga HyperMotion for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spa ...

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lynd ...

Colo-Colo *

Copa Chile The Copa Chile (''Chile Cup'') is an annual cup competition for Chilean football teams. Due to time constraints and club pressure, the trophy was cancelled in 2000, but returned in 2008. Its precursor was the Campeonato de Apertura (''Opening Ch ...

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; ...

Chile * Copa del Pacífico: 1971 * Copa Juan Pinto Durán: 1971 * Copa Acosta Ñu: 1974

References

External links

FIFA profile
1942 births Living people Footballers from Santiago, Chile Chilean men's footballers Chile men's international footballers 1974 FIFA World Cup players Men's association football defenders Chilean Primera División players Primera B de Chile players Bádminton F.C. footballers Deportes Concepción (Chile) footballers Colo-Colo footballers Chilean football managers Deportes Concepción (Chile) managers Unión La Calera managers Chile national football team managers Deportes Valdivia managers Unión San Felipe managers Deportes Antofagasta managers Ñublense managers Huachipato FC managers Deportes Linares managers Cobresal managers San Marcos de Arica managers Primera B de Chile managers Chilean Primera División managers 20th-century Chilean sportsmen {{Chile-footy-defender-stub