Leonardo Véliz

Leonardo Véliz

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Managerial career

He worked as manager of both Chile U17 and Chile U20, leading the first in the 1993 FIFA World Championship and the second in the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship. From 1998 to 2000 he worked for the Sporting CP youth system, where he coincided with players such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Ricardo Quaresma and Fábio Paím.

Club
Everton de Viña del Mar (1964–1967)
Club
Club Social y Deportivo Colo Colo (1972–1974)
Club
Unión Española (1968–1971)
Club
Unión Española (1975–1978)
Club
Club Social y Deportivo Colo Colo (1979–1982)
Club
O'Higgins F.C. (1982–1983)
Club
Chile men's national football team (1966–1981)
National team
Chile

Personal

Personal life

He is well known by his nickname Pollo (Chicken). His son, Daniel Sebastián Véliz, represented Chile at under-20 level in the 1992 South American Championship. In 2004, he was elected a councillor of Santiago, supported by Party for Democracy. In 2009, he was a candidate for deputy, supported by for Nueva Mayoría para Chile. In 2010, he switched to the other political hand after supporting Sebastián Piñera in his candidacy for President of Chile.

Legacy

Honours

Unión Española

Chilean Primera División: 1975, 1977 Colo-Colo

Chilean Primera División: 1972, 1979, 1981 Chile

Copa O'Higgins: 1966 Copa Carlos Dittborn: 1973

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Description

Chilean footballer

Position

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Extract from Wikipedia

Leonardo Iván Véliz Díaz is a Chilean former footballer who played as a left winger for Everton, O'Higgins, Unión Española and Colo-Colo of Chile and in the Chile national team in the 1974 FIFA World Cup in Germany.

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