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Manuel Rodríguez Vega

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Manuel Rodríguez Vega
Personal information
Date of birth (1942-08-02) 2 August 1942 (age 82)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1959 Universidad de Chile
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1960–1973 Universidad de Chile
1964San Luis (loan)
1974 Los Angeles Aztecs
1976–1977 Universidad de Chile
Managerial career
1977–1980 Universidad de Chile (youth)
1980 Ñublense
1981 Universidad de Chile
1982 Deportes Iquique
1988 CTC
1989 Fernández Vial
1990–1991 Universidad de Chile
1992 Deportes Melipilla
2004 Persita Tangerang
2006 Chile (women)
2011 Provincial Osorno
2015 Ferroviarios
2016 Brujas de Salamanca
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Manuel Rodríguez Vega (born 2 August 1942) is a Chilean former football player and manager.[1]

Coaching career

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In addition to coach various clubs in the Chilean football, at the beginning Rodríguez Vega worked in the Universidad de Chile youth ranks, where he trained players such as Marcelo Salas, Rodrigo Goldberg and Esteban Valencia.[2]

In the 1990s and 2000s, he lived and worked as coach in Indonesia,[2] country where he came thanks to his brother Juan[3] and coached clubs such as Persita Tangerang.[4] After returning to Chile, he coached clubs at minor categories such as Provincial Osorno, Ferroviarios and Municipal Salamanca. Previously, he coached for a short term the Chile women's national team.[5]

Personal life

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His brothers Juan and Gabriel[6] were professional footballers. Juan was part of the Chilean 1974 World Cup squad and Gabriel played for Colo-Colo and Deportes Concepción.[2]

His nephews, Juan and Francisco Rodríguez Rubio, sons of his brother Juan, were also professional footballers who made his career mainly in Indonesia.[7]

Honours

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Universidad de Chile

References

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  1. ^ "Universidad de Chile, campañas de 1973". Chuncho.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  2. ^ a b c Fernández, Denís (27 October 2018). "El último guerrillero del Ballet Azul" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  3. ^ Abarzúa, Esteban (30 March 2020). "Secretos de camarín". DeadBall (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  4. ^ "#entrevistaCTF Simón Elissetche, el chileno campeón en Timor Oriental · Colegio de Entrenadores de Fútbol". Colegio de Entrenadores de Fútbol (in Spanish). 29 October 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Manuel Rodríguez Vega dirigirá a la selección femenina rumbo a los Odesur". AlAireLibre.cl (in Spanish). 16 May 2006. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  6. ^ Gabriel Rodríguez Vega at CeroaCero
  7. ^ Album del Recuerdo: Futbolistas Chilenos en Indonesia Futbolistas. Chilenos en el Exterior on Facebook (in Spanish)
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