Luis Alberto Pérez Franco (born 27 January 1969) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a midfielder and current manager. He is currently in charge of Provincial Ovalle.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luis Alberto Pérez Franco | ||
| Date of birth | 27 January 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | San Joaquín, Santiago, Chile | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Provincial Ovalle (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Colo-Colo | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1993 | Colo-Colo | ||
| 1989 | → Deportes Valdivia (loan) | ||
| 1991 | → Deportes Linares (loan) | ||
| 1992 | → Deportes Arica (loan) | ||
| 1993 | → Magallanes (loan) | ||
| 1993–1994 | FC Lorient | ||
| 1994 | Coquimbo Unido | ||
| 1994 | AS Dompierroise | ||
| 1995–1996 | US Charnay | ||
| 1997 | Santiago Morning | ||
| 1997 | Unión San Felipe | ||
| 1999–2000 | Western Mass Pioneers | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2008–2015 | Colo-Colo (youth) | ||
| 2015 | Colo-Colo (assistant) | ||
| 2017–2018 | Municipal Santiago | ||
| 2019 | Deportes Linares | ||
| 2020 | Deportes Linares | ||
| 2021 | Trasandino | ||
| 2022–2023 | Deportes Linares | ||
| 2023– | Provincial Ovalle | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career edit
Pérez joined Colo-Colo youth system in the late 1970s thanks to the former player Bernardo Bello, who met him playing in the Tabancura neighborhood in Las Condes, Santiago. After having little chance to play for the first team, he played on loan at Deportes Valdivia, Deportes Linares, Deportes Arica and Magallanes.[1]
In his homeland, Pérez also played for Coquimbo Unido, Santiago Morning and Unión San Felipe.[2]
Abroad, he played for the French clubs FC Lorient,[3] AS Dompierroise and US Chanay. In the United States, he played for Western Mass Pioneers.[4][5]
Coaching career edit
After graduating as football manager at the INAF [es] (National Football Institute), he started a football academy with the Caja de Compensación (compensation fund) Gabriela Mistral what turned into a Colo-Colo Academy.[1]
Pérez worked at the Colo-Colo youth system for eight years, taking part of the training of players such as Vicente Pizarro, Luciano Arriagada, Luis Rojas, Alexander Oroz, among others. In 2017, he joined Municipal Santiago [es] thanks to the former footballers Leonel Herrera and his son of the same name, winning the league title of the Tercera B.
Since then, he also won league titles of the Tercera A with Deportes Linares (2019, 2022) and Trasandino in 2021.[4]
Pérez was confirmed as coach of Deportes Linares for the 2023 season.[6] In May 2023, he switched to Provincial Ovalle, becoming the Tercera A champions.[7]
Honours edit
As manager edit
Municipal Santiago
Deportes Linares
Trasandino
Provincial Ovalle
References edit
- ^ a b Quevedo Méndez, Manuel (19 November 2022). "¡¡¡Gracias, profe Luis Pérez Franco!!! D.T. Deportes Linares 2022". Diario El Heraldo (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ^ Vega, Diego (23 December 2021). "Estuvo 8 años en Colo Colo y ahora es el DT campeón de Tercera: "Me siento feliz"" (in Spanish). AS Chile. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ^ "El DT revelación de la ANFA revienta al fútbol chileno: "En Primera hay jugadores subidos de peso"". Deportes13 (in Spanish). Canal 13. 22 April 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ^ a b "Saludamos a Exitosos DT's ex INAF". INAF (in Spanish). 21 November 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ^ (Futbol y más Futbol) Luis Alberto Pérez Franco nació un 27 de Enero de 1969 on Facebook (in Spanish). 30 June 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ^ "Deportes Linares: Anuncia continuidad de Luis Pérez Franco como Director Técnico". Linares en Línea (in Spanish). 21 December 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ^ "Luis Pérez Franco: el artífice de los éxitos en Provincial Ovalle y Tercera División". radiocomunicativa.cl (in Spanish). 30 December 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ "CAMPEONATO DE TERCERA DIVISION "B" 2017". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 January 2023.
External links edit
- Luis Pérez at PlaymakerStats.com
- Luis Pérez EnElCamarín.cl (in Spanish)
- Luis Pérez on LinkedIn