Luis Pérez (footballer, born 1969)

Luis Pérez
Personal information
Full name Luis Alberto Pérez Franco
Date of birth (1969-01-27) 27 January 1969 (age 55)
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

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.

Playing career

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

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

As manager

Municipal Santiago

Deportes Linares

Trasandino

Provincial Ovalle

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ a b "Saludamos a Exitosos DT's ex INAF". INAF (in Spanish). 21 November 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  5. ^ (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.
  6. ^ "Deportes Linares: Anuncia continuidad de Luis Pérez Franco como Director Técnico". Linares en Línea (in Spanish). 21 December 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "CAMPEONATO DE TERCERA DIVISION "B" 2017". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 January 2023.