Leonardo Iván Véliz Díaz (born September 3, 1945) 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[1] in the 1974 FIFA World Cup in Germany.[2]
![]() Véliz in 2011 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Leonardo Iván Véliz Díaz | ||
Date of birth | (1945-09-03) September 3, 1945 (age 77) | ||
Place of birth | Valparaíso, Chile | ||
Position(s) | Left winger | ||
Youth career | |||
Juventud Unida | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1964–1967 | Everton | ||
1968–1971 | Unión Española | 110 | (28) |
1972–1974 | Colo-Colo | 84 | (14) |
1975–1978 | Unión Española | 118 | (28) |
1979–1982 | Colo-Colo | 78 | (5) |
1983 | O'Higgins | 14 | (1) |
National team | |||
1966–1981 | Chile | 39 | (2) |
Teams managed | |||
1991–1993 | Chile U17 | ||
1992–1995 | Chile U20 | ||
1998–2000 | Sporting CP (youth) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
He worked as manager of both Chile U17 and Chile U20, leading the first in the 1993 FIFA World Championship[3] and the second in the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship.[4]
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.[5]
He is well known by his nickname Pollo (Chicken).[6]
His son, Daniel Sebastián Véliz,[7] represented Chile at under-20 level in the 1992 South American Championship.[8]
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 [es]. In 2010, he switched to the other political hand after supporting Sebastián Piñera in his candidacy for President of Chile.[6]
Unión Española
Colo-Colo
Chile
Chile squad – 1974 FIFA World Cup | ||
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Chile squad – 1975 Copa América | ||
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Chile squad – 1979 Copa América runners-up | ||
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