Luis Patricio Mardones Díaz (born 17 July 1962), known as Patricio Mardones, is a former Chilean football midfielder.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Luis Patricio Mardones Díaz | ||
Date of birth | (1962-07-17) July 17, 1962 (age 60) | ||
Place of birth | San Vicente de Tagua Tagua, Chile | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1983–1988 | Universidad Católica | ||
1988–1991 | St. Gallen | 35 | (4) |
1992–1993 | O'Higgins | ||
1994–1996 | Universidad de Chile | ||
National team | |||
1985–1995 | Chile | 29 | (2) |
Teams managed | |||
1997–2001 | Universidad de Chile (youth) | ||
2001–2003 | Universidad de Chile (assistant) | ||
2004–2007 | Universidad del Desarrollo | ||
2012–2016 | INACAP | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Mardones is a historical player of the traditional rivals Universidad Católica and Universidad de Chile, since he won 2 national leagues along with each team.[1]
He played for the Chile national football team and was capped 29 times scoring 2 goal between 1985 and 1995.[2] Mardones made his debut on 8 February 1985 in a friendly against Finland.
He worked for Universidad de Chile as the coach of youth ranks (1997–2001) and the assistant coach of the first team (2001–2003).[3] Next, he switched to the university football, and coached the teams of both Universidad del Desarrollo[3] and Universidad Tecnológica INACAP [es].[4]
In addition, from 2016 to 2017 he performed as Director of Azul Azul, the public limited company that manages Universidad de Chile.[5] Next, he switched to Head of Recruitment for the youth ranks until 2020.[6]
Chile squad – 1987 Copa América runners-up | ||
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Chile squad – 1995 Copa América | ||
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