2024-04-03 14:05:21
The former footballer suffered from a respiratory disease and Alzheimer’s.
Former coach of the Chilean National Team Orlando Aravena died at 81 years of agenews that was announced by Professional College of Soccer Coaches Through social networks.
The technical director He remained hospitalized in a clinic due to a complicated respiratory illness. Additionally, she suffered from Alzheimer’s.
Orlando Aravena He led La Roja in the 1987 Copa Américawhen they lost the final against Uruguay by the minimum score.
The coach was also the coach of Chile in the qualifiers for the 1990 World Cup in Italy, when the remembered episode of the Maracanazo, moment when goalkeeper Roberto Rojas inflicted a self-inflicted wound after throwing a flare onto the field.
For this case, Chile not only did not go to the World Cup on Italian soil, but it was also punished with the inability to compete in the 1994 World Cup qualifiers in the United States.
Orlando Aravena’s career as a player and coach
The Professional College of Soccer Coaches recalled that Orlando Aravena had a long career as a soccer player in clubs such as Magallanes, La Serena, Palestino, Colo Colo and Ñublense. Later he began his work as technical director.
As a coach he stood out in different clubs such as Colo Colo, Unión Española, Everton and Palestino, among others. He then took over as coach of the Chilean National Team, between 1987 and 1989.