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Aurelio Valenzuela
Personal information
Full name	Aurelio Gerardo Valenzuela Flores
Date of birth	2 December 1942 (age 82)
Place of birth	Arica, Chile
Position(s)	Playmaker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1962–1964	San Luis de Quillota
1965–1969	Santiago Morning
1971–1972	Santiago Morning
International career
1965–1967	Chile
Managerial career
1976	Santiago Morning (interim)
1979	Audax Italiano
1984	Cobresal (youth)
1985	Deportes Iquique
1986	Regional Atacama
1988	Regional Atacama
1989	Deportes Arica
	Guadalajara (youth)
	Toluca (youth)
2003	Nacional Tijuana
2011	Baja California (women)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Aurelio Gerardo Valenzuela Flores (born 2 December 1942) is a Chilean football manager and former player who played as a playmaker.

Playing career

Born in Arica, Chile, Valenzuela played for two clubs in the Chilean Primera División.^[1] He made his professional debut in 1962 with San Luis de Quillota,^[2] playing for them until 1964.^[3]^[4] As a member of them, he also faced the English club Stoke City in a friendly match on 3 June 1964.^[5]

In 1965, he switched to Santiago Morning until 1969.^[6]^[7] After the team was relegated to the Segunda División in 1969, he moved to play to Mexico thanks to Carlos Reinoso, then a player of América, in place of his compatriots Leopoldo Vallejos and Aurelio Vásquez.^[8] Back in Chile, he rejoined Santiago Morning until 1972.^[2]

At international level, he was a member of the Chile national team between 1965 and 1967.^[2]

Coaching career

As a football coach, Valenzuela led Santiago Morning,^[9] Audax Italiano,^[10] Deportes Iquique,^[11] Regional Atacama^[12] and Deportes Arica in his homeland. In addition, he led the Cobresal youth system in 1984.^[13]

In 1986, he took part in the Colegio de Entrenadores de Fútbol de Chile (National Association of Football Managers of Chile).^[2]

Once in Mexico, he led Nacional Tijuana in 2003.^[14] He also worked in the youth systems of clubs such as Guadalajara and Toluca.^[15]

He has also started football academies like Atenea and the namesake, Aurelio Valenzuela^[2] and worked with women players like the Baja California state team in the Olimpiada Nacional tournament.^[16]

Personal life

Valenzuela made his home in Querétaro, Mexico.^[15]

References

^ "Ariqueños al Profesionalismo". futbolarica.uta.cl (in Spanish). University of Tarapacá. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Academia de Fútbol". Dtav (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 January 2024.
^ "SAN LUIS 0:3 COLO-COLO TORNEO NACIONAL 1963". historiadecolocolo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 January 2024.
^ Reyes, Luis (23 April 2017). "El arquero de Colo Colo que se fue y regresó en un mismo partido". AS Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 January 2024.
^ Manzo, Francisco (13 October 2020). "San Luis y los ingleses". Asifuch (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 January 2024.
^ Sánchez, Eugenio (15 May 1967). "Reinoso, Primer Actor del Triunfo de Audax" (PDF). La Nación (in Spanish). 18, 058. Santiago, Chile: 3. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
^ "COLO-COLO 2:2 SANTIAGO MORNING TORNEO NACIONAL 1968". historiadecolocolo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 January 2024.
^ Chomsky (6 August 2018). "Aurelio Vásquez, el Toscano". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 November 2023.
^ "Santiago Morning 1976 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 January 2024.
^ "Audax Italiano 1979 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 January 2024.
^ "DEPORTES IQUIQUE 1:0 COLO-COLO TORNEO NACIONAL 1985". historiadecolocolo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 January 2024.
^ Márquez, Nicolás (1 November 2021). "Entrevista: Juan Manuel Silva, gerente deportivo de Cobresal: "Siempre ha sido un desafío traer jugadores a El Salvador"". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 January 2024.
^ "1984-1985 – El gran debut y consolidación en Primera". CDCobresal.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 January 2024.
^ "Un Gallo de Tijuana". Semanario ZETA (in Spanish). 4 August 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2024. Nacional de Tijuana, bajo las órdenes de Sergio Pacheco y Aurelio Valenzuela.
^ ^a ^b (Rosales, Araceli) Aurelio Valenzuela D.T. Profesional de Fútbol on Facebook (in Spanish). 1 December 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
^ "ES ELIMINADA SELECCIÓN JUVENIL SUPERIOR FEMENIL DE FUTBOL". INDEBC Noticias (in Spanish). 6 June 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2024.