Jaime Pizarro

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pizarro and the second or maternal family name is Herrera.

Jaime Pizarro
Pizarro in 2023
Minister of Sports
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 March 2023
President	Gabriel Boric
Preceded by	Alexandra Benado
Undersecretary of Sports
In office 30 July 2007 – 17 November 2009
President	Michelle Bachelet
Preceded by	Ricardo Vorpahl
Succeeded by	Marcela González
Personal details
Born	Jaime Augusto Pizarro Herrera (1964-03-02) 2 March 1964 (age 60) Santiago, Chile
Association football career Position(s) Midfielder Youth career 1977–1983 Colo-Colo Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1983–1993 Colo-Colo 236 (25) 1993 Argentinos Juniors 13 (1) 1994 Barcelona SC 9 (0) 1995 Tigres UANL 18 (0) 1996 Palestino 29 (2) 1997–1999 Universidad Católica 63 (5) International career 1986–1993 Chile 53 (1) Managerial career 2001 Chile (assistant) 2002–2004 Colo-Colo 2005 Audax Italiano 2006–2007 Palestino 2021 Barnechea *Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jaime Augusto Pizarro Herrera (born 2 March 1964) is a Chilean politician, teacher, and former football player and coach who played 53 times for the Chile national team between 1986 and 1993.^[1] He serves as minister of sports in Gabriel Boric's government.^[2] He formerly served as sub-secretary of the National Institute of Sports of the government of Michelle Bachelet. At club level, he played as a midfielder, principally for the Chilean club Colo-Colo, the team where he was crowned champion both as a player and as a coach.

A teacher of physical education by profession, he has served director of the same career in the Central University of Chile.^[3]

Club career

As player

He began his career in Colo-Colo making his professional debut in March 1982 in a friendly game against Olimpia. He played for Colo-Colo until 1993. For this team he won 6 national championships, 5 Apertura cups and 3 international titles, including the Copa Libertadores de América.

Later in his career he played for Argentinos Juniors and Barcelona Sporting Club, he came back for a brief period to Colo-Colo in 1994 to later play for UANL Tigres where he played for the entire year 1995. He returned to Chile to play for Palestino and Universidad Católica, where he won a seventh league championship in 1997.

As coach

He began his career as a coach in Colo-Colo where he won a championship and two runner-up trophies, with the club in bankruptcy.

After he left the "cacique" team, he has coached teams like Audax Italiano and Palestino, achieving with the later one to keep the category of a first division team after a terrible start of the competition in 2006.

As sub-secretary

On 30 July 2007, Chilean president Michelle Bachelet named Jaime Pizarro Sub-secretary of the National Institute of Sports (Chiledeportes), after the resignation of Ricardo Vorpahl.

International career

Pizarro made his debut for the national senior squad on 6 May 1986, against Brazil. He obtained 53 caps, and played the Copa América 1987 final. His last international game was against the national team from Peru at Copa América 1993. His only goal came on 19 June 1989, in a friendly match against Uruguay (2-2) in Montevideo.

Managerial career

He assumed as the coach of Colo-Colo for the 2002 season after being the sport manager of Universidad Católica and the assistant coach of Pedro García in the Chile national team.^[4] In 2005, he moved to Audax Italiano and, in 2007, he joined Palestino.^[5]

Next, he performed as sport manager and director of Colo-Colo (2011–2012) and Santiago Wanderers (2018).^[6] In 2021, he returned to coaching and joined Barnechea in the Primera B de Chile until July of the same year.^[7]

Personal life

He is the father of the professional footballer Vicente Pizarro.^[8]

Honours

Club

Colo-Colo

• Primera División de Chile (6): 1983, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993
• Copa Chile (5): 1982, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990
• Copa Libertadores (1): 1991
• Copa Interamericana (1): 1992
• Recopa Sudamericana (1): 1992

Universidad Católica

• Primera División de Chile (1): 1997 Apertura

Individual

• Best defensive midfielder in the world for the magazine France Football in 1987–1988^[9]
• Best Chilean professional footballer for circle of Chilean Sports Journalists in 1991–1992
• Award for outstanding football career by the CONMEBOL 2009^[10]

References

1. rsssf: Chile record international footballers
2. Lucay, Carlos González (10 March 2023). "El Káiser regresa a la política: Jaime Pizarro asume el Ministerio del Deporte". La Tercera.
3. "Jaime Pizarro asume como nuevo jefe de carrera de Pedagogía en Educación Física". Central University of Chile. 18 December 2017.
4. "Jaime Pizarro, nuevo entrenador de Colo Colo". AS.com (in Spanish). Diario AS. 18 December 2001. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
5. "Jaime Pizarro cumple su primera práctica en Audax". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 22 February 2005. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
6. "Jaime Pizarro asumió como gerente deportivo de Santiago Wanderers y trabaja en la búsqueda de refuerzos". SoyChile (in Spanish). 18 June 2018.
7. "Jaime Pizarro deja la banca de Barnechea y asume puesto directivo". Prensafútbol (in Spanish). 27 July 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
8. "Hijo de Pizarro firma su primer contrato profesional en Colo Colo" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
9. "Jaime Pizarro". Archived from the original on 11 December 2011.
10. "Conmebol premiará a Elías Figueroa, Carlos Caszely y Jaime Pizarro". 26 January 2009.

External links

• Jaime Pizarro at National-Football-Teams.com
• Argentine Primera statistics^[usurped] at Fútbol XXI (in Spanish)