Luis Hernán Álvarez

Luis Hernán Álvarez

Personal information
Full name	Luis Hernán Álvarez Hernández
Date of birth	(1938-05-21)21 May 1938
Place of birth	Curicó, Chile
Date of death	23 January 1991(1991-01-23) (aged 52)
Place of death	Curicó, Chile
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1958–1965	Colo-Colo
1966	Magallanes
1967	Alianza
1968	Green Cross Temuco
1969	Antofagasta Portuario
International career
1959–1963	Chile	4	(1)
Managerial career
1978	Curicó Unido
1979	Curicó Unido
1981	Curicó Unido
1988–1991	Escuela Municipal Curicó
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Luis Hernán Álvarez Hernández (21 May 1938 – 23 January 1991) was a Chilean footballer who played in clubs in Chile and El Salvador.

Teams

• Colo-Colo 1958–1965
• Magallanes 1966
• Alianza 1967
• Green Cross Temuco 1968
• Antofagasta Portuario 1969

Personal life

He was born and died in Curicó, Chile.

He was the father of the twin brothers Cristián and Iván, who were professional footballers and coincided at both Chile U17 and Universidad Católica.^[1]

Post retirement

Álvarez worked as the manager of Curicó Unido in three seasons: 1978, 1979 and 1981 ^[es].^[2]

Late 1980s, he founded the Escuela Municipal de Fútbol de Curicó (Municipal Football Academy of Curicó), later named Juventud 2000 (Youth 2000), a football academy what has been the breeding ground of successful footballers such as his sons Cristián and Iván, Claudio Maldonado and Patricio Ormazábal. He worked as coach of the Academy until his death in 1991.^[3]

The ANFA Stadium in Curicó was given the name of Luis Hernán Álvarez in his honor.^[2]

Titles

Colo Colo

• Chilean Primera División (2): 1960, 1963
• Copa Chile (1): 1958

Alianza

• Salvadoran Primera División (1): 1966–67

Honours

• Chilean Primera División Top Goalscorer: 1963

References

1. González, Christian (11 March 2013). "Padres e hijos futbolistas, la mejor herencia" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
2. CDP Curicó Unido on Facebook
3. ""Juventud 2000": La Academia de los sueños". VLN Radio (in Spanish). 29 September 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2022.

External links

• Luis Hernán Álvarez at BDFA (in Spanish)
• Luis Hernán Álvarez at PartidosdelaRoja (in Spanish)