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.
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.
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 presidentMichelle 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.
