Marco Fajre

Marco Fajre
Personal information
Full name Marco Antonio Fajre Díaz
Date of birth (1963-11-28) 28 November 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Palestino
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1985 Palestino 17 (1)
1982 → Súper Lo Miranda [es] (loan) – (–)
1985 → Súper Lo Miranda [es] (loan)
1986–1988 Deportes Temuco
1989–1990 Universidad de Chile 35 (13)
1991–1992 FC Baden
1992 Palestino 12 (1)
1993 Audax Italiano – (–)
1993 Santiago Wanderers 15 (4)
1994 Cobresal 10 (2)
1997 Deportes Temuco 5 (0)
Managerial career
Universidad de Chile (youth)
2007 Provincial Temuco
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marco Antonio Fajre Díaz (born 28 November 1963) is a Chilean former football manager and player who played as a forward. Besides Chile, he played in Switzerland.

Career

A product of Palestino, Fajre made his professional debut at the age of eighteen[1] and played for them until 1984,[2] with seasons on loan to Súper Lo Miranda [es] in the Tercera División and the Segunda División.[3]

In the Chilean Primera División, he later played for Universidad de Chile,[4] Palestino again,[5] Cobresal[6] and Deportes Temuco,[7] his last club.

In 1990, he scored a goal for Universidad de Chile in a friendly match against the Swiss club St. Gallen.[8] After the match, he was informed about his transfer to the also Swiss club FC Baden. He played for them in 1991–92 in the Nationalliga B and scored about ten goals.[1][9]

In the Chilean Segunda División, he also played for Deportes Temuco, where he scored about sixty goals between 1986 and 1988,[1] Universidad de Chile[10] and Santiago Wanderers.[11] He was a member of Universidad de Chile in the 1989 season, the only time they were in that division, winning the championship with Fajre as the team top goalscorer with twelve goals.[9][12]

Post-retirement

As a football coach, Fajre worked for the Universidad de Chile youth system in Temuco for about nine years, taking part of the training of players such as Iván Rozas and José Gatica.[9][1] In 2007, he led Provincial Temuco in the Chilean Tercera División [es]. He has also worked for football academies like the Escuela de Fútbol Municipal (Municipal Football Academy) of Pitrufquén.[13]

Personal life

Fajre is of Palestinian descent.[1]

He is the uncle of the Chilean football player and coach, Nicole Fajre.[14][15]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e (AntunezSilva) Entrevista con Marcos Fajre ex jugador de Universidad de Chile on YouTube (in Spanish). 10 July 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Palestino 1984 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Marco Fajre :: Player Profile :: playmakerstats.com". www.playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  4. ^ "U. de Chile - campañas - 1990". www.chuncho.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  5. ^ "SABOR A NADA" (PDF). Revista Minuto 90 (in Spanish). 259. Santiago, Chile: Palestino Histórico: 40–41. 21 July 1992. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  6. ^ "1995-1996-1997 – Tan cerca, tan lejos…". CDCobresal.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  7. ^ "DEPORTES TEMUCO Club de Deportes Temuco". www.oocities.org (in Spanish). 1997. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  8. ^ (UdeChileVideos) U. DE CHILE 3-1 Saint Gallen (SUI). Amistoso, 1990 on YouTube (in Spanish). 24 October 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  9. ^ a b c Azul Azul S.A. (April 2017). 90 AÑOS 1927 – 2017 MÁS QUE UNA PASIÓN (epub) (in Spanish) (1 ed.). Las Condes, Santiago, Chile: Ediciones Babieca. pp. 146–151, 154, 337. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  10. ^ "¡El día en que se acomodó la historia! A 33 años de la vuelta de la U a Primera División". Bolavip Chile (in Spanish). 15 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Wanderers en Campeonato de Segunda División 1993". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  12. ^ "U. de Chile - campañas - 1989". www.chuncho.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  13. ^ "Pitrufquén Va Por La Copa Del 32° Mundialito De Fútbol En Argentina". El Pregonero (in Spanish). 21 January 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  14. ^ Rodríguez, Diego (19 December 2020). "Marco Fajre, ex goleador azul: "Mi sobrina Nicole está un peldaño más arriba de Karen Araya"". ADN Radio (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  15. ^ "Tio de Nicole Fajre y ex atacante de la U salta en una pata con el retorno de su sobrina a Las Leonas". Bolavip Chile (in Spanish). 23 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2024.