Néstor Valdés

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Valdés and the second or maternal family name is Moraga.
Néstor Valdés
Personal information
Full name Néstor Valdés Moraga
Date of birth (1936-05-23)23 May 1936
Place of birth Chile
Date of death 3 February 2021(2021-02-03) (aged 84)
Place of death Chile
Youth career
Colo-Colo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Colo-Colo
→ Deportes Concepción (loan)
International career
Chile
Managerial career
1968 San Antonio Unido
1969–1970 Panama
1971 Suchitepéquez
1972–1973 Aurora
1973 Guatemala
1974 Alianza
1977 Guatemala
1979 Colo-Colo (assistant)
1980 Regional Atacama
1983 Deportes Valdivia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Néstor Valdés Moraga (23 May 1936 – 3 February 2021), sometimes referred as Néstor Valdez, was a Chilean football player and manager.

Career

Born in 1936, as a football player, Valdés was with Colo-Colo in the 1950s, becoming the team captain. His playing career stopped due to a serious inguinal injury.[1] He also played for Deportes Concepción on loan.[2]

At international level, he took part of the Chile national team.[3]

Turned a football manager, he began his career with San Antonio Unido in the 1968 season.[1] He emigrated to Panama and coached the Panama national team from 1969 to 1970, taking part in the 1969 CONCACAF Championship.[4][5] He became one of the five Chileans who have managed the Panama national team along with Óscar Rendoll Gómez (1946–47/1951–52), Óscar Suman (1949), Hugo Tassara (1972–1973) and Renato Panay (1976–1977).[6]

From 1971 to 1973 he worked in Guatemala, coaching both Suchitepéquez and Aurora at club level and the Guatemala national team in the 1973 CONCACAF Championship. In 1974 he coached Alianza in El Salvador. On 15 December 1977, he coached Guatemala again in a 1–1 draw versus Honduras.[7]

Back in Chile, he was the assistant of Pedro Morales in Colo-Colo at the 1979 Primera División de Chile, where they became champions,[1] and also was the first coach of Deportes Valdivia in 1983.[8]

After his retirement, he was in charge of the Colo-Colo academies until 2002.[1]

Personal life

Valdés was distinguished as a Honorary Member of Colo-Colo.[9]

He was President of Viejos Cracks de Colo-Colo (Old Stars), an association of former players.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "En la memoria colocolina Mario Osbén Méndez y Néstor Valdés Moraga". mi.csdcolocolo.cl (in Spanish). 11 February 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  2. ^ A LA ETERNIDAD: NESTOR VALDES MORAGA. (1936-2021) Colo-Colo Football Club on Facebook (in Spanish)
  3. ^ "Colegio envia condolencias por fallecimiento de entrenador Néstor Valdés". Colegio de Entrenadores de Fútbol (in Spanish). 4 February 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  4. ^ Moreno, Eduardo (25 September 2010). "¿Quién será el director técnico 38.º?". Panamá América (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  5. ^ Lugo, Erik Francisco; Mendoza, Eduardo; ANCCIF (4 November 2021). "IV Copa de Naciones CONCACAF (NORCECA) 1969 - Match Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  6. ^ Ampa, Rebeca; Schiappacasse, Aldo (13 June 2016). "EyN: Los chilenos que futbolizaron Panamá". www.economiaynegocios.cl (in Spanish). El Mercurio. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  7. ^ Solares, Luis (4 February 2021). "Fallece ex técnico de la Selección Nacional". Guatefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  8. ^ Hoy celebra su aniversario nuestro club Deportes Valdivia institución fundada el 5 de junio de 1983 La Historia de un Torreón on Facebook (in Spanish)
  9. ^ a b @CSDColoColo (3 February 2021). "Hoy nos ha dejado nuestro socio honorario Néstor Valdés Moraga" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 September 2022 – via Twitter.