Leonardo Iván Véliz Díaz (born September 3, 1945) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a left winger for Everton, O'Higgins, Unión Española and Colo-Colo of Chile and in the Chile national team[1] in the 1974 FIFA World Cup in Germany.[2]
Managerial career
He worked as manager of both Chile U17 and Chile U20, leading the first in the 1993 FIFA World Championship[3] and the second in the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship.[4]
From 1998 to 2000 he worked for the Sporting CP youth system, where he coincided with players such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Ricardo Quaresma and Fábio Paím.[5]
Personal life
He is well known by his nickname Pollo (Chicken).[6]
His son, Daniel Sebastián Véliz,[7] represented Chile at under-20 level in the 1992 South American Championship.[8]
In 2004, he was elected a councillor of Santiago, supported by Party for Democracy. In 2009, he was a candidate for deputy, supported by for Nueva Mayoría para Chile [es]. In 2010, he switched to the other political hand after supporting Sebastián Piñera in his candidacy for President of Chile.[6]
Honours
Unión Española
- Chilean Primera División: 1975, 1977
Colo-Colo
- Chilean Primera División: 1972, 1979, 1981
Chile
References
- ^ "Leonardo Véliz". National Football Teams. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Leonardo Véliz". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ^ "Nóminas de Chile para Copas del Mundo Sub-17". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ "Nóminas de Chile para Copas del Mundo Sub-20". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ Antúnez, Cristopher (3 June 2020). "Leonardo Véliz rompe su mito con Cristiano Ronaldo: "No sé si se acordará, puede que sí, puede que no"". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ a b "Leonardo "Pollo" Véliz analiza sumarse a campaña de Piñera". La Tercera (in Spanish). La Tercera. 2 January 2010. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ "Perfil de Daniel Véliz". es.besoccer.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ "Grandes dinastías de la Selección: Padres e hijos que jugaron por "La Roja"". Guioteca.com (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 15 June 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
External links
- Profile at FIFA.com Profile at
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