In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Jara and the second or maternal family name is Valladares.

Heber Eugenio Jara Valladares (27 December 1935 – 21 December 2014), known as Eugenio Jara, was a Chilean football manager and footballer.

Career

Club

Born in Talca, Jara played football for Ferrobadminton, O'Higgins and Colchagua and had a prolific career as football manager in Chile.[1] He is well remembered by leading "Los Comandos" (The Commandos) from Magallanes, how they were nicknamed in the first half of the 1980s[2] and that qualified to the 1985 Copa Libertadores, defeating Uruguayan club Bella Vista in the Estadio Centenario.[3]

In the Chilean Primera División, he also coached Rangers de Talca,[3] Ñublense,[4] Naval, San Luis, Palestino and Unión San Felipe.[5]

In the Chilean Segunda División, he coached Curicó Unido, Independiente de Cauquenes, Deportes Linares, Unión Santa Cruz,[3] O'Higgins,[6] Palestino, Unión San Felipe, Rangers de Talca[7] and Deportes Arica. In 1979, he got the better season of Independiente de Cauquenes in its history,[8] with the well remembered Brazilian striker Ribamar Batista [es] in the squad.[9]

In addition, in 2000 he had a stint with Curicó Unido in the Tercera A.[10]

Abroad, he was the manager of Peruvian club Sporting Cristal in the 1990 Torneo Descentralizado for three months.[11] In that club, he coincided with his compatriots Quemel Farías and Carlos González as players.[12]

National team

In 1987, he led the Chile national team in the Pan American Games,[13] winning the silver medal.[14] In addition, he got the first win of Chile against Argentina in an official match after defeating by 3–2 in the semi-finals.[15]

In 1988, he coached Chile U20 in the South American Championship.[16]

Personal life

Jara died at the age of 78, after suffering the Alzheimer's disease.[13]

Honours

Chile B

References

  1. ^ "A los 78 años Fallece Eugenio Jara Valladares". En Línea Maule (in Spanish). 22 December 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  2. ^ ¿Qué recuerdos tienes tú del "profe" Jara? Club Deportivo Magallanes on Facebook (in Spanish)
  3. ^ a b c Retamal, Rodrigo (21 December 2014). "Fallece Eugenio Jara, DT y gestor de "Los Comandos" de Magallanes" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Ñublense 1978 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Historia de Colo-Colo - Memoria y estadísticas de Colo-Colo". historiadecolocolo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Historia". O'Higgins FC - El orgullo de la Región (in Spanish). O'Higgins F.C. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Historia del Club – Rangers de Talca" (in Spanish). Rangers de Talca. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  8. ^ Asifuch (19 June 2021). Anuario 2020 del Fútbol Chileno (PDF) (in Spanish). Santiago: Asociación de Investigadores del Fútbol Chileno. p. 196. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  9. ^ "Las historias de Ribamar Batista en el fútbol chileno" (in Spanish). ANFP. 13 July 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  10. ^ "Club de Deportes Provincial Curicó Unido". curicopedia.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  11. ^ "Los detés chilenos en Sporting Cristal antes del éxito de Salas" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  12. ^ "HISTORIA DEL SPORTING CRISTAL". Glorioso Celeste (in Spanish). 10 January 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  13. ^ a b "Fallece don Eugenio Jara un grande que entrenó a Independiente de Cauquenes". cauquenino.com (in Spanish). 22 December 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  14. ^ Gorgazzi, Osvaldo José (13 January 2011). "Panamerican Games 1987". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  15. ^ Valencia, Cristóbal (20 March 2017). "EyN: El olvidado primer triunfo de Chile sobre Argentina en un partido por los puntos". www.economiaynegocios.cl (in Spanish). El Mercurio. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  16. ^ "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Sub-20". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 September 2022.
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