Erwin Durán
Chilean footballer and manager (born 1977)
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Erwin Manuel Durán Santander (born 17 October 1970) is a Chilean football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Erwin Manuel Durán Santander | ||
| Date of birth | 14 October 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Concepción, Chile | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1990 | Naval | ||
| 1991–1994 | Everton Viña del Mar | ||
| 1995 | Santiago Morning | ||
| 1996–1997 | San Luis | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2011 | Magallanes (youth) | ||
| 2012 | Naval (youth) | ||
| 2013 | Fernández Vial | ||
| 2014 | Naval | ||
| 2014–2017 | Deportes Puerto Montt | ||
| 2017–2018 | Deportes Copiapó | ||
| 2018 | Deportes Limache | ||
| 2019 | Fernández Vial | ||
| 2020 | Unión San Felipe | ||
| 2021–2022 | Deportes Copiapó | ||
| 2022–2023 | Deportes Puerto Montt | ||
| 2024–2025 | Deportes La Serena | ||
| 2025–2026 | Rangers de Talca | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
Born in Concepción, Durán represented Naval de Talcahuano, Everton de Viña del Mar, Santiago Morning and San Luis de Quillota as a player. He retired with the latter in 1997, aged 27.
After retiring, Durán worked as a coach in the football school of San Joaquín, before joining the youth sides of Magallanes in 2011, as a manager of the under-16 squad. In the following year, he led Naval's under-17 and under-19 teams, before being named manager of Fernández Vial on 20 December 2012.[1]
Durán won the 2013 Tercera A with Fernández Vial, before returning to Naval in February 2014, now as first team manager.[2] He left the club after suffering administrative relegation, and was named at the helm of Deportes Puerto Montt in August.
Durán led Puerto Montt to the Primera B after winning the Segunda División Profesional de Chile in 2015, but left the club in May 2017 after not renewing his contract. He was named Deportes Copiapó manager shortly after,[3] but was dismissed from the latter in September 2018.[4]
In October 2018, Durán took over Deportes Limache, but left after missing out promotion. He returned to Fernández Vial on 29 December of that year,[5] but was replaced by Jorge Garcés in August 2019.
On 10 December 2019, Durán was announced as manager of Unión San Felipe for the upcoming season.[6] Sacked on 20 November 2020,[7] he returned to Copiapó the following 5 February.[8]
Durán led Copiapó to the finals of the 2021 Primera B, but resigned on 4 January 2022 amidst the uncertainty of a promotion.[9] Two days later, he returned to Puerto Montt,[10] being dismissed on 15 July 2023.[11]
On 16 January 2024, Durán was named Deportes La Serena manager.[12] He led the club to a top tier promotion as champions.
In the second half of 2025, Durán was appointed as the manager of Rangers de Talca. He left them in March 2026.[13]