Guillermo Báez
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![]() Báez as referee in 1946 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Guillermo Osvaldo Báez Astudillo | ||
| Date of birth | 1909 | ||
| Place of birth | Valparaíso, Chile | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Santiago Wanderers | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1924–1926 | Santiago Wanderers | ||
| 1927–1929 | Unión Deportiva Española | ||
| 1930 | Everton | ||
| 1931 | Juventud Asturiana | ||
| 1932–1935 | Sportiva Italiana | ||
| 1936–1937 | Santiago Wanderers | ||
| 1937–1938 | Unión Española | ||
| 1939–1943 | Green Cross | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1949–1950 | San Luis | ||
| 1958 | Ñublense | ||
| 1959 | Rangers | ||
| 1964 | Lister Rossel | ||
| 1971 | Naval | ||
| 1975–1976 | Deportes Concepción | ||
| 1980 | Curicó Unido | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Guillermo Osvaldo Báez Astudillo (1909 – unknown) was a Chilean football manager and player who played as a defender.

Born in Valparaíso, Báez stood out as a player of Santiago Wanderers in the 1920s and 1930s.[1]
Before the professional era in Chilean football, he also played for Unión Deportiva Española, Everton and Sportiva Italiana [es]. Abroad, he played for Juventud Asturiana [ast] in Cuba.[1]
In the Chilean Primera División, he played for Santiago Wanderers,[2] Unión Española[3] and Green Cross.[1]
Post-retirement
As referee
Following his retirement, he performed as a football referee in the Chilean football.[4][5][6]
As coach
As a football coach, he led many clubs in the Chilean football. A year before Ñublense joined the professional football, he led them in the 1958 regional championship of Concepción.[7]
In the Chilean Segunda División, he coached clubs such as Lister Rossel, becoming the runner-up in 1964[8][9] and Naval de Talcahuano, winning the 1971 league title.[10][11]
In the Chilean Primera División, he coached clubs such as Rangers and Deportes Concepción, becoming the runner-up in the 1975 season with Vicente Cantatore as assistant.[12][13]
Personal life

His older brother, Telésforo, was also a footballer who represented the Chile national team in the 1919 South American Championship.[14][1]
He was nicknamed Gallego (Galician).[1][7][8]
At the same time he was a player of Green Cross, he worked as a bus driver.[15]
