José Santos Arias
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Santos Arias González | ||
| Date of birth | 22 January 1928 | ||
| Place of birth | Nacimiento, Chile | ||
| Date of death | 4 September 2012 (aged 84) | ||
| Place of death | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Escuela Normal Victoria | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1950–1952 | Colo-Colo | 53 | (9) |
| 1953–1954 | Universidad de Chile | 27 | (4) |
| 1955 | Green Cross | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Green Cross (youth) | |||
| 1962 | San Bernardo Central | ||
| 1965 | UTE | ||
| 1967 | Chile U20 | ||
| 1968 | Rangers | ||
| 1970 | Colo-Colo (youth) | ||
| 1971 | Audax Italiano | ||
| 1973 | Chile (amateur) | ||
| 1973–1974 | Chile U20 | ||
| 1974 | Colo-Colo (interim) | ||
| 1974–1975 | Colo-Colo (youth) | ||
| 1978–1979 | Santiago Morning | ||
| 1984–1985 | Soinca Bata | ||
| 1986 | Filanbanco (youth) | ||
| 1990–1991 | Deportes La Serena | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
José Santos Arias González (22 January 1928 – 4 September 2012), known as José Santos Arias, was a Chilean football player who played as a forward and manager.
Arias joined Colo-Colo after taking part in a championship in the Estadio Nacional as a member of the team of normal school from Victoria city.[1] As a player of Colo-Colo, he made fifty-three appearances and scored nine goals in the Chilean top division from 1950 to 1952.[2]
In 1953, he switched to the traditional rival, Universidad de Chile,[3] becoming the fifth player to make it directly after Alfonso Domínguez, Pedro Hugo López, Jorge Peñaloza and Javier Mascaró.[4] For them, he made twenty-seven appearances and scored four goals at league level.[5][6]
His last club was Green Cross in 1955.[7]
Coaching career
Considered a Fernando Riera's disciple,[8] at youth level he worked for clubs such as Green Cross, with whom he began his career,[9] Colo-Colo,[10][11] Filanbanco, Deportes La Serena, among others. He also coached the Chile under-20 team at both the 1967 and the 1974 South American Championships.[12]
At senior level, he coached clubs such as San Bernardo Central [es] and Universidad Técnica in the second level.[13] In the top division, he led Rangers (1968),[14] Audax Italiano (1971),[15] Colo-Colo as interim (1974),[16] Santiago Morning (1978–79)[17] and Deportes La Serena (1990–91).[18] He also won the Cuarta División in 1984 and got the promotion to the Tercera División with Soinca Bata.[19]
In 1973, he coached the Chile national amateur team with views to the 1975 Pan American Games, previous to the Chilean coup d'état.[8]
As a football teacher, he was one of the founders of the Football Managers Association of Chile[20] and gave classes alongside colleagues such as Pedro Morales and Eddio Inostroza.[21]
Personal life
He graduated as a teacher at the normal school of Victoria, where he coincided with Constantino Mohor and Caupolicán Peña, who were footballers and managers later.[22]