Leonardo Véliz
Chilean footballer (born 1945)
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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]
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Véliz in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leonardo Iván Véliz Díaz | ||
| Date of birth | September 3, 1945 | ||
| Place of birth | Valparaíso, Chile | ||
| Position | Left winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Juventud Unida | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1964–1967 | Everton | ||
| 1968–1971 | Unión Española | 110 | (28) |
| 1972–1974 | Colo-Colo | 84 | (14) |
| 1975–1978 | Unión Española | 118 | (28) |
| 1979–1982 | Colo-Colo | 78 | (5) |
| 1983 | O'Higgins | 14 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 1966–1981 | Chile | 39 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1991–1993 | Chile U17 | ||
| 1992–1995 | Chile U20 | ||
| 1998–2000 | Sporting CP (youth) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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
- Copa O'Higgins: 1966
- Copa Carlos Dittborn [es]: 1973 [es]
