Marco Fajre
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marco Antonio Fajre Díaz | ||
| Date of birth | 28 November 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Palestino | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1985 | Palestino | 17 | (1) |
| 1982 | → Súper Lo Miranda (loan) | – | (–) |
| 1985 | → Súper Lo Miranda (loan) | ||
| 1986–1988 | Deportes Temuco | ||
| 1989–1990 | Universidad de Chile | 35 | (13) |
| 1991–1992 | FC Baden | ||
| 1992 | Palestino | 12 | (1) |
| 1993 | Audax Italiano | – | (–) |
| 1993 | Santiago Wanderers | 15 | (4) |
| 1994 | Cobresal | 10 | (2) |
| 1997 | Deportes Temuco | 5 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| Universidad de Chile (youth) | |||
| 2007 | Provincial Temuco | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Marco Antonio Fajre Díaz (born 28 November 1963) is a Chilean former football manager and player who played as a forward. Besides Chile, he played in Switzerland.
A product of Palestino, Fajre made his professional debut at the age of eighteen[1] and played for them until 1984,[2] with seasons on loan to Súper Lo Miranda [es] in the Tercera División and the Segunda División.[3]
In the Chilean Primera División, he later played for Universidad de Chile,[4] Palestino again,[5] Cobresal[6] and Deportes Temuco,[7] his last club.
In 1990, he scored a goal for Universidad de Chile in a friendly match against the Swiss club St. Gallen.[8] After the match, he was informed about his transfer to the also Swiss club FC Baden. He played for them in 1991–92 in the Nationalliga B and scored about ten goals.[1][9]
In the Chilean Segunda División, he also played for Deportes Temuco, where he scored about sixty goals between 1986 and 1988,[1] Universidad de Chile[10] and Santiago Wanderers.[11] He was a member of Universidad de Chile in the 1989 season, the only time they were in that division, winning the championship with Fajre as the team top goalscorer with twelve goals.[9][12]
Coaching career
As a football coach, Fajre worked for the Universidad de Chile youth system in Temuco for about nine years, taking part of the training of players such as Iván Rozas and José Gatica.[9][1] In 2007, he led Provincial Temuco in the Chilean Tercera División [es]. He has also worked for football academies like the Escuela de Fútbol Municipal (Municipal Football Academy) of Pitrufquén.[13]