Mario Chirino
Chilean football manager and player
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Mario Luis Chirino Jiménez,[1] frequently and wrongly named Mario Chirinos, is a Chilean football manager and former player who played as a defender.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mario Luis Chirino Jiménez | ||
| Place of birth | Chile | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1971–1975 | Deportes La Serena | 72 | (1) |
| 1976–1977 | Universidad de Chile | 22 | (0) |
| 1978 | Rangers | 30 | (0) |
| 1979 | Ferroviarios | ||
| 1980 | LD Estudiantil | ||
| International career | |||
| 1976 | Chile U23 | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1988 | Coquimbo Unido | ||
| –2014 | Coquimbo Unido (youth) | ||
| 2005 | Coquimbo Unido (interim) | ||
| 2008 | Coquimbo Unido (interim) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
As player
A football defender, Chirino stood out as a player of Deportes La Serena in the Chilean Primera División in the first half of the 1970s alongside players such as Hugo Valdivia, Juan Koscina, Gregorio Vilches, among others.[2][3][4]
In 1976, he switched to Universidad de Chile, playing for them for two seasons.[5][6] In 1978, he played for Rangers de Talca.[7]
In the Chilean Segunda División, he played for Ferroviarios in 1979.[8]
In 1980, he moved abroad and joined LD Estudiantil in the Ecuadorian second level.[9]
At international level, he represented Chile in the 1976 Pre-Olympic Tournament alongside players such as Nelson Sanhueza, Oscar Wirth, Eduardo Bonvallet, among others, where they reached the fifth place.[10]
As coach
As a football manager, he has mainly worked for the Coquimbo Unido youth system,[11][12][13] taking part of the training of players such as Enzo Guerrero, Carlos Carmona, Alí Manouchehri, among others.[14][15] He led the first team in 1988. He also assumed as interim coach in 2005 by replacing Raúl Toro in the top level[16][17][18] and 2008 by replacing Nelson Cossio in the Primera B.[19][20][21] He was released in 2014 and won a work-related lawsuit against the club in the same year.[22][1]