Renato Panay
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luis Renato Panay Pérez | ||
| Date of birth | 4 November 1922 | ||
| Place of birth | Chile | ||
| Place of death | Panama | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1948 | Emelec | ||
| 1954 | Emelec | ||
| 1956 | Emelec | ||
| 1957 | Rangers | ||
| 1959 | San José | ||
| 1960 | Rangers | ||
| 1960–1961 | Jorge Wilstermann | ||
| 1961 | America-RJ | ||
| 1961 | Bolivia | ||
| 1963–1964 | Aurora | ||
| 1968 | Zulia | ||
| 1969–1970 | San José | ||
| 1972 | Panama (amateur) | ||
| 1974 | Panama (amateur) | ||
| 1976–1977 | Panama | ||
Luis Renato Panay Pérez (4 November 1922 – unknown), known as Renato Panay, was a Chilean football manager.
Club
Panay had a prolific career in South America and Panama. In Ecuador, he coached Emelec three times: 1948, 1954, 1956. In 1948 he led the team in the South American Championship of Champions, an older version of Copa Libertadores.[1] In 1956, he won the Campeonato de Fútbol del Guayas [es],[2] leading a well remembered squad what later was nickanmed Ballet Azul (Blue Ballet).[3]
In Chile, he had two steps with Rangers de Talca in 1957 and 1960.[1]
In Bolivia, he coached San José (1959, 1969–70),[4] Jorge Wilstermann (1960–61),[5][6] and Aurora (1963–64).[7] Along with San José, he got the 1959 Campeonato Nacional Integrado.[2] With Aurora, he won the 1963 Bolivian Primera División.[8]
In Venezuela, he coached Zulia, becoming the first Chilean manager in the Venezuelan football.[9]
National team
In 1961 he led the Bolivia national team in the 1962 FIFA World Cup qualifiers[10] versus Uruguay, with a 1-1 draw in La Paz and a 1-2 loss in Montevideo. A month before, he had joined the Brazilian club America-RJ, but he just stayed two days with it.[1]
In the 1970s he emigrated to Panama and coached the national team, becoming one of the five Chileans who have managed it along with Óscar Rendoll Gómez (1946–47/1951–52), Óscar Suman (1949), Néstor Valdés (1969–70) and Hugo Tassara (1972–1973).[1] He led the team in its first FIFA World Cup qualification for the 1978 FIFA World Cup.[11] At the championship, he made his debut with a 3-2 win versus Costa Rica in the Estadio Revolución on 4 April 1976.[1] Previously he had led the national team in both the 1972 Pre-Olympic Tournament and the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games with amateur squads.[12]