Arturo Norambuena

Chilean footballer (born 1971)
Arturo Norambuena
Personal information
Full name Arturo Andrés Norambuena Ardiles
Date of birth (1971-11-24) 24 November 1971 (age 52)
Place of birth Valdivia, Chile
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Universidad Austral
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996 Iberia
1997 Santiago Morning 20 (4)
1998 Universidad de Concepción
1999 Audax Italiano 31 (12)
2000–2003 Universidad Católica 110 (49)
2004 Quilmes 3 (0)
2004–2005 Cobreloa 41 (10)
2006 Puerto Rico Islanders 21 (5)
International career
2001–2003 Chile 5 (1)
Managerial career
2015 Cobresal
2017–2018 Barnechea
2019 Deportes Valdivia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Arturo Andrés Norambuena Ardiles (born 24 November 1971) is a retired Chilean footballer who played as forward and current manager.

Playing career

Norambuena represented the team of Universidad Austral before playing professional football, being well-known by his stint with Universidad Católica.[1]

Norambuena also was involved with Chile's national set-up.

Coaching career

Deportes Valdivia

On 27 August 2019, Norambuena was appointed manager of Deportes Valdivia.[2] However, after a period with bad results, he was fired on 2 October 2019.[3]

Personal life

Norambuena graduated in forestry in Universidad Austral de Chile. Because of this, he was nicknamed El Ingeniero del Gol (The Goal Engineer) while he was a footballer.[1]

Norambuena is the cousin of the brothers Iván and Mauricio Hernández Norambuena, former guerrilla fighters of the political-military organization FPMR (Frente Patriótico Manuel Rodríguez), who played football for club Orompello from Valparaíso as defenders, winning the regional championship,[1] and after took part in the 1977 Amateur Youth National Championship in Pedro de Valdivia nitrate works [es] representing the Valparaíso city team alongside fellows such as Juan Carlos Letelier, later a Chile international, and Jaime Zapata, later a professional goalkeeper.[4] Later, Iván played for Quintero Unido and Mauricio for Iván Mayo [es].[1]

Honours

Club

Universidad Católica
Cobreloa

References

  1. ^ a b c d Arcos, Cristián (31 July 2023). "El "comandante Ramiro" y su primo Arturo Norambuena". ADN (in Spanish). ADN Radio Chile. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  2. ^ Deportes Valdivia anunció a Arturo Norambuena como sucesor de Pedro González, alairelibre.cl, 27 August 2019
  3. ^ Continúan los despidos... Arturo Norambuena no va más en Valdivia y ya son 23 los técnicos cesados entre la A y B, emol.com, 2 October 2019
  4. ^ "FPMR Fútbol Club". Revista Qué Pasa (in Spanish). 31 March 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2023.

External links

  • Arturo Norambuena at National-Football-Teams.com
  • Arturo Norambuena at BDFA (in Spanish)
  • Arturo Norambuena at PlaymakerStats
Managerial positions
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Cobresalmanagers
(c) = caretaker manager
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Deportes Valdiviamanagers
  • Valdés (1983)
  • Venegas (1985–86)
  • García (1987–88)
  • Herrera (1988–89)
  • Matus (1989)
  • Guevara (1990)
  • Marcoleta (1995)
  • M. González (2004)
  • Vásquez (2004)
  • Barbosa (2004–05)
  • Caroca (2005–06)
  • Soto (2007)
  • López (2008)
  • Soto (2008–09)
  • Milanca (2009–11)
  • Muñoz (2012)
  • Lunari (2013)
  • Landeros (2013–14)
  • Cancinoc (2014)
  • Reinoso (2014–15)
  • Balladares (2015–16)
  • Lunari (2016)
  • Cancinoc (2016)
  • Cavalieri (2016–17)
  • Rojas (2017)
  • Aravena (2017–19)
  • P. González (2019)
  • Norambuena (2019)
  • Press (2019–2020)
  • Ruiz (2020)
  • Peñac (2020)
  • Cavalieri (2021)
  • Marcoleta (2021–2023)
  • Kalleg (2023–)
(c) = caretaker manager
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A.C. Barnecheamanagers
  • Valenzuela (1995)
  • Carloto (1996)
  • Dubó (1997–98)
  • Vergara (2006)
  • Suazo (2008)
  • Cordero (2009)
  • Monardes (2009)
  • Soto (2010)
  • Salas (2011–12)
  • Vilches (2013–14)
  • Bozán (2014–15)
  • Mirandac (2016)
  • Contreras (2016–17)
  • Norambuena (2017–18)
  • Ávilac (2018)
  • Peña (2018–19)
  • Zamora (2020)
  • Leporatic (2021)
  • Pizarro (2021)
  • Adomaitis (2021)
  • Armijo (2021–22)
  • Martínez (2023)
  • Muñoz (2024–)
(c) = caretaker manager