José Letelier

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In this
Spanish name, the first or paternal surname
is Letelier and the second or maternal family name is Henríquez.
José Letelier
José Letelier with Chile national football team in 2021
Personal information
Full name José Antonio Letelier Henríquez
Date of birth (1966-05-23) 23 May 1966 (age 57)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Alianza Lima women [es]
Youth career
1979–1982
Universidad de Chile
1983–1986 Colo-Colo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1991 Colo-Colo
1988 → Alianza Lima (loan)
1989 → Deportes Valdivia (loan)
1991–1992
Atlético Morelia
1993
Huachipato
1994–1997 Deportes Linares
Managerial career
2010–2015 Colo-Colo women
2015–2023 Chile women
2023– Alianza Lima women [es]
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Antonio Letelier Henríquez (born 23 May 1966) is a Chilean

coach and former professional goalkeeper. He was the head coach of the Chile women's national football team from 2015 to 2023. He is currently in charge of Peruvian side Alianza Lima (women) [es
].

Playing career

Letelier started playing in the youth categories of

1991 Copa Libertadores
-winning squad.

He was signed by Mexican club

Huachipato and Deportes Linares.[4]

Coaching career

After retiring as a player, Letelier trained as a

Chilean women's football championship ten times in succession, the last nine under the Apertura and Clausura format. When Colo-Colo won the 2012 Copa Libertadores Femenina, Letelier became the first individual to be part of winning squads in both the male and female Libertadores tournaments.[5]

In June 2015 he was appointed technical director of the Chile women's national football team, with his first task to prepare an under 20 team for the 2015 South American U-20 Women's Championship.[6] When the senior women's national team played their first fixture in three years in May 2017, they thrashed hapless Peru 12–0.[7] At the 2018 Copa América Femenina, Letelier steered hosts Chile to a runners-up finish, securing qualification to their first ever FIFA Women's World Cup in 2019.[8]

In October 2023, he assumed as the coach of the Alianza Lima women's team [es].[9]

References

  1. ^ "Una carrera marcada por el bajo perfil" (in Spanish). La Tercera. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  2. ^ "José Letelier, arquero que defendió a Alianza Lima tras la tragedia del equipo limeño en 1987: "Al principio quise volver de inmediato a Chile, pero al día siguiente se me pasó"" (in Spanish). Diario el Día. 1 December 2016. Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Club Atlético MONARCAS MORELIA". Fútbol en América (in Spanish). 2 December 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  4. ^ "El archivo secreto de José Letelier: el origen noventero del técnico que llevará al Mundial a la Roja Femenina" (in Spanish). RedGol.cl. 23 April 2018. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  5. ^ Pizarro, Gonzalo (26 November 2012). "José Letelier: "This is for all Chileans"" (in Spanish). Colo-Colo. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  6. 24 Horas (Chilean TV program)
    . 16 June 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Conozca a las protagonistas que brillaron en la histórica goleada de 12-0 de la "Roja" femenina de fútbol" (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 29 May 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  8. ^ "José Letelier valora los duelos de La Roja femenina ante Italia y Cataluña: "Son potencias a nivel mundial"" (in Spanish). RedGol.cl. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  9. ^ Solís Ruiz, Miguel (19 October 2023). "José Letelier vuelve a Matute: llegó como arquero tras accidente del Fokker y ahora dirigirá a Alianza Lima Femenino". Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 October 2023.

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