José Santos Arias González (22 January 1928 – 4 September 2012), known as José Santos Arias, was a Chilean football player who played as a forward and manager.

José Santos Arias
Personal information
Full name José Santos Arias González
Date of birth (1928-01-22)22 January 1928
Place of birth Nacimiento, Chile
Date of death 4 September 2012(2012-09-04) (aged 84)
Place of death Santiago, Chile
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Escuela Normal Victoria
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1950–1952 Colo-Colo 53 (9)
1953–1954 Universidad de Chile 27 (4)
1955 Green Cross
Managerial career
Green Cross (youth)
1962 San Bernardo Central [es]
1965 UTE
1967 Chile U20
1968 Rangers
1970 Colo-Colo (youth)
1971 Audax Italiano
1973 Chile (amateur)
1973–1974 Chile U20
1974 Colo-Colo (interim)
1974–1975 Colo-Colo (youth)
1978–1979 Santiago Morning
1984–1985 Soinca Bata
1986 Filanbanco (youth)
1990–1991 Deportes La Serena
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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Arias joined Colo-Colo after taking part in a championship in the Estadio Nacional as a member of the team of normal school from Victoria city.[1] As a player of Colo-Colo, he made fifty-three appearances and scored nine goals in the Chilean top division from 1950 to 1952.[2]

In 1953, he switched to the traditional rival, Universidad de Chile,[3] becoming the fifth player to make it directly after Alfonso Domínguez, Pedro Hugo López, Jorge Peñaloza and Javier Mascaró.[4] For them, he made twenty-seven appearances and scored four goals at league level.[5][6]

His last club was Green Cross in 1955.[7]

Coaching career

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Considered a Fernando Riera's disciple,[8] at youth level he worked for clubs such as Green Cross, with whom he began his career,[9] Colo-Colo,[10][11] Filanbanco, Deportes La Serena, among others. He also coached the Chile under-20 team at both the 1967 and the 1974 South American Championships.[12]

At senior level, he coached clubs such as San Bernardo Central [es] and Universidad Técnica in the second level.[13] In the top division, he led Rangers (1968),[14] Audax Italiano (1971),[15] Colo-Colo as interim (1974),[16] Santiago Morning (1978–79)[17] and Deportes La Serena (1990–91).[18] He also won the Cuarta División in 1984 and got the promotion to the Tercera División with Soinca Bata.[19]

In 1973, he coached the Chile national amateur team with views to the 1975 Pan American Games, previous to the Chilean coup d'état.[8]

As a football teacher, he was one of the founders of the Football Managers Association of Chile[20] and gave classes alongside colleagues such as Pedro Morales and Eddio Inostroza.[21]

Personal life

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He graduated as a teacher at the normal school of Victoria, where he coincided with Constantino Mohor and Caupolicán Peña, who were footballers and managers later.[22]

Honours

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Soinca Bata

References

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  1. ^ "A la Memoria de Don José Santos Arias". Con Fuego de Campeón (in Spanish). 5 September 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  2. ^ "JOSÉ SANTOS ARIAS - DELANTERO / INTERIOR DERECHO". historiadecolocolo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Datazo: Los futbolistas que pasaron por Colo Colo y Universidad de Chile". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  4. ^ González, Christian (18 July 2016). "Beausejour, 11° jugador que pasa directo de Colo Colo a la U" (in Spanish). AS Chile. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  5. ^ "U. de Chile - campañas - 1953". www.chuncho.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  6. ^ "U. de Chile - campañas - 1954". www.chuncho.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Club de Deportes GREEN CROSS". Fútbol en América (in Spanish). 2 January 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  8. ^ a b "La selección chilena truncada por el golpe militar". Asifuch (in Spanish). 11 September 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  9. ^ (Deportes365 Chile) José Santos Arias un entrenador forjado en Green Cross on Facebook (in Spanish). 6 February 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  10. ^ @ColoColo (4 September 2012). "Informamos el sensible fallecimiento de José Santos Arias, ex jugador (1950-1952) y DT formador del Cacique #QEPDSantosArias" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 March 2023 – via Twitter.
  11. ^ "CACIQUE". reader.digitalbooks.pro (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  12. ^ Aceituno Rubilar, Freddy Enrique; Álvarez González, Ricardo Blas (November 2016). JUEGOS DE CHICOS PROBLEMAS DE GRANDES: Las selecciones menores del fútbol chileno (PDF) (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: University of Chile. pp. 53–55, 61–64. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  13. ^ Andaur Martín, Rafael (December 2009). FÚTBOL REGIONAL E IDENTIDAD: El caso del Club Deportivo Luis Cruz Martínez (1962-1966) (PDF) (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: University of Chile. pp. 115, 118, 139, 142, 145. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  14. ^ "Historias Rojinegras: Los años de transición 1967 y 1968". Gigantedeportivo.cl (in Spanish). 27 May 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  15. ^ "Audax Italiano 1971 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  16. ^ "JOSÉ SANTOS ARIAS 1974 (INTERINO)". historiadecolocolo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  17. ^ Díaz, Danilo (7 March 2022). "Luis González, puntero derecho". Tribuna Andes (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  18. ^ "La Serena 1990 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  19. ^ "Identidad y arraigo: Los murales que homenajean a los emblemas de Deportes Melipilla". PrimeraBChile.cl (in Spanish). 15 May 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  20. ^ Silva, Gerardo (11 August 2020). "Colegio de Técnicos: una labor tan silenciosa como trascendente". El Ágora (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  21. ^ Jorquera Rozbaczylo, Patricio (27 January 2021). "SoyCTF: Miguel Ruiz, el DT que forma a deportistas especiales". Colegio de Entrenadores de Fútbol (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  22. ^ Chomsky (2 January 2017). "Los recuerdos del Negro Mohor" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
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