Eugenio Jara
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Heber Eugenio Jara Valladares | ||
| Date of birth | 27 December 1935 | ||
| Place of birth | Talca, Chile | ||
| Date of death | 21 December 2014 (aged 78) | ||
| Place of death | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Ferrobadminton | |||
| O'Higgins | |||
| Colchagua | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1974–1975 | Curicó Unido | ||
| 1976 | Rangers | ||
| 1978 | Ñublense | ||
| 1979 | Independiente Cauquenes | ||
| 1980–1982 | Magallanes | ||
| 1983 | Naval | ||
| 1984 | Rangers | ||
| 1985 | Magallanes | ||
| 1986 | O'Higgins | ||
| 1987 | San Luis | ||
| 1987 | Chile B | ||
| 1988 | Chile U20 | ||
| 1988–1989 | Palestino | ||
| 1990 | Unión San Felipe | ||
| 1990 | Sporting Cristal | ||
| 1991–1992 | Rangers | ||
| 1993–1995 | Unión Santa Cruz | ||
| 1996 | Deportes Linares | ||
| 1997 | Deportes Arica | ||
| 2000 | Curicó Unido | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Heber Eugenio Jara Valladares (27 December 1935 – 21 December 2014), known as Eugenio Jara, was a Chilean football manager and footballer.
Career
[edit]Club
[edit]Born in Talca, Jara played football for Ferrobadminton, O'Higgins and Colchagua and had a prolific career as football manager in Chile.[1] He is well remembered by leading "Los Comandos" (The Commandos) from Magallanes, how they were nicknamed in the first half of the 1980s[2] and that qualified to the 1985 Copa Libertadores, defeating Uruguayan club Bella Vista in the Estadio Centenario.[3]
In the Chilean Primera División, he also coached Rangers de Talca,[3] Ñublense,[4] Naval, San Luis, Palestino and Unión San Felipe.[5]
In the Chilean Segunda División, he coached Curicó Unido, Independiente de Cauquenes, Deportes Linares, Unión Santa Cruz,[3] O'Higgins,[6] Palestino, Unión San Felipe, Rangers de Talca[7] and Deportes Arica. In 1979, he got the better season of Independiente de Cauquenes in its history,[8] with the well remembered Brazilian striker Ribamar Batista [es] in the squad.[9]
In addition, in 2000 he had a stint with Curicó Unido in the Tercera A.[10]
Abroad, he was the manager of Peruvian club Sporting Cristal in the 1990 Torneo Descentralizado for three months.[11] In that club, he coincided with his compatriots Quemel Farías and Carlos González as players.[12]
National team
[edit]In 1987, he led the Chile national team in the Pan American Games,[13] winning the silver medal.[14] In addition, he got the first win of Chile against Argentina in an official match after defeating by 3–2 in the semi-finals.[15]
In 1988, he coached Chile U20 in the South American Championship.[16]
Personal life
[edit]Jara died at the age of 78, after suffering the Alzheimer's disease.[13]
Honours
[edit]Chile B
- Pan American Games Silver medal: 1987
References
[edit]- ^ "A los 78 años Fallece Eugenio Jara Valladares". En Línea Maule (in Spanish). 22 December 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ ¿Qué recuerdos tienes tú del "profe" Jara? Club Deportivo Magallanes on Facebook (in Spanish)
- ^ a b c Retamal, Rodrigo (21 December 2014). "Fallece Eugenio Jara, DT y gestor de "Los Comandos" de Magallanes" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ "Ñublense 1978 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ "Historia de Colo-Colo - Memoria y estadísticas de Colo-Colo". historiadecolocolo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ "Historia". O'Higgins FC - El orgullo de la Región (in Spanish). O'Higgins F.C. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ "Historia del Club – Rangers de Talca" (in Spanish). Rangers de Talca. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ Asifuch (19 June 2021). Anuario 2020 del Fútbol Chileno (PDF) (in Spanish). Santiago: Asociación de Investigadores del Fútbol Chileno. p. 196. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ "Las historias de Ribamar Batista en el fútbol chileno" (in Spanish). ANFP. 13 July 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ "Club de Deportes Provincial Curicó Unido". curicopedia.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ "Los detés chilenos en Sporting Cristal antes del éxito de Salas" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ "HISTORIA DEL SPORTING CRISTAL". Glorioso Celeste (in Spanish). 10 January 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- ^ a b "Fallece don Eugenio Jara un grande que entrenó a Independiente de Cauquenes". cauquenino.com (in Spanish). 22 December 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ Gorgazzi, Osvaldo José (13 January 2011). "Panamerican Games 1987". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ Valencia, Cristóbal (20 March 2017). "EyN: El olvidado primer triunfo de Chile sobre Argentina en un partido por los puntos". www.economiaynegocios.cl (in Spanish). El Mercurio. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Sub-20". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 September 2022.
External links
[edit]- Eugenio Jara at CeroaCero (in Spanish)
- 1935 births
- 2014 deaths
- Footballers from Talca
- Chilean men's footballers
- Bádminton F.C. footballers
- O'Higgins F.C. footballers
- CD Colchagua footballers
- Chilean Primera División players
- Primera B de Chile players
- Chilean football managers
- Chilean expatriate football managers
- Curicó Unido managers
- Rangers de Talca managers
- Ñublense managers
- Magallanes managers
- O'Higgins F.C. managers
- San Luis de Quillota managers
- Chile national football team managers
- Chile national under-20 football team managers
- Club Deportivo Palestino managers
- Unión San Felipe managers
- Sporting Cristal managers
- San Marcos de Arica managers
- Deportes Linares managers
- Chilean Primera División managers
- Primera B de Chile managers
- Peruvian Primera División managers
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Peru
- Expatriate football managers in Peru