Leonardo Véliz
 Véliz in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leonardo Iván Véliz Díaz | ||
| Date of birth | (1945-09-03) September 3, 1945 | ||
| Place of birth | Valparaíso, Chile | ||
| Position(s) | Left winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Juventud Unida | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1964–1967 | Everton | ||
| 1968–1971 | Unión Española | 110 | (28) |
| 1972–1974 | Colo-Colo | 84 | (14) |
| 1975–1978 | Unión Española | 118 | (28) |
| 1979–1982 | Colo-Colo | 78 | (5) |
| 1983 | O'Higgins | 14 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 1966–1981 | Chile | 39 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1991–1993 | Chile U17 | ||
| 1992–1995 | Chile U20 | ||
| 1998–2000 | Sporting CP (youth) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Leonardo Iván Véliz Díaz (born September 3, 1945) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a left winger for Everton, O'Higgins, Unión Española and Colo-Colo of Chile and in the Chile national team in the 1974 FIFA World Cup in Germany.
Managerial career
He worked as manager of both Chile U17 and Chile U20, leading the first in the 1993 FIFA World Championship and the second in the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship.
From 1998 to 2000 he worked for the Sporting CP youth system, where he coincided with players such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Ricardo Quaresma and Fábio Paím.
Personal life
He is well known by his nickname Pollo (Chicken).
His son, Daniel Sebastián Véliz, represented Chile at under-20 level in the 1992 South American Championship.
In 2004, he was elected a councillor of Santiago, supported by Party for Democracy. In 2009, he was a candidate for deputy, supported by for Nueva Mayoría para Chile. In 2010, he switched to the other political hand after supporting Sebastián Piñera in his candidacy for President of Chile.
Honours
Unión Española
- Chilean Primera División: 1975, 1977
Colo-Colo
- Chilean Primera División: 1972, 1979, 1981
Chile
References
- ^ "Leonardo Véliz". National Football Teams. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Leonardo Véliz". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ^ "Nóminas de Chile para Copas del Mundo Sub-17". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ "Nóminas de Chile para Copas del Mundo Sub-20". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ Antúnez, Cristopher (3 June 2020). "Leonardo Véliz rompe su mito con Cristiano Ronaldo: "No sé si se acordará, puede que sí, puede que no"". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ a b "Leonardo "Pollo" Véliz analiza sumarse a campaña de Piñera". La Tercera (in Spanish). La Tercera. 2 January 2010. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ "Perfil de Daniel Véliz". es.besoccer.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ "Grandes dinastías de la Selección: Padres e hijos que jugaron por "La Roja"". Guioteca.com (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 15 June 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
External links
- Profile at FIFA.com Profile at
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