Patricio Mardones

Luis Patricio Mardones Díaz (born 17 July 1962), known as Patricio Mardones, is a former Chilean football midfielder.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Mardones and the second or maternal family name is Díaz.
Patricio Mardones
Personal information
Full name Luis Patricio Mardones Díaz
Date of birth (1962-07-17) July 17, 1962
Place of birth San Vicente de Tagua Tagua, Chile
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1988 Universidad Católica
1988–1991 St. Gallen 35 (4)
1992–1993 O'Higgins
1994–1996 Universidad de Chile
International career
1985–1995 Chile 29 (2)
Managerial career
1997–2001 Universidad de Chile (youth)
2001–2003 Universidad de Chile (assistant)
2004–2007 Universidad del Desarrollo
2012–2016 INACAP
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Mardones is a historical player of the traditional rivals Universidad Católica and Universidad de Chile, since he won 2 national leagues along with each team.[1]

He played for the Chile national football team and was capped 29 times scoring 2 goal between 1985 and 1995.[2] Mardones made his debut on 8 February 1985 in a friendly against Finland.

Coaching career

He worked for Universidad de Chile as the coach of youth ranks (1997–2001) and the assistant coach of the first team (2001–2003).[3] Next, he switched to the university football, and coached the teams of both Universidad del Desarrollo[3] and Universidad Tecnológica INACAP.[4]

In addition, from 2016 to 2017 he performed as Director of Azul Azul, the public limited company that manages Universidad de Chile.[5] Next, he switched to Head of Recruitment for the youth ranks until 2020.[6]

Honours

Club
Universidad Católica
Universidad de Chile

References
  1. Finessi, Gianluca (8 April 2022). "Es ídolo en Universidad Católica y salió a bancar a Paulucci". El Portal Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  2. "Patricio Mardones". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  3. Patricio Mardones on LinkedIn
  4. "Nueva Selección de Fútbol de INACAP entra a la cancha dirigida por Patricio Mardones". www.inacap.cl (in Spanish). INACAP. July 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  5. "Patricio Mardones se transformó en nuevo miembro del directorio de Azul Azul". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  6. "Patricio Mardones a los hinchas". udechile.cl (in Spanish). Universidad de Chile. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2022.


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