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

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.

Patricio Mardones

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

Patricio Mardones

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). Next, he switched to the university football, and coached the teams of both Universidad del Desarrollo and .

Patricio Mardones

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

Honours

Club

Universidad Católica

Copa Polla Gol (1): 1983

Copa de la Reoública (1): 1983

Primera División (2): 1984, 1987

Universidad de Chile

Primera División (2): 1994, 1995

References

External links

Patricio Mardones at PartidosdelaRoja (in Spanish) Patricio Mardones at PlaymakerStats

1962 births

Living people

People from Cachapoal Province

Footballers from O'Higgins Region

Chilean men's footballers

Chilean expatriate men's footballers

Chile men's international footballers

1987 Copa América players

1995 Copa América players

Chilean Primera División players

Club Universidad de Chile footballers

Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers

O'Higgins F.C. footballers

Swiss Super League players

FC St. Gallen players

Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland

Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland

Men's association football midfielders

Chilean football managers