Rodrigo Antonio Pérez Albornoz (born 19 August 1973) is a former Chilean footballer who played as left back. His last professional club was Deportes Iquique.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rodrigo Antonio Pérez Albornoz | ||
| Date of birth | 19 August 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Rancagua, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Left-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1991–1993 | O'Higgins | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1996 | O'Higgins | 86 | (4) |
| 1997–2000 | Santiago Wanderers | 115 | (12) |
| 2001–2007 | Cobreloa | 169 | (16) |
| 2004 | → Pachuca (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2006 | → Alianza Lima (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2008 | Unión Española | 32 | (2) |
| 2009 | Deportes Concepción | 0 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Deportes Iquique | 79 | (3) |
| Total | 501 | (38) | |
| International career | |||
| 1995–2005 | Chile | 32 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2018 | Cobreloa | ||
| 2019–2020 | Rancagua Sur | ||
| 2025–2026 | Deportes Rancagua | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editPérez began his football career at his professional hometown club O'Higgins, making his professional debut aged 19, being promoted to the first adult team by the coach Manuel Pellegrini in the 1993 season, then moving to Santiago Wanderers in 1997, after three successful seasons at Rancagua. He has spent the most time in Chile playing for Cobreloa, where he was capped in 137 matches and scored 15 goals. He also spent time with the Peruvian club Alianza Lima.
International career
editHe made his debut for the Chilean national squad in 1995.[1]
Coaching career
editHe began his career as the coach of the team of INAF [es] (National Football Institute) and then he became the manager of Cobreloa in 2018 in the Primera B de Chile. He arrived to the mining club along with the former players Nelson Tapia and Eduardo Fournier.[2] Next, he coached C.D. Rancagua Sur in the Tercera A, the fourth level of the Chilean football system league, from 2019 to 2020.[3]
In 2025, Pérez was appointed the manager of Deportes Rancagua in the Chilean Tercera B,[4] and got the promotion to the Tercera A after winning the Zona sur (South Zone).[5] He left them in May 2026.[6]
Honours
editReferences
edit- 1 2 "Rodrigo Pérez". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ↑ "Rodrigo Pérez, Ex Entrenador de Selección INAF, Asume Como DT de Cobreloa – INAF" (in Spanish). 27 December 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ↑ "Rodrigo Pérez y todo el cuerpo técnico decide desvincularse de Rancagua Sur". CF3 (in Spanish). 13 July 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ↑ Obando, Ricardo (22 October 2024). "Deportes Rancagua apuesta por la experiencia de Rodrigo Pérez para la temporada 2025". El Rancagüino (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 June 2025.
- ↑ Sánchez, Francisco (22 October 2025). "La revancha del DT sensación del fútbol chileno: "Me tuvieron congelado por años, quizás no le servía al sistema"". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 October 2025.
- ↑ Martínez, Nelson (31 May 2026). "Nuevo DT caído en el fútbol chileno: es ídolo de Cobreloa y estuvo 566 días invicto". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 May 2026.
- ↑ @portalenascenso; (19 October 2025). "Deportes Rancagua es el CAMPEÓN del sur" (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 October 2024 – via Instagram.
External links
edit- Rodrigo Pérez at Football-Lineups
- Rodrigo Antonio Perez at BDFA (in Spanish)
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