Juvenal Olmos
 Olmos at the Teletón in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juvenal Mario Olmos Rojas | ||
| Date of birth | October 4, 1962 | ||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Universidad Católica | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1984 | Universidad Católica | 8 | (2) |
| 1985–1986 | KSV Waregem | 5 | (0) |
| 1986–1989 | Universidad Católica | ||
| 1989–1990 | Irapuato | ||
| 1991 | Deportes Antofagasta | ||
| 1992–1993 | O'Higgins | ||
| 1994–1995 | Universidad Católica | ||
| International career | |||
| 1989 | Chile | 10 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| Universidad Católica (youth) | |||
| 1999–2001 | Unión Española | ||
| 2001–2002 | Universidad Católica | ||
| 2003–2005 | Chile | ||
| 2004 | Chile U23 | ||
| 2005 | Newell's Old Boys | ||
| 2006–2007 | Everton | ||
| 2018 | Veracruz | ||
| 2026– | Lautaro de Buin (sport manager) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Juvenal Mario Olmos Rojas (born October 4, 1962) is a Chilean football manager and former player.
Playing career
[edit]Olmos was born in Santiago de Chile. At Universidad Católica, he had as teammates Pablo Yoma, Marco Cornez, Miguel Ángel Neira, Mario Lepe, Raimundo Tupper, Luka Tudor and Osvaldo Hurtado.[1]
Managerial career
[edit]His management of the Chile national team was unsuccessful, as they failed to get past the first round in Copa América 2004 and he was later fired, five games before the end of the qualifying round for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
In June 2026, Olmos assumed as sport manager of Lautaro de Buin.[2]
Media career
[edit]In 2006, Olmos competed and won the Chilean talent show El Baile en TVN (The Dance on TVN).[3]
Olmos was a candidate to deputy for District 24 (La Reina and Peñalolén) in the 2009 Chilean parliamentary election as a member of National Renewal. In 2021, he was elected councillor for La Reina commune.[4]
Olmos has worked as a football commentator for TNT Sports Chile, formerly Canal del Fútbol (CDF) (Channel of Football).[5][6]
Honours
[edit]Player
[edit]- Primera División de Chile: 1984,1987
Copa Interamericana: 1994
Copa Chile: 1983, Copa República 1983, 1995
Manager
[edit]- Primera B: 1999
- Primera División de Chile: Apertura 2002
References
[edit]- ↑ "Ex compañeros de la UC se reunieron con Marco Cornez: Terminamos llorando". Radio Cooperativa (in Spanish). Santiago. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Martínez, Vicente (1 June 2026). "Juvenal Olmos vuelve al fútbol y tiene nuevo club". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 June 2026.
- ↑ "Juvenal Olmos gana insólita final de El Baile de TVN". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 5 December 2006. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ↑ "Seleccionados en política". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2025.
- ↑ "Continúan los cambios en CDF: Alberto Jesús López fue despedido, y se incorporan Juvenal Olmos y Jorge Cubillos". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 9 February 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ↑ Ramírez, Daniel (10 March 2025). "Juvenal Olmos explica la verdadera razón por la que no comentará más partidos en TNT Sports". ADN Radio (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 July 2025.
External links
[edit]- Juvenal Olmos at National-Football-Teams.com
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- 1962 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Santiago, Chile
- Chilean men's footballers
- Chilean expatriate men's footballers
- Chile men's international footballers
- Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers
- KSV Waregem players
- C.D. Irapuato footballers
- C.D. Antofagasta footballers
- O'Higgins F.C. footballers
- Chilean Primera División players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Liga MX players
- Footballers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers for Chile
- 1989 Copa América players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
- Chilean football coaches
- Chilean football managers
- Unión Española managers
- Club Deportivo Universidad Católica managers
- Chile national football team managers
- 2004 Copa América managers
- Newell's Old Boys managers
- Everton de Viña del Mar managers
- C.D. Veracruz managers
- Chilean Primera División managers
- Argentine Primera División managers
- Liga MX managers
- Chilean expatriate football managers
- Expatriate football managers in Argentina
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
- Expatriate football managers in Mexico
- Men's association football midfielders
- 20th-century Chilean sportsmen
- Chilean football color commentators
- Chilean football commentators
- Chilean television personalities
- National Renewal (Chile) politicians
- Chilean sportsperson-politicians
- Chilean city councillors
- 21st-century Chilean politicians