Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sergio Lecea Fernández | ||
Date of birth | 1931 | ||
Place of birth | Chile | ||
Date of death | 2019 (aged 87–88) | ||
Place of death | Chile | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
Ferrobádminton | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
Ferrobádminton | |||
Managerial career | |||
1959 | Deportes La Serena | ||
1962–1964 | Palestino (youth) | ||
1964 | Deportes La Serena | ||
1966–1967 | Honduras | ||
1967–1968 | UES | ||
1969 | Palestino | ||
1970–1980 | Universidad de Chile (youth) | ||
1976 | Chile Universitario | ||
1981 | Aviación (assistant) | ||
1981–1990 | Universidad de Chile (youth) | ||
1984 | UTE | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Sergio Lecea Fernández (1931 – 2019) was a Chilean football defender and manager who worked in Chile, Honduras and El Salvador. [1]
A defender from the Ferrobádminton [ es] youth system, [2] Lecea made appearances for the first team at the beginning of the 1950s at the Chilean top division. [3]
Mostly known by his managerial career, he began it with Deportes La Serena at the 1959 Primera División, leading them again in 1964. [1] In his homeland, he also coached Palestino in 1969 [4] [5] and was the assistant of Hernán Carrasco in Aviación in 1981. [1]
As coach of youth players, he worked for the youth systems of both Palestino (1962–64) and Universidad de Chile (1970–90). [1]
At the same time he worked for Universidad de Chile, he led the first Chile university national team ( Chile Universitario) in the 1976 world cup in Uruguay and the team of State Technical University (UTE) [ es] in 1984. [1]
Abroad, he worked in Honduras as a teacher of football coaching before leading the Honduras national team (1966–67) [1] [6] for seven matches, with two wins, three draws and 2 losses. [7]
In El Salvador, he coached Universidad de El Salvador (UES) at the top division in 1967–68. [1] As an anecdote, he recommended the signing of his compatriot José Sulantay with the club. [8]
Lecea played tennis at senior level, taking part of international tournaments. [9]
As a football teacher, Lecea also made contributions for books and manuals. [10]