José Luis Sierra
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | José Luis Sierra Pando | ||
| Date of birth | 5 December 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Al-Ittihad (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1985–1988 | Unión Española | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1994 | Unión Española | 124 | (29) |
| 1989–1990 | → Real Valladolid (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 1995 | São Paulo | 8 | (0) |
| 1996–2001 | Colo-Colo | 144 | (42) |
| 1999 | → Tigres (loan) | 13 | (1) |
| 2002–2009 | Unión Española | 217 | (51) |
| Total | 509 | (123) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1991–2000 | Chile | 53 | (8) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2010–2015 | Unión Española | ||
| 2015–2016 | Colo-Colo | ||
| 2016– | Al-Ittihad | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 July 2012. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 August 2007 |
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José Luis "Coto" Sierra Pando (born December 5, 1968 in Santiago, Chile) is a Chilean football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of Al-Ittihad. Playing in the midfield, he retired in 2009, and one year later he became the coach of his long-time team Union Española. He studied in the Colegio Hispano Americano, which belongs to Spanish residents in Chile. In 2015, he became the new coach of Colo Colo.
Sierra made his debut in professional soccer with Unión Española on November 1988 against the Universidad de Chile. After two solid campaigns with Unión Española, Sierra was transferred to Real Valladolid in Spain. However, during Sierra's short time in Spain, the team had economic problems which caused him to return to Unión Española. After more success he made his debut with the Chilean national team. Sierra won the Copa Chile with Unión Española in 1992 and 1993.
After an unsuccessful stint in Brazil playing for São Paulo, he went on to spend three successful years with Colo-Colo, which saw his team capture the championship in all three seasons. Currently Sierra has found his way back to Unión Española, making a stop in between to play with UANL Tigres in Mexico for one season. He captured the Golden Boot in Chile (awarded to the best professional football player in Chile) in 2004 and 2005.
In 1997, it was widely rumoured that then Premier League side Everton manager Howard Kendall had made an approach to bring Sierra to Goodison Park. However, for unknown reasons, possibly relating to lack of sufficient capital, Kendall decided to pull the plug on the deal.
Sierra announced his retirement in December 2008 and accepted the position of manager with his beloved Unión Española. He will continue on the position until the end of the Clausura 2009 tournament.
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