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Francisco Maturana
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Francisco Maturana Garca, also known as Pacho (born February 15, 1949) is a Colombian ex-football player and football manager. During his time managing most noticeably Atletico Nacional and the Colombian national football team, he achieved success marking an era in Colombian football by leading Nacional to be the rst Colombian team to win the Copa Libertadores in 1989, while winning Colombia's rst ever national title: the Copa America in 2001. He is currently a member of the FIFA Football Committee.[1]

Francisco Maturana
Personal information Date of birth Place of birth Height February 15, 1949 Quibd, Colombia 1.82 m. Senior career* Years 19701980 1981 1982 Total National team 1981 Colombia Teams managed 1986 19871990 19871990 19901991 19921993 19931994 1994 19951997 1998 1999 19992000 2001 2002 20022003 2004 2007 Once Caldas Atltico Nacional Colombia Real Valladolid Amrica de Cali Colombia Atltico Madrid Ecuador Millonarios Costa Rica Peru Colombia Al-Hilal Colombia Coln de Santa Fe Gimnasia La Plata 6 (0) Team Atltico Nacional Atltico Bucaramanga Deportes Tolima Apps (Gls) 359 22 32 413 (15) (0) (0) (15)

Playing position Defender

Contents
1 Career 1.1 Player 1.2 Manager 2 Honours 2.1 Player 2.2 Manager 3 References

Career
Player

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Born in Quibd, Choc, 20082009 Trinidad and Tobago Francisco Maturana moved 2011-2012 Al Nassr with his family at an early * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the age to the city of Medelln. domestic league only. Here he played professional Appearances (Goals). football while attending the University of Antioquia where he later obtained a degree in Dentistry. He began his professional career in 1970 at Atltico Nacional where he became a starting defender until 1980. During his time in Atltico Nacional he won two Colombian League Championships in 1973 and 1976. In 1981 he transferred to Atltico Bucaramanga and also played 6 matches with the Colombian National Team during the qualifying matches for the 1982 World Cup. In 1982 he played his last year with Deportes Tolima until he retired at the end of the season.

Manager
By motivation from Uruguyans Anbal Ruz and Luis Cubilla, he started managing Colombian team Once Caldas in 1986. The following year the Colombia Football Federation hired him to manage the national team's youth squad and then was quickly promoted to manage the Senior Squad to compete in the 1987 Copa Amrica where they reached third place by beating the host Argentina. During this time, he was also hired to manage his former team Atltico Nacional. Then in 1989 he had his most successful year in his career. He led Atltico Nacional,composed of many Colombian legends, to win the Copa Libertadores for the rst time for any Colombian club. Using Atltico Nacional players as a base for the National Team, he qualied the team to the 1990 World Cup after 28 years of absence. In December, he lost the Intercontinental Cup to AC Milan at the last minute of overtime. An upset to what would have been the perfect season. The following year he led Colombia to its best performance in World Cup competition by reaching the second round and losing to Cameroon. After the World Cup, he was hired as coach of Spain's Real Valladolid. He was rumored to be the next Real Madrid coach for the 1991-92 season. In 1993 he was voted as the South American coach of the year by El Pais and he was ranked third in Spanish Newspaper Marca's list of the worlds greatest managers. He returned to Colombia in 1992. and got his team Amrica de Cali champion of Colombia. In 1993 he got Colombia qualied for a second time in a row to a World Cup, with a historic triumph over Argentina in Buenos Aires by 5-0. That score made Colombia a surprising favorite for the 1994 World Cup, but the performance there was disappointing, as the team was eliminated in the rst round, being defeated by such teams as the United States and Romania. He had later a brief stint as coach of Atltico Madrid and in 1995 he was hired as the trainer of Ecuador National Football Team. After failing to get Ecuador
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qualied for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, he returned to Colombia to coach Millonarios. In 1999 he briey coached Costa Rica, and in 2000 he also coached for a few months Peru. He would later return to coach Colombia for the 2001 Copa Amrica, winning it for the rst time. His latest jobs as a coach would include Saudi Arabian side Al-Hilal, where he won the domestic league and the Asian Champions League and a new stint for Colombia and Argentina's Coln de Santa Fe. He worked for FIFA as a technical adviser where he has hold various coaching seminars around the world with the likes of Fabio Capello and Cesar Menotti. In April 2007 Maturana accepted an oer from Argentine Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata. He directed his rst game on April 22, 2007, the derby against Estudiantes de La Plata. In August 2007 Maturana ended his relationship with Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata As of February 1 he took up the position of Head Coach of Trinidad and Tobago's National Team.[2] His rst game in charge was against Guadeloupe on February 6 at the Queens Park Oval in Trinidad. However on April 8, 2009 Maturana was sacked as manager of Trinidad and Tobago.

Honours
Player
Copa Mustang (2): 1973, 1976 with Atltico Nacional

Manager
Copa Libertadores (1): 1989 with Atltico Nacional Copa Mustang (1): 1992 with Amrica de Cali Copa Amrica (1): 2001 with Colombia Saudi Premier League (1): 2002 with Al-Hilal World Cup Qualication (2): 1990, 1994 World Cup with Colombia

References
1. ^ http://www.fa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=2222727 /index.html?intcmp=facom_hp_module_news 2. ^ http://voices.washingtonpost.com/soccerinsider/2009/03 /a_few_minutes_with_francisco_m.html

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Awards Preceded by Roberto Fleitas Preceded by Tel Santana Copa Libertadores winning managers 1989 South American Coach of the Year 1993 Succeeded by Luis Cubilla Succeeded by Carlos Bianchi

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