Marcelo Miranda (footballer)

Marcelo Miranda
Personal information
Full name Marcelo Alejandro Miranda Díaz
Date of birth (1967-01-29) 29 January 1967
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Position Left-back
Youth career
Soprole
1983–1987 Universidad de Chile
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1987 Universidad de Chile 0 (0)
1986 → Malleco Unido (loan)
1987–1988 Malleco Unido
1989–1991 Deportes Concepción 71 (4)
1992–2000 Cobreloa 274 (16)
2001 Colo-Colo 25 (1)
International career
1991–1997 Chile 15 (0)
Managerial career
2006 Hossana
2007–2008 Malleco Unido
2008–2009 Naval
2010 Unión Temuco
2011–2012 Lota Schwager
2012 Naval (interim)
2013 Deportes Copiapó
2014–2015 Lota Schwager
2018–2021 Deportes Melipilla (youth)
2022–2023 Cobreloa (youth) (director)
2023– Julio Covarrubias (youth)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marcelo Alejandro Miranda Díaz (born 29 January 1967) is a Chilean football manager and former player.[1]

Club career

Miranda had trials with Colo-Colo and Unión Española before joining Universidad de Chile from the team of Soprole, aged 16. He was loaned out to Malleco Unido in the Segunda División and returned to Universidad de Chile under Fernando Riera in 1987. After Riera left the team, he was released and returned to Malleco Unido until the 1988 season.[2]

In 1989, Miranda signed with Deportes Concepción under Fernando Cavalleri, with whom he qualified to the 1991 Copa Libertadores, the first time for the club.[2][3] Uner the same manager, he joined Cobreloa in 1992 and played for them for nine years,[4] winning the 1992 Primera División de Chile.[5]

His last club was Colo-Colo in 2001.[6]

International career

Miranda played in 15 matches for the Chile national team from 1991 to 1997.[7] He was also part of Chile's squad for the 1997 Copa América tournament.[8]

Managerial career

In 2006, Miranda began his managerial career in Hossana, a club of the evangelical community, in the Chilean Tercera División.[6][9] Later, he managed several clubs at the Tercera División and Primera B such as Lota Schwager and Deportes Copiapó.[10]

In 2023, Miranda started to coach youth players from Padre Hurtado commune and the local club, Julio Covarrubias.[2]

Honours

Cobreloa

References

  1. ^ "Marcelo Miranda". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Loma-Osorio, Antonio (15 February 2026). ""Yo era 10, pero un día no llegó el lateral izquierdo, me llamó don Leonel Sánchez y me hizo jugar ahí. Nunca más dejé el puesto"". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 February 2026.
  3. ^ "Deportes Concepción en la Copa Libertadores de 1991". Kodro Magazine (in Spanish). 19 January 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2026.
  4. ^ "Campeón con Cobreloa reveló el sueño no cumplido en el club". enlalinea.cl (in Spanish). 5 July 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Cobreloa Campeón 1992". Cobreloa (in Spanish). 7 January 2021. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  6. ^ a b Loma-Osorio, Antonio (15 February 2026). ""Me lapidaron cuando me fui a Colo Colo, pero me siento un cobreloíno más; aunque cuando me echaron lo supe por el utilero"". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 February 2026.
  7. ^ "Marcelo Miranda". National Football Teams. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Copa América 1997". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  9. ^ Retamal, Rodrigo (15 March 2017). "Hosanna y Cristo Salva: El clásico más freak que tuvo el fútbol chileno". La Tercera. Retrieved 18 October 2021. en 2006 Hosanna nuevamente fue protagonista. Esta vez, el equipo quedó a cargo de Marcelo Miranda
  10. ^ "Fútbol: Marcelo Miranda se convirtió en el nuevo entrenador de Deportes Copiapó". El Mostrador (in Spanish). 19 June 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
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