Mauricio Pozo (footballer)

Mauricio Andrés Pozo Quinteros (born 16 August 1970) is a retired Chilean football defender and current manager.

Mauricio Pozo
Personal information
Full name Mauricio Andrés Pozo Quinteros
Date of birth (1970-08-16) 16 August 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth San Vicente de Tagua Tagua, Chile
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1991 Magallanes (4)
1992–2000 Deportes Concepción 119 (14)
1995Rangers (loan) 26 (3)
1997Unión Española (loan) 15 (3)
2001–2002 Cobreloa 53 (1)
2003 Rangers 7 (1)
2006 Santiago Morning 10 (0)
International career
2001 Chile 4 (0)
Managerial career
2009 San Marcos
2009 Santiago Morning (caretaker)
2015 Santiago Morning
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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Pozo has been capped four times for the national team. He even represented Chile in the 2001 Copa América held in Colombia.

Personal life

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His younger brother, Pablo, and his father, Juan, are former professional referees as well as his youngest brother, Nicolás.[1] Pablo officiated in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.[2]

He is also the son-in-law of the former Chile international footballer and manager Guillermo Páez.[3]

Honours

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Club

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Deportes Concepción

References

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  1. ^ Varela, Sebastián (17 July 2017). "La familia del silbato" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Pablo Pozo confirmado para dirigir en el mundial". La Nación. 4 May 2010. Archived from the original on 17 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Parentesco entre seleccionados". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 October 2022.
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