José Luis Sierra

José Luis Sierra
Personal information
Full name José Luis Sierra Pando
Date of birth (1968-12-05) 5 December 1968
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Attacking midfielder
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
2016–2018 Al-Ittihad
2018– Shabab Al-Ahli
* 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

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 Shabab Al-Ahli. 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.

Club career

Unión Española

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.

Colo-Colo

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.

Return to Unión Española

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.

International career

Sierra was capped 53 times and scored eight goals for the Chilean national team between 1991 and 2000. He played four games at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, scoring a goal on a free-kick against Cameroon.

International goals

Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first.[1]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.31 March 1993Estadio Carlos Dittborn, Osorno, Chile Bolivia2–12–1Friendly
2.13 June 1993Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia Bolivia1–03–1Friendly
3.21 June 1993Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar, Cuenca, Ecuador Brazil1–03–21993 Copa América
4.31 May 1998Stade Municipal Tropenas, Montélimar, France Tunisia2–23–2Friendly
5.23 June 1998Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes, France Cameroon1–01–11998 FIFA World Cup
6.3 July 1999Estadio Antonio Oddone Sarubbi, Ciudad del Este, Paraguay Venezuela2–03–01999 Copa América
7.12 February 2000Estadio Municipal de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile Bulgaria3–03–2Copa Ciudad de Valparaíso
8.22 March 2000Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile Honduras2–15–2Friendly

Coaching career

Sierra started coaching in 2010 of Chilean club Unión Española and spent five years there. He won the 2013 Torneo Transición with them. Unión won the Apertura Tournament of 2013, after defeating Colo-Colo 1–0 in the final match. In 2015, he became the coach of Colo-Colo. In only one season, he won the 2015 Torneo Apertura title with and also led them into the 2015 Copa Chile. On July 22, 2016, he signed a one-year contract with eight-time Saudi champions Al-Ittihad with an option to sign for another season.

Managerial statistics

As of 12 May 2018
Team Nat From To Record
GWDLGF !GAGDWin %
Unión Española Chile 14 October 2010 18 May 2015 172 76 39 57 282 225 +57 044.19
Colo-Colo Chile 18 May 2015 20 July 2016 31 20 6 5 43 22 +21 064.52
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia 22 July 2016 1 June 2018 63 34 14 15 117 91 +26 053.97
Career totals 266 130 59 77 442 338 +104 048.87

Honours

Player

He played in Chile on the national soccer team for nine years, from 1991 to 2000.

Club

Colo-Colo
Unión Española

Individual

Manager

Club

Unión Española
Colo-Colo
Ittihad FC

References

  1. ↑ "Chile - International Results - Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "Saudi Arabia - Crown Prince Cup 2016/17 - Football News, Results, Fixtures, Standings, Tables, Live Scores | Hailoo Sport". hailoosport.com. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
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