Rodrigo Pérez (footballer, born 1973)

Rodrigo Pérez
Personal information
Full name	Rodrigo Antonio Pérez Albornoz
Date of birth	19 August 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	Rancagua, Chile
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Youth career
1991–1993	O'Higgins
Senior career*
Years	Team
1993–1996	O'Higgins
1997–2000	Santiago Wanderers
2001–2007	Cobreloa
2004	→ Pachuca (loan)
2006	→ Alianza Lima (loan)
2008	Unión Española
2009	Deportes Concepción
2009–2011	Deportes Iquique
Total
International career
1995–2005	Chile
Managerial career
2018	Cobreloa
2019–2020	Rancagua Sur
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rodrigo Antonio Pérez Albornoz (born 19 August 1973) is a former Chilean footballer who played as left back. His last professional club was Deportes Iquique.

Club career

Pérez began his football career at his professional hometown club O'Higgins, making his professional debut aged 19, being promoted to the first adult team by the coach Manuel Pellegrini in the 1993 season, then moving to Santiago Wanderers in 1997, after three successful seasons at Rancagua. He has spent the most time in Chile playing for Cobreloa, where he was capped in 137 matches and scored 15 goals. He also spent time with the Peruvian club Alianza Lima.

International career

He made his debut for the Chilean national squad in 1995.^[1]

Coaching career

He began his career as the coach of the team of INAF^[es] (National Football Institute) and then he became the manager of Cobreloa in 2018 in the Primera B de Chile. He arrived to the mining club along with the former players Nelson Tapia and Eduardo Fournier.^[2] Next, he coached C.D. Rancagua Sur in the Tercera A, the fourth level of the Chilean football system league, from 2019 to 2020.^[3]