Hugo Tassara Olivares (14 February 1924 – 12 February 2016) was a Chilean

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Career

Born in

Iquique Iquique () is a port List of cities in Chile, city and Communes of Chile, commune in northern Chile, capital of both the Iquique Province and Tarapacá Region. It lies on the Pacific coast, west of the Pampa del Tamarugal, which is part of the At ...

, Chile, Tassara had a short career as a football goalkeeper, playing for the teams of

Tocopilla Tocopilla is a city and commune in the Antofagasta Region, in the north of Chile. It is the capital of the province that bears the same name. Every year Tocopilla celebrates its anniversary on 29 September with a big show the day before, which ...

, María Elena and

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. At professional level, he was a substitute of Mario Ibáñez for three years in

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. Next, he worked in the youth system of the club and also in the

Colo-Colo Colo-Colo (), officially Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo, is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano, it competes in the Chilean Primera División, from which the club has never been ...

youth system in 1955. After managing Colo-Colo in his country of birth, winning two titles in 1958 and 1963, Tassara came to Costa Rica in 1959, joining

Alajuelense Liga Deportiva Alajuelense (LDA, ), commonly known as Alajuelense and nicknamed La Liga (), is a Costa Rican multisport club based in the borough of El Llano, Alajuela, Alajuela province. Although they compete in a number of different sports, Al ...

and winning two consecutive titles in 1959 and 1960. He coached the same team in three other steps, in addition to Herediano in 1969 and Cartaginés in 1979. He coached the Costa Rica national team and the Panama national team. He has been one of the five Chileans who have managed the Panama national team along with

Óscar Rendoll Gómez Óscar Rendoll Gómez (born 26 August 1916) was a Chilean Association football, football manager. He has been one of the five Chileans who have managed the Panama national football team, Panama national team along with Óscar Suman (1949), Nés ...

(1946–47/1951–52), Óscar Suman (1949),

Néstor Valdés Néstor Valdés Moraga (23 May 1936 – 3 February 2021), sometimes referred as Néstor Valdez, was a Chilean football player and manager. Career Born in 1936, as a football player, Valdés was with Colo-Colo in the 1950s, becoming the team cap ...

(1969–1970) and

Renato Panay Luis Renato Panay Pérez (4 November 1922 – unknown), known as Renato Panay, was a Chilean football manager. Career Club Panay had a prolific career in South America and Panama. In Ecuador, he coached Emelec three times: 1948, 1954, 1956. In ...

(1976–1977). He was the first Chilean manager to work in the Peruvian top division, before José Tadormina,

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, among others. In the 1990s and 2000s, he worked as Director of the Herediano youth system.

Other works

In addition to work as a football coach, he also was a fitness coach, instructor, author, normal teacher,

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, sport journalist,

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and painter. As a fitness coach, he worked in

and

Saprissa Deportivo Saprissa is a Costa Rican sports club, mostly known for its football team. The club is based in San Juan de Tibás, San José, and play their home games at the Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá. Their colours are burgundy and white. It ...

. He graduated as a normal teacher in

, Chile, and next he studied

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, beginning his teaching career in María Elena in 1952. As a football coach, he started football academies in Costa Rica, Chile, Colombia, Perú, Venezuela and Guatemala, adding TV instructive programs. In addition, he recorded brief technical lessons for the Costa Rican TV and radio media. Always in Costa Rica, he worked as a columnist and TV

for local games and

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s since 1970, earning the award "Best Football Commentator" in 1993. Previously in Chile, he had worked as a radio sports journalist and became the first Chilean play-by-play commentator after conveying the match

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versus

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in the

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. As an author, he published books focused in teaching for kids such as ''Una Manera de Pensar el Fútbol'' (A Way to Plan Football), ''Realidad y Fantasía del Fútbol Total'' (Reality and Fantasy of

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), ''Guía Práctica del Fútbol'' (Football Practical Guide), ''Fútbol Total'' (

), ''Entrenamiento del Niño Futbolista'' (Football Kid Training) and ''Fútbol Simplemente'' (Just Football).

Personal life

Tassara liked to live in

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because of calm of the country and the behavior of the native people. His children were born in Chile, but they naturalized Costa Rican.

Honours

Colo-Colo *

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: 1958 *

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: 1963 Alajuelense *

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: 1959, 1960 * Campeón de Campeones de Costa Rica: Individual * Best Football Commentator of Costa Rica: 1993

References

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