John Sebastián Armijo Armijo (born 8 November 1981) is a Chilean

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. He is the current manager of

Deportes Santa Cruz Club de Deportes Santa Cruz is a football club based in Santa Cruz, Chile. The club currently plays in the Chilean Primera Division B, the second tier of Chilean football. The club was founded on May 25, 1913 as Unión Comercio. In 1983 the ...

Career

Born in Cerrillos,

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, Armijo started his career as a fitness coach and joined

Marcelo Bielsa Marcelo Alberto Bielsa Caldera (, nicknamed ''El Loco Bielsa'' , meaning 'The Madman Bielsa'; born 21 July 1955) is an Argentine professional Association football, football manager who is the current manager of the Uruguay national football team ...

's staff in the Chile national team, in 2007 as an assistant to fitness coach Luis María Bonini. He left the staff in 2010 after the

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, and subsequently worked as a fitness coach at Universidad Católica, O'Higgins,

Santiago Wanderers Club de Deportes Santiago Wanderers is a football club based in Valparaíso, a founding member of the Chilean Football Federation. Their home ground, Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, is in the north-west of the city. Wanderers have played their ...

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and

Unión Española Club Unión Española S.A.D.P. is a professional football club based in the Independencia neighborhood, commune of Santiago, Chile currently participating in the Primera División de Chile. History Foundation, Amateur Era and First seasons ...

. Armijo returned to O'Higgins in 2016 after acquiring his coaching license, and was named manager of the club's youth categories. On 1 August 2017, he was named interim manager after the resignation of Cristián Arán, He stayed in the role for two matches, and subsequently became an assistant of newly appointed

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. After leaving O'Higgins in 2019, Armijo subsequently worked as a head of youth development at Barnechea before being named manager of

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side

Deportes Melipilla Deportes Melipilla is a Chilean football club, based on Melipilla, a comune in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. It was founded on January 24, 1992, as a successor of ''Club Deportivo Soinca Bata''. The club has its classic rival, San Antonio Un ...

on 16 December 2020. He led the club to the

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, where his side achieved promotion after defeating

Unión San Felipe Unión San Felipe is a Chilean football club, their hometown is San Felipe in the V Región of Valparaíso. They play in the second level of the Chilean football league, the Primera B. The club was founded on October 16, 1956 with the merger ...

on penalties. In 2023, Armijo assumed as manager of

Deportes Antofagasta Deportes Antofagasta is a Chilean football club based in the city of Antofagasta currently playing in the Primera B Of Chile. The club's home stadium is the Estadio Bicentenario Calvo y Bascuñán, which has a capacity of 21,178. History The c ...

. He was sacked in June 2024 for ambiguous reasons. After a brief stint as sport manager of Bolivian club GV San José, he was appointed manager of

Other works

At the same time that he worked as manager of Barnechea, he performed as a football commentator and tactical analyst for both the

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Redgol and the TV channel Vive from VTR.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Armijo, John 1981 births Living people Sportspeople from Santiago, Chile Chilean football coaches Chilean football managers Chilean Primera División managers Primera B de Chile managers O'Higgins F.C. managers Deportes Melipilla managers A.C. Barnechea managers Deportes Antofagasta managers Deportes Santa Cruz managers Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia Chilean association football commentators