Jorge Arnaldo Venegas Vásquez (''unknown'' – 7 September 2010) was a Chilean

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manager and player who played as a

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Career

As a football forward, Venegas played for

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and

Coquimbo Unido Coquimbo Unido is a Chilean football club based in the city of Coquimbo. The club was founded in 1958 and has played in the Chilean Primera División since being promoted in 2022. Their home games are played at the Estadio Municipal Francisco Sán ...

in the

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. At international level, he represented Chile U20 in the 1958 South American Championship alongside players such as José Sulantay,

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, among others. Better known by his extensive managerial career in his homeland, he led

Unión La Calera Unión La Calera is a Chilean football club based in La Calera, Chile. The club competes in the Primera División de Chile. It was founded as Club de Deportes La Calera on 26 January 1954, after the merger of three teams from the city: ''Condor' ...

, O'Higgins,

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and Audax Italiano in the top division. Previously, he led the Chile national under-20 team in the 1971 South American Championship. He led many clubs in the second level such as Coquimbo Unido,

Malleco Unido Club de Deportes Malleco Unido is a Chilean football club from Angol, Chile. The club was founded on March 25, 1974 and currently play in the Chilean Segunda División, the third tier of the Chilean football league system. The club has 1 offic ...

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, Regional Antofagasta,

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 ...

Deportes Valdivia Deportes Valdivia is a Chilean football club in the town of Valdivia, Chile. It currently plays in Segunda División, the third level of Chilean football. The club was founded on June 5, 1983, and re-founded on December 19, 2003. Honours *Chile ...

, among others. Abroad, he had a stint with Bolivian club

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in 1986.

Personal life

He was nicknamed ''Mosco'' (Fly).

References

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