Luis Garisto Pan (3 December 1945 – 21 November 2017) was a

Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...

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coach who had a professional career as both player and head coach. Luis Garisto began his sporting career in 1962, in his native

, playing for teams such as

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and Sud América. He went to Independiente de

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, winning several local titles and, above all, two Libertadores Cups and an Inter-American Cup. He returned to Uruguay, playing for

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, again winning local titles, and finally finished his career in

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, playing for Cobreloa. In 1974, Garisto punched Australian international Ray Baartz in the throat and jaw during a friendly fixture at the

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, prematurely ending Baartz's playing career only months before

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were to play in their first ever

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. As a coach, he managed in Uruguay, Argentina, Mexico and Chile, highlighting his work in several of these clubs, such as saving Banfield from relegation in 2002, and being champion with Cobreloa in the 2003 Clausura. On December 21, 2003, Cobreloa, under the technical direction of Garisto, defeated

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 ...

at the Monumental Stadium, becoming the only team to have won the championship there. He died on November 21, 2017, at the age of 71.

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