Quemel Edgardo Farías Mancilla is a

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manager and former

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who played for clubs in Chile and Peru.

Playing career

As a youth player, Farías was with clubs Jesús Herrera and Estudiantes Unidos from

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. At senior level, he began his career with Aviación in the Chilean top division in 1980–81.Quemel Farías Mancilla
at LinkedIn From 1982 to 1987, he played for

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, a successful stint for the club at both national and international level. In 1986, he had a stint on loan at

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, also in the top division. After two seasons with

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in the second level, he moved to Peru and joined

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in 1990, coinciding with his compatriots Carlos González as teammate and Eugenio Jara as coach. Back in Chile, he played for

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before joining

Deportes La Serena Club de Deportes La Serena S.A.D.P., is a Chilean football club based in the city of La Serena, Coquimbo Region. The club was founded 9 December 1955 and plays in the second division of the Chilean football league. Their home games are play ...

, with whom he spent five seasons between 1992 and 1996. His last club was

Deportes Arica Club Deportivo San Marcos de Arica, also known as San Marcos, is a Chilean professional football club based in Arica, that is a current member of the Primera B of Chile. The club was founded on February 14, 1978. Between 1978 and 2005, the club ...

in 1997.

Coaching career

Farías graduated and specialized as a football manager at institutions such as the

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, (National Football Institute),

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, ESEFUL Institute in Peru, A.T.F.A. in Argentina, among others. As a coach of academies based in the

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of Chile and the

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city team, he is considered a discoverer of the Chile national team top goalscorer

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. In the first half of 2010s, he performed as coach of the Club Social y Deportivo Minera Escondida at the same time he worked for the

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, a mining company. The next seasons, he worked as coach at the

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youth ranks and the . In 2022, he assumed as the head of the Deportes Antofagasta youth system.

Personal life

A charismatic goalkeeper, he is remembered by his moustache.

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Farias, Quemel Living people Chilean men's footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chilean Primera División players Primera B de Chile players C.D. Aviación footballers C.D. Cobreloa footballers Audax Italiano footballers Deportes Ovalle footballers C.D. Cobresal footballers Deportes La Serena footballers San Marcos de Arica footballers Peruvian Primera División players Sporting Cristal footballers Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Peru Expatriate men's footballers in Peru Men's association football goalkeepers Chilean football managers Year of birth missing (living people)