| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Óscar Adolfo Villegas Cámara | ||
| Date of birth | (1970-04-15)15 April 1970 (age 55) | ||
| Place of birth | Cochabamba, Bolivia | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bolivia (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Enrique Happ | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1988 | Aurora | ||
| 1988–1992 | Bolívar | ||
| 1992–1993 | San José | ||
| 1994 | Jorge Wilstermann | (4) | |
| 1994–1996 | San José | ||
| 1997 | Real Santa Cruz | ||
| 1999 | Independiente Petrolero | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1999 | Real Potosí (assistant) | ||
| 2000–2002 | Aurora (youth) | ||
| 2002–2003 | Independiente de Quillacollo | ||
| 2003–2004 | Jorge Wilstermann (youth) | ||
| 2004–2005 | Aurora (youth) | ||
| 2004 | Aurora (interim) | ||
| 2005–2006 | Aurora | ||
| 2007–2009 | Bolivia U17 | ||
| 2007–2009 | Bolivia U20 | ||
| 2010–2014 | Bolívar (youth) | ||
| 2014 | Always Ready | ||
| 2015–2018 | Bolívar (youth) | ||
| 2016 | Bolívar (interim) | ||
| 2019 | Bolivia (assistant) | ||
| 2020 | Always Ready (assistant) | ||
| 2021 | Blooming (assistant) | ||
| 2022–2023 | Always Ready (youth) | ||
| 2022 | Always Ready (interim) | ||
| 2023 | Always Ready | ||
| 2023 | Always Ready (reserves) | ||
| 2023 | Always Ready (interim) | ||
| 2024 | Always Ready | ||
| 2024 | Always Ready (youth) | ||
| 2024– | Bolivia | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Óscar Adolfo Villegas Cámara (born 15 April 1970) is a Bolivianfootballmanager and former player who played as aforward. He is the current manager of theBolivia national team.
Born inCochabamba, Villegas began his career withEnrique Happ, and made his senior debut withAurora at the age of 17. In the following year, he moved toBolívar.[1]
Villegas subsequently representedSan José,Jorge Wilstermann andReal Santa Cruz before signing forIndependiente Petrolero for the 1999 season. However, he suffered aknee injury and subsequently retired.[2]
Shortly after retiring, Villegas joinedRosario Martínez's staff atReal Potosí.[2] He then returned to Aurora as a youth coach, and later worked atIndependiente de Quillacollo.[3]
After a period at Wilstermann, Villegas returned to Aurora in 2004; initially a manager of the youth sides, he was named manager in March 2004 afterJulio Zamora was sacked, but was dismissed in September and subsequently replaced byJuan Carlos Fernández.[4]
Villegas returned to Aurora in 2005, again replacing Zamora, but was replaced byLuis Islas in April 2006.[5] He then returned after Islas left, but was himself replaced in August byLuis Galarza.[6]
In 2007, Villegas was hired by theBolivian Football Federation, and was manager of theirunder-17 andunder-20 sides. In 2010, he returned to Bolívar, working as manager of the youth categories, and spent the 2014 season in charge ofAlways Ready after they established a partnership with Bolívar to act as their "B" team.
On 25 April 2016, Villegas was named interim manager of Bolívar, replacingRubén Darío Insúa.[7] He returned to his previous role in May after the appointment ofBeñat San José,[8] and left the club in December 2018, as his youth role was occupied byWálter Flores.[9]
Villegas subsequently worked as an assistant of his brother at theBolivia national team, Always Ready andBlooming.[10] On 22 April 2022, he returned to Always, being named manager of the youth categories.[11]
In September 2022, Villegas was named manager of Always Ready until the end of the season, afterJulio César Baldivieso was sacked.[12] He returned to his previous role after the season ended, but was again an interim in May, afterClaudio Biaggio left; on 8 May 2023, he was permanently named manager of the club,[13] but returned to the youth setup the following 30 March due to health issues.[14]
On 19 July 2024, Villegas was appointed as manager of theBolivia national team, taking over all categories.[15]
Villegas' older brotherEduardo was also a footballer, and is also a manager. Both played together at San José in 1994 and later worked together for three years.[2]