 Tassara in 1957 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hugo Tassara Olivares | ||
| Date of birth | (1924-02-14)14 February 1924 | ||
| Place of birth | Iquique, Chile | ||
| Date of death | 12 February 2016(2016-02-12) (aged 91) | ||
| Place of death | Alajuela, Costa Rica | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Tocopilla (city team) | |||
| María Elena (city team) | |||
| Copiapó (city team) | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Universidad de Chile | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1945–1946 | Universidad de Chile (youth) | ||
| 1955 | Colo-Colo (youth) | ||
| 1956 | Colo-Colo (fitness coach) | ||
| 1957–1958 | Colo-Colo | ||
| 1959–1960 | Alajuelense | ||
| 1960 | Costa Rica | ||
| 1961–1962 | Palestino | ||
| 1963 | Colo-Colo | ||
| 1964 | Alajuelense | ||
| 1965 | Colo-Colo | ||
| 1966 | Defensor Arica | ||
| 1967–1968 | Alajuelense | ||
| 1969 | Herediano | ||
| 1972–1973 | Panama | ||
| 1974 | Alajuelense | ||
| 1975 | Saprissa (fitness coach) | ||
| 1975 | Universidad de Chile | ||
| 1979 | Cartaginés | ||
| 1980 | Everton | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Hugo Tassara Olivares (14 February 1924 – 12 February 2016) was a Chileanfootball manager.
Born inIquique, Chile,[1] Tassara had a short career as a football goalkeeper, playing for the teams ofTocopilla,María Elena andCopiapó. At professional level, he was a substitute ofMario Ibáñez for three years inUniversidad de Chile. Next, he worked in the youth system of the club and also in theColo-Colo youth system in 1955.[2]
After managing Colo-Colo in his country of birth, winning two titles in 1958 and 1963,[1] Tassara came to Costa Rica in 1959, joiningAlajuelense and winning two consecutive titles in 1959 and 1960. He coached the same team in three other steps, in addition toHerediano in 1969 andCartaginés in 1979.[2]
He coached theCosta Rica national team and thePanama national team.[3][4] He has been one of the five Chileans who have managed the Panama national team along withÓscar Rendoll Gómez (1946–47/1951–52), Óscar Suman (1949),Néstor Valdés (1969–1970) andRenato Panay (1976–1977).[5]
He was the first Chilean manager to work in thePeruvian top division, beforeJosé Tadormina,Ramón Estay, among others.[6]
In the 1990s and 2000s, he worked as Director of the Herediano youth system.[2]
In addition to work as a football coach, he also was a fitness coach, instructor, author,normal teacher,PE teacher,sport journalist,football commentator and painter. As a fitness coach, he worked inColo-Colo andSaprissa.[2]
He graduated as a normal teacher inCopiapó, Chile, and next he studiedphysical education, beginning his teaching career inMaría Elena in 1952. As a football coach, he started football academies in Costa Rica, Chile, Colombia, Perú, Venezuela and Guatemala, adding TV instructive programs. In addition, he recorded brief technical lessons for the Costa Rican TV and radio media.[2]
Always in Costa Rica, he worked as a columnist and TVfootball commentator for local games andFIFA World Cups since 1970, earning the award "Best Football Commentator" in 1993. Previously in Chile, he had worked as a radio sports journalist and became the first Chileanplay-by-play commentator after conveying the matchChile versusSwitzerland in the1962 FIFA World Cup.[2]
As an author, he published books focused in teaching for kids such asUna Manera de Pensar el Fútbol (A Way to Plan Football),Realidad y Fantasía del Fútbol Total (Reality and Fantasy ofTotal Football),Guía Práctica del Fútbol (Football Practical Guide),Fútbol Total (Total Football),Entrenamiento del Niño Futbolista (Football Kid Training) andFútbol Simplemente (Just Football).[2]
Tassara liked to live inCosta Rica because of calm of the country and the behavior of the native people. His children were born in Chile, but they naturalized Costa Rican.[2]
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