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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | José Luis Sierra Pando | ||
| Date of birth | (1968-12-05)5 December 1968 (age 56) | ||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft11+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1985–1988 | Unión Española | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1994 | Unión Española | 124 | (29) |
| 1989–1990 | →Valladolid (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 1995 | São Paulo | 8 | (0) |
| 1996–2001 | Colo-Colo | 144 | (42) |
| 1999 | →UANL (loan) | 13 | (1) |
| 2002–2009 | Unión Española | 217 | (51) |
| Total | 509 | (123) | |
| International career | |||
| 1991–2000 | Chile | 53 | (8) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2010–2015 | Unión Española | ||
| 2015–2016 | Colo-Colo | ||
| 2016–2018 | Al-Ittihad | ||
| 2018 | Shabab Al-Ahli | ||
| 2019 | Al-Ittihad | ||
| 2020–2021 | Palestino | ||
| 2021–2022 | Al-Tai | ||
| 2022–2023 | Al-Wehda | ||
| 2024–2025 | Unión Española | ||
| 2025 | Al-Wehda | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
José Luis "Coto" Sierra Pando (born 5 December 1968) is a Chilean football coach and former player.
Playing in the midfield, he retired in 2009, and one year later he became the coach of his long-time teamUnión Española.
Sierra made his debut in professional soccer with Unión Española in November 1988 against theUniversidad de Chile. After two solid campaigns with Unión Española, Sierra was transferred toReal Valladolid in Spain. However, during Sierra's short time in Spain, the team had economic problems which caused him to return to Unión Española. After more success he made his debut with theChile national team. Sierra won the Copa Chile with Unión Española in 1992 and 1993.
After an unsuccessful stint in Brazil playing forSão Paulo, he went on to spend three successful years withColo-Colo, which saw his team capture the championship in all three seasons. Currently Sierra has found his way back to Unión Española, making a stop in between to play withUANL Tigres in Mexico for one season. He captured the Golden Boot in Chile (awarded to the best professional football player in Chile) in 2004 and 2005.
In 1997, it was widely rumoured that thenPremier League sideEverton managerHoward Kendall had made an approach to bring Sierra toGoodison Park. However, for unknown reasons, possibly relating to lack of sufficient capital, Kendall decided to pull the plug on the deal.
Sierra announced his retirement in December 2008 and accepted the position of manager with his belovedUnión Española. He will continue on the position until the end of the Clausura 2009 tournament.
Sierra was capped 53 times and scored eight goals for theChile national team between 1991 and 2000. He played four games at the1998 FIFA World Cup, scoring a goal on a free-kick againstCameroon.
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 31 March 1993 | Estadio Carlos Dittborn,Arica,Chile |  Bolivia | 2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 2. | 13 June 1993 | Estadio Hernando Siles,La Paz,Bolivia | Bolivia | 1–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 3. | 21 June 1993 | Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar,Cuenca,Ecuador |  Brazil | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1993 Copa América |
| 4. | 31 May 1998 | Stade Municipal Tropenas,Montélimar,France |  Tunisia | 2–2 | 3–2 | Friendly |
| 5. | 23 June 1998 | Stade de la Beaujoire,Nantes, France |  Cameroon | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1998 FIFA World Cup |
| 6. | 3 July 1999 | Estadio Antonio Oddone Sarubbi,Ciudad del Este,Paraguay |  Venezuela | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1999 Copa América |
| 7. | 12 February 2000 | Estadio Municipal de Valparaíso,Valparaíso, Chile |  Bulgaria | 3–0 | 3–2 | Copa Ciudad de Valparaíso |
| 8. | 22 March 2000 | Estadio Nacional,Santiago, Chile |  Honduras | 2–1 | 5–2 | Friendly |
Sierra started coaching in 2010 of Chilean clubUnión Española and spent five years there. He won the2013 Torneo Transición with them. Unión won the Apertura Tournament of 2013, after defeatingColo-Colo 1–0 in the final match. In 2015, he became the coach ofColo-Colo. In only one season, he won the2015 Torneo Apertura title with and also led them into the2015 Copa Chile. On July 22, 2016, he signed a one-year contract with eight-time Saudi championsAl-Ittihad with an option to sign for another season.
On 7 November 2021, Sierra was appointed as the manager of Saudi Arabian clubAl-Tai.[2]
On 20 October 2022, Sierra was appointed as manager ofAl-Wehda.[3]
His parents, Domingo Sierra and Pilar Pando, are Spanish immigrants in Chile ofGalician andAsturian origin, respectively.[4]
He studied in theColegio Hispano Americano, which belongs to Spanish residents in Chile.[4]
Belonging to a football family, his father was a director of Unión Española[4] and his great uncle, Félix Cantín, was a doctor and midfielder ofUnión Deportiva Española from 1928 to 1932.[5]
His son of the same name,José Luis Jr., was a Chile international at under-20 level[6] and his brother-in-law,Sebastián Miranda, is a football manager and former professional footballer in Chile and abroad. His nephew, Benjamín Sierra, who is also the nephew of Sebastián Miranda, plays at the SpanishKings League.[7]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Unión Española |  | 14 October 2010 | 18 May 2015 | 247 | 111 | 54 | 82 | 410 | 320 | +90 | 044.94 |
| Colo-Colo | 18 May 2015 | 20 July 2016 | 49 | 28 | 11 | 10 | 76 | 45 | +31 | 057.14 | |
| Al-Ittihad |  | 22 July 2016 | 1 June 2018 | 63 | 34 | 14 | 15 | 118 | 91 | +27 | 053.97 |
| Shabab Al Ahli |  | 28 May 2018 | 14 October 2018 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 042.86 |
| Al-Ittihad | | 24 February 2019 | 19 October 2019 | 32 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 68 | 45 | +23 | 056.25 |
| Palestino | | 11 November 2020 | 16 August 2021 | 46 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 74 | 62 | +12 | 041.30 |
| Al-Tai | | 7 November 2021 | 7 July 2022 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 30 | −3 | 042.86 |
| Al-Wehda | 21 October 2022 | 1 June 2023 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 36 | −9 | 034.62 | |
| Unión Española | | 4 September 2024 | 26 May 2025 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 027.59 |
| Al-Wehda | | 1 September 2025 | 6 November 2025 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | −11 | 000.00 |
| Career totals | 528 | 239 | 111 | 178 | 857 | 706 | +151 | 045.27 | |||
He played in Chile on the national soccer team for nine years, from 1991 to 2000.
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