Oscar Wirth

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Oscar Wirth
Personal information
Full name Oscar Raúl Wirth Lafuente
Date of birth (1955-11-05) 5 November 1955 (age 68)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1973–1979 Universidad Católica
1979 Colo-Colo
1980–1982 Cobreloa
1982–1983 Everton
1983–1985 Universidad de Chile
1985 Provincial Osorno
1985–1986 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
1986–1988 Real Valladolid
1988 Independiente Medellín
1989–1990 Deportes La Serena
1991 Deportes Concepción
1992-1993 Universidad Católica
1994 Alianza Lima
International career
1980–1989 Chile 12 (0)
1985 Chile B 5 (0)
Managerial career
Universidad Católica B
Cobreloa (goalkeeping coach)
2003–2005 Chile (assistant)
2011 Iberia
2015 Audax Italiano (youth)
2017–2018 Chile U20 (women)
2020–2021 Chile U20 (goalkeeping coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Oscar Raúl Wirth Lafuente (born 5 November 1955) is a Chilean football manager and former football goalkeeper who played for Cobreloa (Chile), Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (West Germany), and Real Valladolid (Spain) during his professional career.

International career[edit]

Wirth represented Chile at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, wearing the number one jersey. For Chile he played 12 matches, making his debut on 24 June 1980 in a friendly against Brazil.[1] In addition, he made appearances for the B-team in the friendly tournament 1985 Indonesian Independence Cup, where Chile became champion.[2]

Managerial career[edit]

After working for Universidad Católica in the B-team and as the goalkeeping coach of Cobreloa,[3] he joined the technical staff of Juvenal Olmos in the Chile national team.[4] During 2011 he was the head coach of Iberia in the Chilean Tercera A[5] and next he worked in the yout team of Audax Italiano.[6]

After steps with Chile U20, women and men, between 2017 and 2021, he assumed as the Sport Director of Cobreloa for the 2022 season.[3]

Personal life[edit]

His father, Fernando, was a defender who played for Santiago Morning[7] and his older brother, Erwin, took part of Chile at under-20 level in the 1971 South American Championship.[8] His children are also athletes since his son, Rainer, is a former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper and his daughter, Beatriz, is a Chile international field hockey goalkeeper.[9]

Honours[edit]

Universidad Católica
Colo-Colo
Cobreloa
Chile

References[edit]

  1. ^ Guerra, Felipe (5 November 2021). "Óscar Wirth: Arquero de La Roja en el Mundial de España 1982". laroja.cl (in Spanish). FFCh. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Nóminas de selecciones chilenas B". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  3. ^ a b Orrego Bocchieri, Héctor (25 December 2021). ""Se tocó fondo": Óscar Wirth hace duro diagnóstico tras su regreso a Cobreloa y detalla su minucioso plan para volver a Primera". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Juvenal Olmos dejó la selección sub 23 en manos de Oscar Wirth". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 15 September 2003. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Iberia: El club que pretende retornar al profesionalismo de la mano de dos ex seleccionados". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 8 July 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  6. ^ Vásquez Alarcón, Martín (11 September 2015). "Óscar Wirth: "El nivel de los arqueros en Chile es muy bajo"" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Padres e hijos en el fútbol: ¿De tal palo tal crack?". Prensafútbol (in Spanish). 19 March 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Parentesco entre seleccionados". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  9. ^ Contreras, Fernando (12 May 2013). "Los Wirth: Una familia que se caracteriza por resguardar el arco" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 17 August 2022.

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