Carlos Véliz (football manager)

Carlos Alberto Véliz Schmauck (born 7 September 1986) is a Chilean football and futsal manager.

Carlos Véliz
Personal information
Full name Carlos Alberto Véliz Schmauck
Date of birth (1986-09-07) 7 September 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Managerial career
Years Team
2016–2019 Colo-Colo (women)
2016–2019 Colo-Colo (women) (youth)
2018–2019 Colo-Colo (futsal) [es]
2019 AD Oliveirense (assistant)
2020–2022 Universidad de Chile (women)
2020–2022 Universidad de Chile (women) U17

Career

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Véliz began his career with the Colo-Colo women's team in 2016, replacing José Letelier. At the same time, he assumed as coach of both the under-17 and the under-15 teams.[1] As coach of the women's youth teams, he won three titles in 2017, two with the under-17 team and one with the under-15 team.[2] He also led the futsal team [es], getting promotion to the top level.[1]

At international level, he reached the 2017 Copa Libertadores final, losing on penalties against Audax/Corinthians.[3]

In July 2019, he left Colo-Colo and emigrated to Portugal, joining AD Oliveirense as the assistant of the Spanish manager Manuel Crespo, who had been the head of the Colo-Colo youth system.[4] They both left the club in September of the same year due to unpaid wages.[5]

At the end of 2019, Véliz tried to rejoin Colo-Colo.[6] However, the next year he assumed as the head coach of the Universidad de Chile women's team[7] as well as the women's youth team.[8] He won the 2021 league title, the second for the women's team.[9]

In January 2023, he was released from Universidad de Chile after reaching three national championship finals, winning one of them,[9] and taking part in three Copa Libertadores' editions, being replaced by his assistant, Nicolás Bravo.[10][11][12]

Other works

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He also has worked for a footballers agency.[13]

Previous to involve in football, he worked for the Investigations Police of Chile (PDI).[14]

Honours

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Colo-Colo (women)[1]

Colo-Colo (women) U17[1]

  • Campeonato Nacional Sub-17 (2): 2017 Apertura, 2017 Clausura

Colo-Colo (women) U15[1]

  • Campeonato Femenino Sub-15 (1): 2017 Clausura

Universidad de Chile (women)[9]

Individual

  • Premios Contragolpe - Best Manager: 2021[15]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "CSD Colo-Colo homenajeó a Carlos Véliz tras su salida del Cacique". mi.csdcolocolo.cl (in Spanish). 31 July 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  2. ^ MEMORIA 2018 (PDF) (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: ANFP. 2018. p. 74. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  3. ^ Fernández, Denís (22 October 2017). "Colo Colo claudica en los penales en la final de la Libertadores". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Jaime Zapata asumirá como nuevo director técnico del equipo femenino de Colo Colo". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  5. ^ Marcel, Sebastián (23 September 2019). "Manuel Crespo y Carlos Véliz dejaron su equipo en Portugal por graves problemas financieros y sueldos impagos". Dale Albo (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  6. ^ Vega, Diego (18 March 2021). "El técnico semifinalista de América que Colo Colo rechazó". AS Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  7. ^ "U. de Chile anunció a Carlos Véliz como nuevo DT del primer equipo femenino". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  8. ^ "Carlos Véliz es el nuevo técnico del plantel femenino de Universidad de Chile". ANFP (in Spanish). 16 January 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  9. ^ a b c "Un año inolvidable: Universidad de Chile y su glorioso 2021". Contragolpe (in Spanish). 31 December 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  10. ^ Molina, Geraldine (24 January 2023). "Las dudas en torno a la salida de Carlos Véliz de Universidad de Chile Femenino". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  11. ^ "Terremoto en la U: Carlos Véliz no seguirá al mando del equipo femenino". 24 Horas (in Spanish). 23 January 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  12. ^ Orellana, Jorge (23 January 2023). "Carlos Véliz deja la banca de Universidad de Chile". Contragolpe (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  13. ^ Campos, José Ignacio (8 December 2021). "La figura detrás del éxito de la U: "Me gustaría dirigir en el fútbol masculino"". AS Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  14. ^ "Dictamen nº 8792 de Contraloría General de la República, de 7 de Febrero de 2013". vLex (in Spanish). 2013-02-07. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  15. ^ "Todos los ganadores de los Premios Contragolpe 2021". Contragolpe (in Spanish). 10 December 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
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