Alberto Illanes

Alberto Illanes

Illanes with The Strongest in 2020
Personal information
Full name	Alberto Illanes Puente
Date of birth	(1963-11-25) 25 November 1963 (age 60)
Place of birth	Uncía, Bolivia
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1984	Magisterio Rural
1985	Universitario Sucre
1986–1991	The Strongest
1992–1999	Independiente Petrolero
2000	Unión Central
Managerial career
2000	Stormers San Lorenzo
2001–2002	Independiente Petrolero
2005	The Strongest (assistant)
2006	Universitario Sucre (assistant)
2007	Universitario Sucre
2008	Universitario Sucre (assistant)
2010	Jorge Wilstermann (assistant)
2011–2012	The Strongest (assistant)
2012	Jorge Wilstermann (assistant)
2013	Real Potosí (assistant)
2014	Real Potosí
2014	Blooming (assistant)
2015	Bolivia (assistant)
2016–2018	Bolivia (assistant)
2018–2019	Nacional Potosí
2020–2021	The Strongest
2021	Nacional Potosí
2022	Wilstermann
2023	Universitario de Vinto
2024	Nacional Potosí
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alberto Illanes Puente (born 25 November 1963) is a Bolivian football manager and former player who played as a defender.

Career

Illanes was born in Uncía, and played for Magisterio Rural, Universitario de Sucre, The Strongest, Independiente Petrolero and Unión Central before retiring in 2000. ^[1] Immediately after retiring he took up coaching, after becoming the manager of Stormers San Lorenzo.

In 2001, Illanes returned to his former club Independiente Petrolero; initially an interim manager, he became the side's permanent manager until the end of 2002. He subsequently left to create a football school in Sucre, and only returned to coaching duties in 2005, as Eduardo Villegas' assistant at another former club, The Strongest.

Illanes followed Villegas to Universitario Sucre as his assistant for the 2006 campaign, but was appointed manager of the side on 7 December of that year after Villegas returned to Strongest. ^[2] He subsequently returned to his assistant role, and returned to work with Villegas in 2010 at Jorge Wilstermann.

In 2012, Illanes became Mauricio Soria's assistant at The Strongest, and subsequently worked with the manager at Wilstermann and Real Potosí. For the 2014 season, he was named manager of the latter club.

In the following years, Illanes worked as Soria's assistant at the Bolivia national team in two periods. ^[3] On 21 August 2018, he was appointed manager of Nacional Potosí. ^[4] He left the club in December 2019 after his contract expired, and took over The Strongest the following 9 March. ^[5]

Sacked by Strongest on 22 April 2021, ^[6] Illanes was named in charge of Nacional Potosí on 6 August. ^[7] He resigned on 23 November, ^[8] and returned to Wilstermann on 8 August 2022, now as manager. ^[9]

On 31 December 2022, Illanes resigned from Wilstermann, ^[10] and took over fellow top-tier side Universitario de Vinto the following 5 January. ^[11]

Illanes was sacked from U de Vinto on 13 July 2023, ^[12] and returned to Nacional Potosí the following 20 April, replacing Claudio Biaggio. ^[13] He was dismissed from the latter on 8 August 2024. ^[14]

References

1. "Alberto Illanes: 'No está nada perdido en el campeonato'" [Alberto Illanes: 'Nothing is lost in the tournament'] (in Spanish). La Razón. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
2. "Alberto Illanes nuevo director técnico de Universitario" [Alberto Illanes new manager of Universitario.] (in Spanish). Agencia de Noticias Fides. 7 December 2006. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
3. "Illanes confía en el trabajo que realizaron con la Verde" [Illanes trusts in the work they did with la Verde] (in Spanish). Los Tiempos. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
4. "Alberto Illanes, el elegido por Nacional Potosí" [Alberto Illanes, the chosen one by Nacional Potosí] (in Spanish). El Deber. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
5. "Alberto Illanes asume como DT de The Strongest: 'Me veo peleando arriba'" [Alberto Illanes takes over as manager of The Strongest: "I see myself fighting on the upper side'] (in Spanish). La Razón. 9 March 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
6. "Tras la caída del Tigre ante Boca, Illanes no va más" (in Spanish). La Razón. 22 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
7. "Alberto Illanes, nuevo director técnico de Nacional Potosí" (in Spanish). El Deber. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
8. "Illanes renuncia a Nacional tras una mala campaña" [Illanes resigns from Nacional after a poor campaign] (in Spanish). Premium. 23 November 2021.
9. "Alberto Illanes, elegido como nuevo DT de Wilstermann" [Alberto Illanes, chosen as new manager of Wilstermann] (in Spanish). El Deber. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
10. "Wilstermann busca entrenador tras la salida de Illanes" [Wilstermann seek a manager after the departure of Illanes] (in Spanish). Los Tiempos. 3 January 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
11. "Oficial: Alberto Illanes es el nuevo estratega de la "U" de Vinto" [Official: Alberto Illanes is the new manager of "U" de Vinto] (in Spanish). Los Tiempos. 5 January 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
12. "Universitario de Vinto prescinde de Alberto Illanes y busca al sustituto" [Universitario de Vinto dispense with Alberto Illanes and seek the replacement] (in Spanish). Los Tiempos. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
13. "Alberto Illanes vuelve al mando de Nacional Potosí" [Alberto Illanes returns at the helm of Nacional Potosí] (in Spanish). Late!. 21 April 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
14. "Alberto Illanes deja de ser técnico de Nacional Potosí, a un día del duelo con San Antonio" [Alberto Illanes ceases to be manager of Nacional Potosí, one day before the match against San Antonio] (in Spanish). Los Tiempos. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2024.

External links

• Alberto Illanes at BDFA (in Spanish)
• Alberto Illanes coach profile at Soccerway