Eduardo Fournier

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Eduardo Fournier
Personal information
Full name Eduardo Antonio Furniel Arriagada [1]
Date of birth (1956-01-02) 2 January 1956 (age 68)
Place of birth Talca, Chile
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1975–1980 Aviación 91 (0)
1977 → Deportes Concepción (loan) 0 (0)
1981–1987 Cobreloa 80 (0)
1988 Fernández Vial 25 (0)
1989–1991 Universidad de Chile 67 (0)
1992 Provincial Osorno
1993–1994 Audax Italiano
International career
1984 Chile Olympic 4 (0)
1987 Chile B 1 (0)
Managerial career
1999 Rangers (interim)
2003 Cobreloa (interim)
2005 Cobreloa (interim)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1987 Indianapolis Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eduardo Antonio Furniel Arriagada (born 2 January 1956), commonly known as Eduardo Fournier, [2] is a Chilean former football player and coach.

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Playing career

Born in Talca, Fournier played as a goalkeeper for clubs including Audax Italiano and Cobreloa.

As a member of Universidad de Chile, Fournier was one of the mainstays players in the 1989 season, when the club returned to the Primera División, alongside teammamtes such as Héctor Hoffens, Marco Fajre, Horacio Rivas  [ es ], among others. [3] [4]

Fournier represented Chile at the 1984 Summer Olympics. [5] Fournier also made one appearance for Chile in the 1987 Pan-American games. [6]

Coaching career

After retiring as a player, Fournier became a football coach and managed a number of Chilean club sides including Rangers and their youth teams [7] and Cobreloa. From 2008 to 2017, he worked as goalkeeping coach of Santiago Wanderers. [1]

Personal life

His son, Gianni Furniel, [8] also known as Gianni Fournier, [9] is a former professional footballer who played as a defender for Rangers de Talca and Fernández Vial. [10]

He is known by his nickname Loco (Crazy). [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Eduardo Furniel y seis jugadores del Decano terminaron hoy sus respectivos contratos". CANAL 74 TV (in Spanish). 20 May 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "Nóminas de Chile para Juegos Panamericanos". PartidosdelaRoja.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "U. de Chile - campañas - 1989". www.chuncho.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  4. ↑ Reyes, Luis (23 January 2016). "El sufrido y glorioso retorno de la U a Primera División". AS Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  5. ↑ "Player profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
  6. ↑ "International Matches 1987 - Intercontinental". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
  7. 1 2 Retamal, Rodrigo (23 October 2017). "Otros siete arqueros "locos" en la historia del fútbol chileno". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  8. ↑ Gianni Furniel on Facebook
  9. ↑ "Ficha Estadistica de GIANNI FOURNIER". www.bdfa.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  10. ↑ Salazar, Leonardo (2021). Revolución en la granja (epub) (in Spanish). Hueders. Retrieved 19 October 2022. La gran figura de Internacional Pehuenche era Gianni Fournier, hijo de Eduardo.


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