Juvenal Olmos

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Juvenal Olmos
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Olmos at the Teletón in 2023
Personal information
Full name Juvenal Mario Olmos Rojas
Date of birth (1962-10-04) October 4, 1962 (age 62)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Universidad Católica
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1981–1984 Universidad Católica 8 (2)
1985–1986 KSV Waregem 5 (0)
1986–1989 Universidad Católica
1989–1990 Irapuato
1991 Deportes Antofagasta
1992–1993 O'Higgins
1994–1995 Universidad Católica
International career
1989 Chile 10 (2)
Managerial career
Universidad Católica (youth)
1999–2001 Unión Española
2001–2002 Universidad Católica
2003–2005 Chile
2004 Chile U23
2005 Newell's Old Boys
2006–2007 Everton
2018 Veracruz
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Juvenal Mario Olmos Rojas (born October 4, 1962) is a Chilean football manager and former player.

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Career

Olmos was born in Santiago de Chile. At Católica, he had as teammates Pablo Yoma, Marco Cornez, Miguel Ángel Neira, Mario Lepe, Raimundo Tupper, Luka Tudor and Osvaldo Hurtado. [1]

His management of the Chile national team was unsuccessful, as they failed to get past the first round in Copa América 2004 and he was later fired, five games before the end of the qualifying round for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Post-retirement

In 2006, Olmos competed and won the Chilean talent show El Baile en TVN (The Dance on TVN). [2]

Olmos was a candidate to deputy for District 24 (La Reina and Peñalolén) in the 2009 Chilean parliamentary election as a member of National Renewal. In 2021, he was elected councillor for La Reina commune. [3]

Olmos has worked as a football commentator for TNT Sports Chile, formerly Canal del Fútbol (CDF) (Channel of Football). [4] [5]

Honours

Player

Universidad Católica

Manager

Unión Española
Universidad Católica

References

  1. "Ex compañeros de la UC se reunieron con Marco Cornez: Terminamos llorando". Radio Cooperativa (in Spanish). Santiago. 6 October 2021. Archived from the original on 13 May 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
  2. "Juvenal Olmos gana insólita final de El Baile de TVN". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 5 December 2006. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  3. "Seleccionados en política". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  4. "Continúan los cambios en CDF: Alberto Jesús López fue despedido, y se incorporan Juvenal Olmos y Jorge Cubillos". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 9 February 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  5. Ramírez, Daniel (10 March 2025). "Juvenal Olmos explica la verdadera razón por la que no comentará más partidos en TNT Sports". ADN Radio (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 July 2025.