Arturo Norambuena

Arturo Andrés Norambuena Ardiles is a Chilean football manager and former player who played as forward.

Playing career

Norambuena represented the team of Universidad Austral before playing professional football, being well-known by his stint with Universidad Católica.
Norambuena also was involved with [Chile national association football|football team|Chile's national] set-up.

On 27 August 2019, Norambuena was appointed manager of Deportes Valdivia. However, after a period with bad results, he was fired on 2 October 2019.

Norambuena graduated in forestry in Universidad Austral de Chile. Because of this, he was nicknamed El Ingeniero del Gol while he was a footballer.
Norambuena is the cousin of the brothers Iván and Mauricio Hernández Norambuena, former guerrilla fighters of the political-military organization FPMR, who played football for club Orompello from Valparaíso as defenders, winning the regional championship, and after took part in the 1977 Amateur Youth National Championship in representing the Valparaíso city team alongside fellows such as Juan Carlos Letelier, later a Chile international, and Jaime Zapata, later a professional goalkeeper. Later, Iván played for Quintero Unido and Mauricio for.

Universidad Católica

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