Patricio Mardones

Luis Patricio Mardones Díaz, known as Patricio Mardones, is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Playing career

Mardones is a historical player of the traditional rivals Universidad Católica and Universidad de Chile, since he won two national leagues along with each team.
He played for the Chile national team and was capped 29 times scoring 2 goal between 1985 and 1995. Mardones made his debut on 8 February 1985 in a friendly against Finland.

He worked for Universidad de Chile as the coach of youth ranks and the assistant coach of the first team. Next, he switched to the university football, and coached the teams of both Universidad del Desarrollo and.
In addition, from 2016 to 2017 he performed as Director of Azul Azul, the public limited company that manages Universidad de Chile. Next, he switched to Head of Recruitment for the youth ranks until 2020.

Mardones was a candidate to councillor for La Reina commune in the 2024 Chilean regional elections.

Universidad Católica

Universidad de Chile