Ramón Estay

Luis Ramón Estay Saavedra, known as Ramón Estay, was a Chilean football player and manager.

Career

Born in Iquique, as a football forward, he played for Club Deportivo Cavancha and the team of Iquique. At professional level, he played for Audax Italiano, Magallanes and Deportes Concepción.
As a football manager, he was mainly related to his hometown club, Deportes Iquique, since he was involved in its foundation and coached it in seven stints, winning the 1979 Segunda División de Chile and the 1980 Copa Polla Gol.
In Chile, he also coached Magallanes, Deportes Arica and Regional Atacama.
In Peru, where he came recommended by his former assistant Miguel Ángel Arrué, he coached Ciclista Lima from 1993 to 1995, winning the 1993 Segunda División as Defensor Kiwi-Ciclista Lima, Alianza Lima in 1994, Deportivo Municipal in 1995 and Melgar in 1996. As a fact, he became the second Chilean to manage Melgar after José Tadormina. Then, he moved to Ecuador and led Deportivo Quito, reaching the runner-up in the 1997 Ecuadorian Serie A.
From 2006 to 2009, he coached the Arturo Prat University, winning three university national championships of, at the same time the team competed in the Chilean Tercera División.

His sons Luis Ramón Jr., the elder, and José Orlando, were professional footballers who played for Deportes Iquique at the end of the 1980s.
In Peru, he was nicknamed Chompita and Chompita Ploma, due to the fact that he used to wear that article of clothing.
He was honored as Hijo Ilustre of Iquique.
Estay died due to an respiratory insufficiency in the Hospital of Iquique.

Deportes Iquique

Defensor Kiwi-Ciclista Lima

Universidad Arturo Prat

After Estay died, the municipal stadium of Iquique was renamed Estadio Tierra de Campeones Ramón Estay Saavedra.
In 2020 season, the alternative shirt of Deportes Iquique was designed in honor of Estay and Club Deportivo Cavancha.