Óscar Correa | |
Fullname: | Óscar Heraldo Correa Álvarez |
Birth Date: | 9 April 1972[1] |
Birth Place: | Galvarino, Chile |
Position: | Centre-back |
Youthclubs1: | Naval de Talcahuano |
Years1: | 1990 |
Years2: | 1991 |
Years4: | 1996 |
Caps4: | 23 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years6: | 1999 |
Manageryears1: | 2005–2010 |
Managerclubs1: | Huachipato (youth) |
Manageryears2: | 2011–2012 |
Managerclubs2: | Deportes Iquique (assistant) |
Manageryears3: | 2012–2013 |
Managerclubs3: | Huachipato (assistant) |
Manageryears4: | 2016–2017 |
Managerclubs4: | Deportes Naval |
Manageryears5: | 2017 |
Managerclubs5: | Deportes Puerto Montt |
Manageryears6: | 2018–2019 |
Managerclubs6: | Magallanes |
Manageryears7: | 2019–2022 |
Managerclubs7: | Deportes La Serena (youth) |
Manageryears8: | 2020 |
Managerclubs8: | Deportes La Serena (interim) |
Manageryears9: | 2021 |
Managerclubs9: | Deportes La Serena (interim) |
Manageryears10: | 2022 |
Managerclubs10: | Deportes La Serena (interim) |
Manageryears11: | 2022 |
Managerclubs11: | Deportes La Serena (interim) |
Óscar Heraldo Correa Álvarez (born 9 April 1972) is a Chilean football manager and former player who played as a centre-back.
Born in Galvarino, Correa had a career as a centre-back playing for Naval, Los Náuticos, Curicó Unido, Magallanes,[2] Unión Española and Universidad de Concepción.[3] [4]
As a football manager, Correa worked for the youth system of Huachipato for five years before working as Jorge Pellicer's assistant.[5] In the end of 2013, he was invited to work at (INAF), before being named manager of Deportes Naval on 9 February 2016.[6]
Correa left Naval on 24 January 2017,[7] and took over Deportes Puerto Montt on 12 June.[8] Sacked by the latter on 15 December,[9] he was named in charge of Deportes Magallanes on 26 May 2018.[10]
Dismissed by Magallanes on 15 April 2019,[11] he moved to Deportes La Serena on 30 May, after being named in charge of the youth sides.[12] He was an interim manager of the first team on three occasions, before being named permanently in charge on 24 October 2022, after Pablo Marini left.[13]