Marco Fajre Explained

Marco Fajre
Fullname:Marco Antonio Fajre Díaz
Birth Date:28 November 1963
Birth Place:Santiago, Chile
Position:Forward
Youthclubs1:Palestino
Years1:1981–1985
Caps1:17
Goals1:1
Years2:1982
Clubs2:→ (loan)
Caps2:
Goals2:
Years3:1985
Clubs3:→ (loan)
Years4:1986–1988
Years5:1989–1990
Caps5:35
Goals5:13
Years6:1991–1992
Years7:1992
Caps7:12
Goals7:1
Years8:1993
Caps8:
Goals8:
Years9:1993
Caps9:15
Goals9:4
Years10:1994
Caps10:10
Goals10:2
Years11:1997
Caps11:5
Goals11:0
Managerclubs1:Universidad de Chile (youth)
Manageryears2:2007
Managerclubs2:Provincial Temuco

Marco Antonio Fajre Díaz (born 28 November 1963) is a Chilean former football manager and player who played as a forward. Besides Chile, he played in Switzerland.

Career

A product of Palestino, Fajre made his professional debut at the age of eighteen[1] and played for them until 1984,[2] with seasons on loan to in the Tercera División and the Segunda División.[3]

In the Chilean Primera División, he later played for Universidad de Chile,[4] Palestino again,[5] Cobresal[6] and Deportes Temuco,[7] his last club.

In 1990, he scored a goal for Universidad de Chile in a friendly match against the Swiss club St. Gallen.[8] After the match, he was informed about his transfer to the also Swiss club FC Baden. He played for them in 1991–92 in the Nationalliga B and scored about ten goals.[1]

In the Chilean Segunda División, he also played for Deportes Temuco, where he scored about sixty goals between 1986 and 1988,[1] Universidad de Chile[9] and Santiago Wanderers.[10] He was a member of Universidad de Chile in the 1989 season, the only time they were in that division, winning the championship with Fajre as the team top goalscorer with twelve goals.[11] [12]

Post-retirement

As a football coach, Fajre worked for the Universidad de Chile youth system in Temuco for about nine years, taking part of the training of players such as Iván Rozas and José Gatica.[11] [1] In 2007, he led Provincial Temuco in the . He has also worked for football academies like the Escuela de Fútbol Municipal (Municipal Football Academy) of Pitrufquén.[13]

Personal life

Fajre is of Palestinian descent.[1]

He is the uncle of the Chilean football player and coach, Nicole Fajre.[14] [15]

External links

Notes and References

  1. (AntunezSilva) . 10 July 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  2. Web site: Palestino 1984 - Campeonato Nacional . www.solofutbol.cl . 23 January 2024 . es.
  3. Web site: Marco Fajre :: Player Profile :: playmakerstats.com . www.playmakerstats.com . 23 January 2024.
  4. Web site: U. de Chile - campañas - 1990 . www.chuncho.com . 23 January 2024 . es.
  5. SABOR A NADA . Revista Minuto 90 . 21 July 1992 . 259 . 40–41 . 23 January 2024 . Palestino Histórico . Santiago, Chile . es . PDF.
  6. Web site: 1995-1996-1997 – Tan cerca, tan lejos… . CDCobresal.cl . 23 January 2024 . es.
  7. Web site: DEPORTES TEMUCO Club de Deportes Temuco . www.oocities.org . 23 January 2024 . es . 1997.
  8. (UdeChileVideos) . 24 October 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  9. Web site: ¡El día en que se acomodó la historia! A 33 años de la vuelta de la U a Primera División . Bolavip Chile . 23 January 2024 . es . 15 January 2023.
  10. Web site: Wanderers en Campeonato de Segunda División 1993 . Memoria Wanderers . 23 January 2024 . es.
  11. Book: Azul Azul S.A. . 90 AÑOS 1927 – 2017 MÁS QUE UNA PASIÓN . April 2017 . Ediciones Babieca . Las Condes, Santiago, Chile . 146–151, 154, 337 . 1 . 23 January 2024 . es . epub.
  12. Web site: U. de Chile - campañas - 1989 . www.chuncho.com . 23 January 2024 . es.
  13. News: Pitrufquén Va Por La Copa Del 32° Mundialito De Fútbol En Argentina . 23 January 2024 . El Pregonero . 21 January 2020 . es.
  14. News: Rodríguez . Diego . Marco Fajre, ex goleador azul: "Mi sobrina Nicole está un peldaño más arriba de Karen Araya" . 23 January 2024 . . 19 December 2020 . es.
  15. News: Tio de Nicole Fajre y ex atacante de la U salta en una pata con el retorno de su sobrina a Las Leonas . 23 January 2024 . Bolavip Chile . 23 January 2023 . es.