| Renato Panay | |
| Fullname: | Luis Renato Panay Pérez |
| Birth Date: | 4 November 1922 |
| Birth Place: | Chile |
| Death Place: | Panamá |
| Manageryears1: | 1948 |
| Manageryears2: | 1954 |
| Manageryears3: | 1956 |
| Manageryears4: | 1957 |
| Manageryears5: | 1959 |
| Manageryears6: | 1960 |
| Manageryears7: | 1960–1961 |
| Manageryears8: | 1961 |
| Managerclubs8: | America-RJ |
| Manageryears9: | 1961 |
| Manageryears10: | 1963–1964 |
| Manageryears11: | 1968 |
| Manageryears12: | 1969–1970 |
| Manageryears13: | 1972 |
| Managerclubs13: | Panama (amateur) |
| Manageryears14: | 1974 |
| Managerclubs14: | Panama (amateur) |
| Manageryears15: | 1976–1977 |
Luis Renato Panay Pérez (4 November 1922 – unknown), known as Renato Panay, was a Chilean football manager.
Panay had a prolific career in South America and Panama. In Ecuador, he coached Emelec three times: 1948, 1954, 1956. In 1948 he led the team in the South American Championship of Champions, an older version of Copa Libertadores.[1] In 1956, he won the, leading a well remembered squad what later was nickanmed Ballet Azul (Blue Ballet).[2]
In Chile, he had two steps with Rangers de Talca in 1957 and 1960.[1]
In Bolivia, he coached San José (1959, 1969–70),[3] Jorge Wilstermann (1960–61),[4] [5] and Aurora (1963–64).[6] Along with San José, he got the 1959 Campeonato Nacional Integrado.[7] With Aurora, he won the 1963 Bolivian Primera División.[8]
In Venezuela, he coached Zulia, becoming the first Chilean manager in the Venezuelan football.[9]
In 1961 he led the Bolivia national team in the 1962 FIFA World Cup qualifiers[10] versus Uruguay, with a 1-1 draw in La Paz and a 1-2 loss in Montevideo. A month before, he had joined the Brazilian club America-RJ, but he just stayed two days with it.[1]
In the 1970s he emigrated to Panama and coached the national team, becoming one of the five Chileans who have managed it along with Óscar Rendoll Gómez (1946–47/1951–52), Óscar Suman (1949), Néstor Valdés (1969–70) and Hugo Tassara (1972–1973).[1] He led the team in its first FIFA World Cup qualification for the 1978 FIFA World Cup.[11] At the championship, he made his debut with a 3-2 win versus Costa Rica in the Estadio Revolución on 4 April 1976.[1] Previously he had led the national team in both the 1972 Pre-Olympic Tournament and the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games with amateur squads.[12]
After coaching professional teams, he worked for the football academy of in Ecuador in the 1980s.[13]
He made his home and died in Panama.[14]
Emelec
San José
Aurora