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Arturo Andrés Norambuena Ardiles (born 24 November 1971) is a retired Chilean footballer who played as forward and current manager.
Playing career
Norambuena represented the team of Universidad Austral before playing professional football, being well-known by his stint with Universidad Católica.
Norambuena also was involved with Chile's national set-up.
Coaching career
= Deportes Valdivia
=On 27 August 2019, Norambuena was appointed manager of Deportes Valdivia. However, after a period with bad results, he was fired on 2 October 2019.
Personal life
Norambuena graduated in forestry in Universidad Austral de Chile. Because of this, he was nicknamed El Ingeniero del Gol (The Goal Engineer) while he was a footballer.
Norambuena is the cousin of the brothers Iván and Mauricio Hernández Norambuena, former guerrilla fighters of the political-military organization FPMR (Frente Patriótico Manuel Rodríguez), who played football for club Orompello from Valparaíso as defenders, winning the regional championship, and after took part in the 1977 Amateur Youth National Championship in Pedro de Valdivia nitrate works representing the Valparaíso city team alongside fellows such as Juan Carlos Letelier, later a Chile international, and Jaime Zapata, later a professional goalkeeper. Later, Iván played for Quintero Unido and Mauricio for Iván Mayo.
Honours
= Club
=Universidad Católica
Primera División de Chile (1): 2002 Apertura
Cobreloa
Primera División de Chile (1): 2004 Clausura
References
External links
Arturo Norambuena at National-Football-Teams.com
Arturo Norambuena at BDFA (in Spanish)
Arturo Norambuena at PlaymakerStats