Overview
- The Caja Nacional de Salud reported he died shortly before 7 a.m. Friday in Santa Cruz, where he had been hospitalized.
- Oriente Petrolero first announced his passing, and Club Bolívar, Espanyol and others issued condolences as CONMEBOL hailed him as a “symbol of Bolivian football.”
- He steered Bolivia to qualification for the 1994 FIFA World Cup, ending more than four decades without an appearance and cementing his national stature.
- A licensed physician who turned to coaching, he became La Liga’s youngest manager at 29 with Espanyol and later led Valladolid, Sevilla and Tenerife.
- In Bolivia he won the 2014 Apertura and 2015 Clausura with Bolívar and reached the 2014 Copa Libertadores semifinals, and he also managed in Chile, Japan and Mexico, including Yokohama F. Marinos and Chivas.