Place of birth Santiago, Chile Years Team Height 1.73 m | Playing position Team Apps Position Midfielder | |
Full name Raúl Daniel Toro Fuenzalida Date of birth (1954-06-24) 24 June 1954 (age 62) | ||
Raúl Daniel Toro Fuenzalida (born 24 June 1954) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a midfielder, and a current manager.
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Playing career
Born in Santiago, Toro played for several clubs in his country during a 20-year senior career, in both the Campeonato Nacional and the second division. He spent his first nine seasons as a senior with Unión Española.
In 1992, 38-year-old Toro helped Club Deportivo Soinca Bata promote to the top level. He retired the following year, after a spell with Deportes Colchagua.
Managerial career
Toro started working as a coach in division two, successively being in charge of Deportes Colchagua and C.S.D. Rangers and helping the latter club finish runner-up in the 1996 edition of the Copa Chile. Four years later, he won the second tier championship with Unión San Felipe – where he had played in the late 80's – and, in the 2001 campaign, led the team to the eighth position.
In the 2005 Apertura, Toro coached Coquimbo Unido all the way to the final after dispatching Everton de Viña del Mar, Cobreloa and Huachipato, losing 2–4 on aggregate to Unión Española. Between 2006 and 2008 he was in charge of an historical Audax Italiano squad which included players like Fabián Orellana, Nicolás Peric, Franco Di Santo or Carlos Villanueva, qualifying them to the 2008 Copa Libertadores. However, after elimination from the competition and irregular displays in the domestic league, he was fired and replaced by Pablo Marini.
Subsequently, Toro coached Cobreloa, Curicó and Unión La Calera, before moving abroad in 2013 with Ecuador's LDU Loja.