José Luis Boffi

José Luis Boffi (9 April 1897 – 26 December 1981) was an Argentine football player and manager.

Playing career In his homeland, Boffi stood out as a player of Vélez Sarsfield.

In June 1925, Boffi came to Chile as team captain of a squad from the Asociación Amateur de Football (Amateur Football Association), an Argentine league based in Buenos Aires founded in 1919, in the context of a tour. Everton de Viña del Mar offered him a contract and Boffi offered them a team shirt set from Argentina. After returning for a short time to his homeland, he returned to Chile in September of the same year to sign with Everton, bringing with him shirts of Boca Juniors whose model the club adopted.

Coaching career At the same time he was a player of Everton, he served as assistant coach. Colo-Colo (1952), Rangers de Talca (1956–1957) and Santiago Morning (1942–1943, 1951, 1966).

At lower divisions, he led clubs such as Bernardo O'Higgins (March 1945), Huachipato (1954–1956, 1961) and Lister Rossel (1958–1960, 1962–1963).

In June 1949, he also assumed as coach of the Chile national team. Subsequently, he and Waldo Sanhueza made up a technical pair and led the team in an unofficial friendly against the Mendoza team in Santiago on 12 October of the same year, winning by 3–2.