Juvenal Olmos

Juvenal Mario Olmos Rojas (born October 4, 1962) is a Chilean football manager and former player.

Playing career Olmos was born in Santiago de Chile. At Universidad Católica, he had as teammates Pablo Yoma, Marco Cornez, Miguel Ángel Neira, Mario Lepe, Raimundo Tupper, Luka Tudor and Osvaldo Hurtado.

Managerial career His management of the Chile national team was unsuccessful, as they failed to get past the first round in Copa América 2004 and he was later fired, five games before the end of the qualifying round for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

In June 2026, Olmos assumed as sport manager of Lautaro de Buin.

Media career In 2006, Olmos competed and won the Chilean talent show El Baile en TVN (The Dance on TVN).

Olmos was a candidate to deputy for District 24 (La Reina and Peñalolén) in the 2009 Chilean parliamentary election as a member of National Renewal. In 2021, he was elected councillor for La Reina commune.

Olmos has worked as a football commentator for TNT Sports Chile, formerly Canal del Fútbol (CDF) (Channel of Football).

Honours

Player Universidad Católica

Manager Unión Española Primera B: 1999 Universidad Católica Primera División de Chile: Apertura 2002