Luis Pérez Franco

Luis Alberto Pérez Franco (born 27 January 1969) is a Chilean football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of Malleco Unido.

Playing career Pérez joined Colo-Colo youth system in the late 1970s thanks to the former player Bernardo Bello, who met him playing in the Tabancura neighborhood in Las Condes, Santiago. After having little chance to play for the first team, he played on loan at Deportes Valdivia, Deportes Linares, Deportes Arica and Magallanes.

In his homeland, Pérez also played for Coquimbo Unido, Santiago Morning and Unión San Felipe.

Abroad, he played for the French clubs FC Lorient, AS Dompierroise and US Chanay. In the United States, he played for Western Mass Pioneers.

Coaching career After graduating as football manager at the (National Football Institute), he started a football academy with the Caja de Compensación (compensation fund) Gabriela Mistral what turned into a Colo-Colo Academy. In 2017, he joined Municipal Santiago thanks to the former footballers Leonel Herrera and his son of the same name, winning the league title of the Tercera B.

Since then, he also won league titles of the Tercera A with Deportes Linares (2019, 2022) and Trasandino in 2021. In May 2023, he switched to Provincial Ovalle, becoming the Tercera A champions.

Honours As manager Municipal Santiago Tercera B: 2017

Deportes Linares Tercera A: Tercera A:

Trasandino Tercera A:

Provincial Ovalle Tercera A: