Eduardo Fournier

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Eduardo Fournier

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Eduardo Antonio Furniel Arriagada

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|1|2|df=y}}

| birth_place = Talca, Chile

| height =

| position = Goalkeeper

| years1 = 1975–1980

| clubs1 = Aviación

| caps1 = 91

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1977

| clubs2 = → Deportes Concepción (loan)

| caps2 = 0

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1981–1987

| clubs3 = Cobreloa

| caps3 = 80

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1988

| clubs4 = Fernández Vial

| caps4 = 25

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 1989–1991

| clubs5 = Universidad de Chile

| caps5 = 67

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 1992

| clubs6 = Provincial Osorno

| years7 = 1993–1994

| clubs7 = Audax Italiano

| totalcaps =

| totalgoals =

| nationalyears1 = 1984

| nationalteam1 = Chile Olympic

| nationalcaps1 = 4

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 1987

| nationalteam2 = Chile B

| nationalcaps2 = 1

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's football}}

{{MedalCountry|{{CHI}}}}

| manageryears1 = 1999

| managerclubs1 = Rangers (interim)

| manageryears2 = 2003

| managerclubs2 = Cobreloa (interim)

| manageryears3 = 2005

| managerclubs3 = Cobreloa (interim)

}}

Eduardo Antonio Furniel Arriagada (born 2 January 1956), commonly known as Eduardo Fournier,{{cite web |title=Nóminas de Chile para Juegos Panamericanos |url=https://www.partidosdelaroja.com/1970/01/nominas-de-chile-para-juegos-panamericanos.html |website=PartidosdelaRoja.com |access-date=31 March 2021 |language=es}} is a Chilean former football player and coach.

Playing career

Born in Talca, Fournier played as a goalkeeper for clubs including Audax Italiano and Cobreloa.

As a member of Universidad de Chile, Fournier was one of the mainstays players in the 1989 season, when the club returned to the Primera División, alongside teammates such as Héctor Hoffens, Marco Fajre, {{ill|Horacio Rivas|es|vertical-align=sup}}, among others.{{cite web |title=U. de Chile - campañas - 1989 |url=http://www.chuncho.com/anuarios/cb1989.html |website=www.chuncho.com |access-date=23 January 2024 |language=es}}{{cite web |last1=Reyes |first1=Luis |title=El sufrido y glorioso retorno de la U a Primera División |url=https://chile.as.com/chile/2016/01/22/futbol/1453492972_862872.html |website=AS Chile |access-date=23 January 2024 |language=es |date=23 January 2016}}

Fournier represented Chile at the 1984 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fo/eduardo-fournier-1.html|title=Player profile|accessdate=6 July 2010|publisher=Sports Reference|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021205948/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fo/eduardo-fournier-1.html|archivedate=21 October 2012}} Fournier also made one appearance for Chile in the 1987 Pan-American games.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/intldetails/1987ic.html|title=International Matches 1987 - Intercontinental|accessdate=6 July 2010|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}

Coaching career

After retiring as a player, Fournier became a football coach and managed a number of Chilean club sides including Rangers and their youth teams{{cite web |last1=Retamal |first1=Rodrigo |title=Otros siete arqueros "locos" en la historia del fútbol chileno |url=https://www.latercera.com/mouse/otros-siete-arqueros-locos-en-la-historia-del-futbol-chileno/ |website=La Tercera |access-date=3 November 2023 |language=es |date=23 October 2017}} and Cobreloa. From 2008 to 2017, he worked as goalkeeping coach of Santiago Wanderers.{{cite web |title=Eduardo Furniel y seis jugadores del Decano terminaron hoy sus respectivos contratos |url=https://www.canal74.cl/2017/05/eduardo-furniel-y-seis-jugadores-del-decano-terminaron-hoy-sus-respectivos-contratos/ |website=CANAL 74 TV |access-date=31 March 2021 |language=es |date=20 May 2017}}

Personal life

His son, Gianni Furniel,{{Facebook|id=gianni.fournier|name=Gianni Furniel}} also known as Gianni Fournier,{{cite web |title=Ficha Estadistica de GIANNI FOURNIER |url=https://www.bdfa.com.ar/jugadores-GIANNI-EDUARDO-FOURNIER-26237.html |website=www.bdfa.com.ar |access-date=19 October 2022 |language=es}} is a former professional footballer who played as a defender for Rangers de Talca and Fernández Vial.{{cite book |last1=Salazar |first1=Leonardo |title=Revolución en la granja |date=2021 |publisher=Hueders |url=https://www.bpdigital.cl/info/revolucion-en-la-granja-00353301?locale=es |access-date=19 October 2022 |language=es |format=epub |quote=La gran figura de Internacional Pehuenche era Gianni Fournier, hijo de Eduardo.}}

He is known by his nickname Loco (Crazy).