Patricio Almendra

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{{short description|Chilean footballer and current manager (born 1977)}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Patricio Almendra

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Patricio Antonio Almendra Cifuentes

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1977|9|3}}

| birth_place = Concepción, Chile

| height = 1.74 m

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = San Luis (assistant coach)

| youthyears1 = 1993–1996

| youthclubs1 = Huachipato

| years1 = 1997 | clubs1 = Huachipato | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 1998 | clubs2 = Lower Hutt City | caps2 = | goals2 =

| years3 = 1998 | clubs3 = Fernández Vial | caps3 = | goals3 =

| years4 = 1999 | clubs4 = Universidad de Concepción | caps4 = | goals4 =

| years5 = 2000–2001 | clubs5 = Deportes Concepción| caps5 = | goals5 =

| years6 = 2001 | clubs6 = Santiago Morning | caps6 = | goals6 =

| years7 = 2002–2003 | clubs7 = Football Kingz | caps7 = 18 | goals7 = 6

| years8 = 2003 | clubs8 = Al-Ittihad | caps8 = | goals8 =

| years9 = 2003 | clubs9 = Al-Ahli | caps9 = | goals9 =

| years10 = 2004–2010 | clubs10 = Deportes Concepción| caps10 = 195 | goals10 = 30

| years11 = 2006 | clubs11 = → Unión Española (loan) | caps11 = 22 | goals11 = 0

| years12 = 2007 | clubs12 = → Curicó Unido (loan) | caps12 = 12 | goals12 = 0

| years13 = 2012 | clubs13 = Deportes Concepción| caps13 = 10 | goals13 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2001

| nationalteam1 = Chile

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2001

| nationalteam2 = Chile B

| nationalcaps2 = 1

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2011

| managerclubs1 = Deportes Concepción (assistant)

| manageryears2 = 2013–2014

| managerclubs2 = Deportes Concepción

| manageryears3 = 2014–2015

| managerclubs3 = Santiago Morning

| manageryears4 = 2017

| managerclubs4 = Naval

| manageryears5 = 2018

| managerclubs5 = Iberia

| manageryears6 = 2019–2020

| managerclubs6 = Fernández Vial (assistant)

| manageryears7 = 2022–

| managerclubs7 = San Luis (assistant)

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Patricio Antonio Almendra Cifuentes ({{IPA|es|paˈtɾisjo alˈmendɾa}}, born 3 September 1977) is a Chilean former footballer and current football manager.

International career

Almendra made two appearances for the Chile national team in 2001.{{cite web |title=Patricio Almendra |url=https://www.partidosdelaroja.com/2001/11/patricio-almendra.html |website=Partidos de La Roja |access-date=25 September 2022 |language=es}} In addition, he made an appearance for Chile B in the friendly match against Catalonia on 28 December 2001.{{cite web |last1=Morrison |first1=Neil |title=International Matches 2001 – Other |url=https://www.rsssf.org/intldetails/2001oth.html |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=25 September 2022 |date=2 February 2005}}

Personal life

He is the older brother of the former footballer and futsal player Jonatan Almendra.{{cite web |last1=Santibáñez |first1=Felipe |title=Se salvó de un atentado y reforzará al equipo de Zlatan: La notable historia del primer chileno que jugará la Champions de futsal |url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/Deportes/2020/08/07/994338/Jonathan-Almendra.html |website=Emol |publisher=El Mercurio |access-date=18 July 2023 |language=es |date=16 August 2020}}

Honours

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;Al-Ahli

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