José Luis Sierra

Football player infobox
playername = José Luis Sierra


fullname = José Luis Sierra Pando
height = height|m=1.81
nickname = "Coto Sierra"
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1968|12|5|df=y
cityofbirth = Santiago
countryofbirth = Chile
currentclub = Unión Española
clubnumber = 10
position = Midfielder
youthyears = 1985-1988
youthclubs = Unión Española
years = 1988-1989
1989-1990
1990-1994
1995
1996-1998
1999
1999-2001
2002-present
clubs = Unión Española
Real Valladolid
Unión Española
São Paulo FC
Colo-Colo
UANL Tigres
Colo-Colo
Unión Española
caps(goals) =
0|003 0(0)
030 0(7)
0|008 0(0)
077 (25)
013 0(1)
067 (17)
206 (52)
nationalyears = 1991-2000
nationalteam = Chile
nationalcaps(goals) = 053 0(8)
pcupdate = 27 August 2007
ntupdate = 27 August 2007

José Luis Sierra Pando (born December 5, 1968 in Santiago, Chile) is a Chilean football midfielder, who currently plays for the Chilean club Unión Española. He studied in the Colegio Hispano Americano, that belong to Spanish residents in Chile.

Sierra made his debut in professional soccer with Unión Española on November of 1988 against the Universidad de Chile. After two solid campaigns with Unión Española, Sierra was transferred to Real Valladolid in Spain. However during Sierra's short time in Spain, the team had economic problems which caused Sierra to return Unión Española. After more success he made his debut with the Chilean national team. Sierra won the Copa Chile with Unión Española in 1992 and 1993.

He then spent three successful years with Colo-Colo, which saw his team capture the championship in all three seasons. Currently Sierra has found his way back to Unión Española making a stop in between to play with UANL Tigres in Mexico for one season. He captured the Golden Boot in Chile (awarded to the best professional football player in Chile) in 2004 and 2005.

Sierra was capped 53 times and scored 8 goals for the Chilean national team between 1991 and 2000. He played four games at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, scoring a goal on a free-kick against Cameroon.

In 1997, it was widely rumoured that then Everton manager Howard Kendall had made an approach to bring Sierra to Goodison Park. However for unknown reasons, possibly relating to lack of sufficient capital, Kendall decided to pull the plug on the deal.

External links

* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/php/spieler.php?id=11164 Career history] at National Football Teams

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