Biography Sergio
Biography Sergio Markarian, known as the Magician, was born on 1 November 1944 in Montevideo, Uruguay into a family of Armenian descent, as a child he moved to Argentina to live there between 7 and 18 years. After studying he was named Manager of Production and Maintenance and then General Manager in a fuel distributor in Uruguay. As a child he played as central defender left until age 17 abandoned this practice, having never played football professionally. With the support of his wife and motivated by the defeat suffered by Uruguay against Netherlands in the World Cup 1974 in Germany continued to coach during this discipline, beginning in 1974 in front of minors and then the highest in the Club Atl tico Bella Vista of their country. Throughout his long career he has achieved significant success with some of the equipment that was in charge, especially in Paraguay and Peru.He was also coach of Paraguay during two distinct periods: the first in 1992, led by the under-23 winning the championship of South American Olympic qualifying tournament played in Paraguay that was given a quota to attend the soccer tournament of the Olympic Games Barcelona 1992, and the other between 1999 and 2002, this time heading to the absolute who managed to classify the 2002 World Cup. Significantly, went to Sporting Cristal of Peru in the Copa Libertadores 1997 in an ion that was runner-up. After directing University of Chile for a semester, the institution justifying waiver not feeling well and the fact that according to detract from the referees constantly. Still, he managed with his team Apertura championship 2009 in Chile after 5 years without the institution to earn a degree.