Oscar Wirth

Oscar Raúl Wirth Lafuente (born 5 November 1955) is a Chilean football manager and former football goalkeeper who played for Cobreloa (Chile), Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (West Germany), and Real Valladolid (Spain) during his professional career.

International career
Wirth represented Chile at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, wearing the number one jersey. For Chile he played 12 matches, making his debut on 24 June 1980 in a friendly against Brazil. In addition, he made appearances for the B-team in the friendly tournament 1985 Indonesian Independence Cup, where Chile became champion.

Managerial career
After working for Universidad Católica in the B-team and as the goalkeeping coach of Cobreloa, he joined the technical staff of Juvenal Olmos in the Chile national team. During 2011 he was the head coach of Iberia in the Chilean Tercera A and next he worked in the yout team of Audax Italiano.

After steps with Chile U20, women and men, between 2017 and 2021, he assumed as the Sport Director of Cobreloa for the 2022 season.

Personal life
His father, Fernando, was a defender who played for Santiago Morning and his older brother, Erwin, took part of Chile at under-20 level in the 1971 South American Championship. His children are also athletes since his son, Rainer, is a former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper and his daughter, Beatriz, is a Chile international field hockey goalkeeper.

Honours

 * Universidad Católica
 * Chilean Segunda División (1): 1975


 * Colo-Colo
 * Chilean Primera División (1): 1979


 * Cobreloa
 * Chilean Primera División (2): 1980, 1982


 * Chile
 * Indonesian Independence Cup (1): 1985 Indonesian Independence Cup