Luis Avelino Ceballos

Luis Avelino Ceballos Bustos (born 20 September 1964) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and manager. He is currently in charge of Fernández Vial (women).

Club career

With an extensive career in Chilean football, in the Chilean Primera División Ceballos played for Fernández Vial, Cobreloa, O'Higgins, Colo-Colo, Universidad Católica, Deportes La Serena and Huachipato. In the Primera B de Chile, he played for Lota Schwager, Everton and Fernández Vial, where he retired.

He also had a stint with Colombian club Independiente Santa Fe in 1994, becoming the third Chilean to play for the club after Carlos Molina and Juan Ramón Garrido.

He won league titles along with Lota Schwager (1986, Segunda División), Cobreloa (1988, Primera División), and Everton (2003, Primera B). In addition he won the Copa Chile along with Colo-Colo (1994) and Universidad Católica (1995).

International career

Ceballos represented Chile in the 1987 Pan American Games, winning the silver medal.

Coaching career

He has coached Fernández Vial and Naval in the Primera B de Chile. In 2020, he assumed as coach of Malleco Unido in the Chilean Tercera B.

He also has worked with youth players in both the Lota Schwager youth system and his football academy in his city of birth.

In April 2023, he assumed as coach of the Fernández Vial women's team.

Personal life

His younger brother, Sergio, is also a former footballer who played for Universidad de Chile while he was a player of Colo-Colo, the traditional rival.

He served as councillor of his city of birth, Lota from 2012 to 2016. In 2016 he was a mayoral candidate for the same city, as member of Amplitude party, but he wasn't elected.

Honours

Lota Schwager

• Segunda División: 1986

Cobreloa

• Primera División: 1988

Colo-Colo

• Copa Chile: 1994

Universidad Católica

• Copa Chile: 1995

Everton

• Primera B: 2003

Chile B

• Pan American Games Silver medal: 1987