Arturo Andrés Norambuena Ardiles (born 24 November 1971) is a Chilean football manager and former player who played as forward.
Playing career Norambuena represented the team of Universidad Austral before playing professional football, being well-known by his stint with Universidad Católica.
Norambuena also was involved with Chile's national set-up.
Coaching career Deportes Valdivia On 27 August 2019, Norambuena was appointed manager of Deportes Valdivia.Deportes Valdivia anunció a Arturo Norambuena como sucesor de Pedro González, alairelibre.cl, 27 August 2019 However, after a period with bad results, he was fired on 2 October 2019.Continúan los despidos... Arturo Norambuena no va más en Valdivia y ya son 23 los técnicos cesados entre la A y B, emol.com, 2 October 2019
Personal life Norambuena graduated in forestry in Universidad Austral de Chile. Because of this, he was nicknamed El Ingeniero del Gol (The Goal Engineer) while he was a footballer.
Norambuena is the cousin of the brothers Iván and Mauricio Hernández Norambuena, former guerrilla fighters of the political-military organization FPMR (Frente Patriótico Manuel Rodríguez), who played football for club Orompello from Valparaíso as defenders, winning the regional championship, and after took part in the 1977 Amateur Youth National Championship in representing the Valparaíso city team alongside fellows such as Juan Carlos Letelier, later a Chile international, and Jaime Zapata, later a professional goalkeeper. Later, Iván played for Quintero Unido and Mauricio for .
Honours Universidad Católica Primera División de Chile: 2002 Apertura
Cobreloa Primera División de Chile: 2004 Clausura
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