{{Short description|Chilean footballer and manager (born 1969)}} {{BLP one source|date=May 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Ronald Fuentes | image = Ronald Fuentes Unión Española v Huachipato 20230812 01.jpg | caption = Fuentes leading Unión Española in 2023 | fullname = Ronald Hugo Fuentes Núñez | height = {{height|m=1.75}} | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|6|22|df=yes}} | birth_place = Santiago, Chile | currentclub = Unión Española (manager) | position = Defender | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Cobresal | years1 = 1987–1993 | years2 = 1994–2001 | clubs1 = Cobresal | clubs2 = Universidad de Chile | caps1 = 84 | goals1 = 2 | caps2 = 130 | goals2 = 1 | nationalyears1 = 1991–2000 | nationalteam1 = Chile | nationalcaps1 = 50 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | manageryears1 = 2002–2005 | manageryears2 = 2006 | manageryears3 = 2007–2008 | manageryears4 = 2008–2009 | manageryears5 = 2010–2011 | manageryears6 = 2012–2014 | manageryears7 = 2015–2016 | manageryears8 = 2017–2018 | manageryears9 = 2019–2021 | manageryears10 = 2021 | manageryears11 = 2021 | manageryears12 = 2022 | manageryears13 = 2023 | manageryears14 = 2024 | manageryears15 = 2025 | manageryears16 = 2026– | managerclubs1 = Universidad de Chile (youth) | managerclubs2 = Universidad de Chile (assistant) | managerclubs3 = Deportes Melipilla | managerclubs4 = Iberia | managerclubs5 = Unión Española U21 | managerclubs6 = Iberia | managerclubs7 = Universidad de Concepción | managerclubs8 = Universidad de Chile (sporting director) | managerclubs9 = Unión Española | managerclubs10 = Santiago Wanderers | managerclubs11 = Rangers | managerclubs12 = Audax Italiano | managerclubs13 = Unión Española | managerclubs14 = Magallanes | managerclubs15 = Ñublense | managerclubs16 = Unión Española }} '''Ronald Hugo Fuentes Núñez''' (born 22 June 1969) is a Chilean football manager and former player who played as a defender. He is the current manager of Unión Española.
==Club career== Fuentes played his entire club career in Chile for two teams, he started his career in 1987 with Cobresal, and in 1994 he joined Universidad de Chile where he won four league titles and two Copa Chile titles.<ref name="rubio">{{cite web |last1=Rubio |first1=Jorge |title=Debutó de 9, jugó un Mundial de zaguero y ríe con su apodo: "La cag... que me mandé" |url=https://redgol.cl/chile/debuto-de-9-jugo-el-mundial-con-la-roja-como-defensor-y-se-rie-de-su-inolvidable-apodo-la-caga-que-me-mande |website=RedGol |access-date=21 February 2026 |language=es |date=20 February 2026}}</ref>
==International career== At international level, Fuentes was capped 50 times and scored 1 goal for the Chile national team between 1991 and 2000,<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/chil-recintlp.html Chile record international footballers] at rsssf</ref> including four games at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
==Coaching career== Fuentes started his career at the youth system of Universidad de Chile and after as assistant coach of Gustavo Huerta.<ref>{{cite web |title=Los entrenadores que partieron como ayudantes |url=https://chile.as.com/chile/2015/11/24/album/1448387872_150049.html |website=Diario AS |access-date=5 February 2026 |language=es |date=25 November 2015}}</ref>
Fuentes signed with Magallanes in the Primera B de Chile for the 2024 season from Unión Española.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Galaz |first1=Franco |title=Magallanes oficializa a Ronald Fuentes como su técnico para 2024 |url=https://www.radioagricultura.cl/deportes/2023/12/20/magallanes-oficializa-a-ronald-fuentes-como-su-tecnico-para-2024/ |access-date=21 December 2023 |work=Radio Agricultura |date=20 December 2023 |language=es}}</ref> In April 2025, he was appointed the manager of Ñublense.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Reyes |first1=Luis |title=Ronald Fuentes tiene nuevo club |url=https://chile.as.com/futbol/ronald-fuentes-tiene-nuevo-club-n/ |access-date=28 April 2025 |work=Diario AS |date=27 April 2025 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Vera |first1=Pablo |title=Un club de Primera despide a su DT: anuncio oficial |url=https://chile.as.com/futbol/un-club-de-primera-despide-a-su-dt-f202512-n/ |website=Diario AS |access-date=9 December 2025 |language=es |date=9 December 2025}}</ref>
==Personal life== Fuentes is nicknamed ''Chilenita'' (Little Bicycle Kick).<ref name="rubio"/>
==Honours== ===Player=== ;Cobresal * Copa Chile (1): 1987
;Universidad de Chile * Primera División de Chile (4): 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000 * Copa Chile (2): 1998, 2000
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Soccerway|ronald-hugo-fuentes-nunez/234532}} *{{NFT player|13680}}
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