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Ricardo Gareca confirmed he has stepped down as Chile head coach after their hopes of reaching the 2026 World Cup ended with a 2-0 away loss to Bolivia on Tuesday. Skip to main content.

"Ricardo (Gareca) was on his way to this conference when we got the message from CONMEBOL about the suspension. He went back to the hotel and we had to sort it out," assistant coach Sergio Santin ...

Gareca has at his disposal an extremely young squad, and relatively new to the international scene. Flores, for example, is only 23, and Christian Cueva, the most talented of them all, is 25.

Gareca, who played 20 times for Argentina, said he only wanted to focus on football. "The situation is complicated. Well, we also have to work under these circumstances," he said.

Gareca has been lucky to come across a replacement of sorts -- the mobile, cunning Italian-born striker Gianluca Lapadula, who at the age of 31 has decided to represent the land of his mother's birth.

Gareca, a technician who emphasizes game situations. Since Ricardo Gareca took over as coach of the Peruvian national team in March 2015, jobs have changed by one hundred percent.

Ricardo Gareca and the possibility of his arrival in Boca Juniors, according to Argentine press The future of the 'gaucho' technician generated comments in a major media outlet in his country ...

Gareca led Chile to a 3-0 win over Albania in his first game in charge. The performance in a 3-2 defeat against France four days later was arguably even more heartening.

La Roja, led by Ricardo Gareca, currently at the bottom of the table after 14 rounds (in which they won only two games and lost eight), urgently needs to add points to keep the dream of qualifying ...

Peru coach Ricardo Gareca thinks of VAR as an unnecessary added complication to World Cup officiating ...