The new coach of the Chilean national team is well-known face in the European handball – Mateo Garralda. The 46 years old Spaniard will be one more of the many Spanish coach who are working abroad. Chile played at World’s Championship 2015 in Qatar as always third force in South America behing Argentina and Brazil (23rd place).
The equal distance was kept in Pan American games, when Chile won bronze and place in Olympic qualifications.
Sixth time EHF Champions League winner in his playing career, Garralda, has experience of coaching ASOBAL team BM Guadalajara between 2012 and 2014, and Romanian Stinta Bacau, the team who suffered financial crisis in 2014.
The former head-coach is Argentinian Fernando Capurro.
