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My Take
Patricio Urrutia interests me as a man of second acts. An Ecuadorian midfielder from Ventanas who later became both a politician and a football manager, he embodies the idea that leadership translates across arenas. Reading the pitch and reading a constituency are not so different; both demand vision, timing, and the nerve to direct others under pressure. I find South American football endlessly tied to public life, and Urrutia lives that overlap openly. There is something admirable about refusing to let one career define you, about carrying competitive fire from the field into governance and back to the dugout. That restless versatility earns my genuine respect.
Overview
Patricio Javier Urrutia Espinoza (born 15 October 1977) is an Ecuadorian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Patricio Urrutia
- Name (Japanese)
- パトリシオ・ウルティア
- Reading
- ぱとりしお・うるてぃあ
- Born
- October 15, 1977 (age 48)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Snake
- Origin
- Ventanas, Los Ríos Province, Ecuador
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 178 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / politician / association football coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · Politician — see all → · More people from Ecuador →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.