Complejo Deportivo Juan Pinto Durán, National football training center in Macul, Chile.
The Complejo Deportivo Juan Pinto Durán is the training and concentration centre of Chile's national football team, run by the Federación de Fútbol de Chile in the Macul district of Santiago. Its flat grass pitches are bordered by a low wall topped with a black fence and a row of advertising boards, with mountains visible beyond. The complex, designed by architect Raúl Maffey, also holds 17 rooms.
The center opened in 1961 after coach Fernando Riera requested a dedicated training home for the national team. Its establishment came in the years following the devastating 1960 earthquake that affected the region.
The complex is named after Juan Pinto Durán, a lawyer and sports official who helped organise the 1962 World Cup and died in 1957. It was inaugurated on 16 June 1961 as the "Casa del Fútbol", and over the years it became the gathering place of the national team. The advertising boards along the perimeter wall, with brands such as Coca-Cola and Entel, are part of the setting players see daily.
The complex sits in the Villa de Macul area of Macul commune, with training pitches and a residential block of 17 rooms behind a perimeter wall lined with sponsor boards. It is a working national-team camp rather than a visitor site, so access is not granted to the general public; arrange any visit through the Federación de Fútbol de Chile beforehand.
The complex was designed by architect Raúl Maffey and inaugurated on 16 June 1961 as the "Casa del Fútbol". Only later did it become the national team's regular concentration site. In 2007, under coach Marcelo Bielsa, its training pitches and 17 rooms were refurbished.
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