Mario Lillo

Sales Representative, Chile

Mario Lillo, a native of Chile, was born in Santiago in 1960. Began playing soccer at the age seven for the Goodyear soccer school in Santiago. At age eleven he was called into Colo Colo’s minor division Soccer Club. From there, at age fourteen he transcended into the University of Chile’s Soccer Club were he was given a chance to play professionally at age sixteen. At age seventeen his family moved to the United States of America settling in New York, where he gained the respect of his teammates and rivals and was named the best high school soccer player in the state of New York.

He participated in the Empire State Games, preliminaries to go to the Olympics, playing for the New York Eagle’s professional Soccer Team. In 1985 he went back to Chile and played professionally for the Union Española Soccer Club in Santiago, but unfortunately he suffered a car accident that temporarily ended his career.

Lillo made a come back in 1995 as a professional player for the Puerto Viejo Soccer Club of Ecuador. During this time he met and became one of Carlos Luis Morales closest friends.

Today, Mario Lillo spends most of his time doing what he loves the most, training youths in the game of soccer. His academy is located just north of Sarasota in a community called Marion Oaks, right outside of Ocala. 

This youth soccer school he runs is called “Marion Oaks Youth Soccer League”. Lillo was recently honored with an award which distinguished him for being the “Best Coach of the Year” in the state of Florida by the Ocala Top Honors Association. Mario will be participating as a Sales Rep for us in Chile and also Florida where he has countless contacts and friends in the soccer world.