Pellegrini decided to retire as a player in 1986 after a match against Sandino . He explained : " We were playing in the Copa Chile against Sandino . Our goalkeeper parried the shot of a rival player , I jumped to clear the ball , and from behind me came a 17-year-old boy who jumped half a metre above me , and scored . That day I decided I could n't keep going " . That boy was Iván Zamorano , on loan from Cobresal , who was the '' Pichichi '' of La Liga in 1995 with Real Madrid . Pellegrini confessed : " If I had known where that boy would get , I would not have retired . I would have kept playing two more years . " Pellegrini wanted to help reconstruction projects in the Chilean central zone after the 1985 Algarrobo earthquake knowing that his experience as a qualified civil engineer would be ideal
1985 Algarrobo earthquake
1985 Algarrobo earthquake
Manuel Pellegrini