Jorge Toro
Chilean footballer (1939–2024) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Toro and the second or maternal family name is Sánchez.
Jorge Luis Toro Sánchez (10 January 1939 – 16 February 2024) was a Chilean footballer who played as a midfielder. He represented his native country at the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile. He scored the second goal in Chile's 2-0 win over Italy at that tournament, in a match that is remembered as the Battle of Santiago. Toro died in El Quisco on 16 February 2024, at the age of 85.[1]
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Full name | Jorge Luis Toro Sánchez | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1939-01-10)10 January 1939 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 16 February 2024(2024-02-16) (aged 85) | ||||||||||||||||
Place of death | El Quisco, Chile | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1959–1962 | Colo-Colo | 61 | (18) | ||||||||||||||
1962–1963 | Sampdoria | 16 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
1963–1969 | Modena | 154 | (19) | ||||||||||||||
1969–1970 | → Hellas Verona (loan) | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1971 | Colo-Colo | 8 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
1972–1973 | Unión Española | 38 | (20) | ||||||||||||||
1974 | Deportes Concepción | 14 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
1975 | Audax Italiano | 12 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
1976 | Deportes La Serena | 7 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Total | 317 | (69) | |||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1959–1973 | Chile | 29 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
1978 | Unión La Calera | ||||||||||||||||
1979 | Colchagua | ||||||||||||||||
1981 | Santiago Wanderers | ||||||||||||||||
1981 | San Antonio Unido | ||||||||||||||||
1982–1983 | Deportes Iquique | ||||||||||||||||
1984 | Unión La Calera | ||||||||||||||||
1985–1986 | Cobreloa | ||||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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