Pedro Araya Toro

Pedro Damián Araya Toro (born 23 January 1942), known as Pedro Araya,^[1] is a Chilean former football player who played as a right winger.

Pedro Araya

Personal information
Full name	Pedro Damián Araya Toro
Date of birth	(1942-01-23) 23 January 1942 (age 83)
Place of birth	Santiago, Chile
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Right Winger
Youth career
	Universidad de Chile
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1961–1971	Universidad de Chile	215	(82)
1971–1973	Real San Luis	?	(24)
1973–1978	Atlas	92	(18)
International career
1964–1971	Chile	52	(12)
Managerial career
1987–1988	Atlético Potosino
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Toro represented the Chile national team at the 1966 World Cup, and played all three matches for the squad. Between 1964 and 1972, he was capped 65 times and scored 14 goals for his country.^[2]

A very skillful and fast player, Araya played as a classic "number 7" (the shirt number associated with an "outside" forward). Along with Campos and Carlos Leonel Sanchez formed the great offensive triplet of the 'Ballet Azul'. His career also continues in Mexico playing for the San Luis de Potosi and Atlas de Guadalajara (even in a friendly it was a goal at Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu himself).^[3]

In America's Cup in Montevideo, 1967, Araya was called by the Uruguayan press: The Chilean Garrincha.

Honors

• Chilean League: 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967

Coaching career

He graduated as a football manager in Mexico^[4] and coached Atlético Potosino in the 1987–88 season, with his compatriot Luis Cholo Castro in the squad.^[5]

Back in Chile, he started an eponymous football academy based in Nebraska neighborhood in Lo Barnechea commune.^[4]

Personal life

Araya Toro married a woman from San Luis Potosí, Mexico, where he would move after retiring from football.^[3]