Andrés Prieto (footballer, born 1928)

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Prieto and the second or maternal family name is Urrejola.
Andrés Prieto
Prieto in 1950
Personal information
Full name Andrés Prieto Urrejola
Date of birth (1928-12-19)19 December 1928
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Date of death 25 September 2022(2022-09-25) (aged 93)
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1947–1952 Universidad Católica
1953 Deportivo Vasco
1953–1955 Español 16 (4)
1955–1957 Universidad Católica
International career
1947–1957 Chile 16 (8)
1949 Chile U22
Managerial career
1962 San Luis
1963–1966 Universidad Católica
1966–1967 Colo-Colo
1967 América
1968 Unión Española
1969–1970 Huachipato
1971 Platense
1971 Vélez Sarsfield
1972 San Lorenzo
1973–1975 Liverpool
1976 Defensor Sporting
1977–1979 Cobreloa
1980 Universidad Católica
1981 Deportes Iquique
1983 Unión San Felipe
1984–1985 Bolívar
1986–1987 Real Santa Cruz
1988 Coquimbo Unido
1988 Naval
1989–1990 Cobreloa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrés Rafael Prieto Urrejola (19 December 1928 – 25 September 2022) was a Chilean football forward who played for Chile in the 1950 FIFA World Cup.[1][2] He also played for Club Deportivo Universidad Católica.[1]

International career

Prieto represented Chile at youth level in the 1949 Juventud de América Tournament, alongside players such as Misael Escuti, Manuel Álvarez, Arturo Farías, among others.[3]

At senior level, he made 16 appearances for the Chile national team and scored 8 goals.[4]

Personal life and death

His father, Fernando Prieto Concha, nicknamed Palomeque, was one of the founders of C.D. Green Cross as well as a forward of the same club.[3]

Prieto was the older brother of the Chilean former international footballer, Ignacio Prieto.[1] His son, José Antonio or Toño, is a well-known sports journalist in Chilean radio media.[5]

His nickname was Chuleta (Cheat Sheet) since he was a primary student.[3]

Prieto died on 25 September 2022, at the age of 93.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c Jawad, H: Soccerama 01, pp3-32
  2. ^ 1950 FIFA World Cup Brazil
  3. ^ a b c "Chuleta Prieto cumple 90 años" (in Spanish). La Tercera. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Andrés Prieto". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Toño Prieto homenajeó a su padre Andrés en su cumpleaños 92 con su gol en el Mundial de 1950". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 20 December 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  6. ^ Muere Andrés Prieto, leyenda del fútbol chileno y mundialista con la Roja en 1950 (in Spanish)


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