Honorino Landa
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| Full name | Honorino Landa Vera | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | June 1, 1942 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Puerto Natales, Chile | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | May 30, 1987 (aged 44) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Unión Española | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1959–1965 | Unión Española | (119) | |||||||||||||||
| 1966–1967 | Green Cross-Temuco | 40 | (34) | ||||||||||||||
| 1968 | Magallanes | 12 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 1969 | Unión Española | 11 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 1970 | Deportes La Serena | 30 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 1971–1972 | Huachipato | 51 | (16) | ||||||||||||||
| 1973 | Unión Española | 23 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 1974 | Aviación | 6 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | (193) | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1961–1966 | Chile | 16 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1982–1983 | Unión Española | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Honorino Landa Vera (1 June 1942 – 30 May 1987) was a Chilean footballer who played as a forward.[1]
Club career[edit]
Once Landa received his high-school diploma in 1959, he went to play for the Unión Española team. In 1961, he scored 24 goals in the national championship; thanks to this, he was called up for the national team of his country. He stopped playing soccer in 1975.
International career[edit]
Landa was the youngest player of the Chile national team that won a third place medal at the 1962 FIFA World Cup on home soil; during the tournament, he was one of the disgraced players directly involved in the Battle of Santiago incident during the Group 2 match between Chile and Italy. After only 12 minutes, Italy's Giorgio Ferrini committed a hard foul on Landa and was sent off, but refused to leave the pitch and had to be dragged off by policemen; Landa retaliated with a punch a few minutes later, but was not sent off. Chile won the match 2–0.[2] Landa also represented Chile at the 1966 FIFA World Cup.
Coaching career[edit]
From 1982 to 1983, he served as coach of Unión Española.[3]
Personal life[edit]
Landa was born in Puerto Natales to a Chilean mother and a Spanish father. His father, Javier Landa, was a trader who came to Chile at the end of the 1920s, starting a hardware store called Sociedad Landa y De Carlos (Landa and De Carlos Company).[3]
He had two brothers, Javier Jr. and Félix. Félix was also a footballer.[3]
Death[edit]
Landa Vera died of cancer in a hospital in Santiago two days before his 45th birthday.
References[edit]
- ^ 1962 FIFA World Cup Chile Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Murray, Scott (6 November 2003). "The Knowledge (November 6, 2003)". Guardian Online (UK). London. Retrieved 26 June 2006.
- ^ a b c Jara, Pedro (16 December 2022). "La región de Magallanes y su aporte a la selección chilena de fútbol". Asifuch (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 August 2023.
External links[edit]
- Honorino Landa at PartidosdeLaRoja.com (in Spanish)
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