Manuel Astorga
.jpg) Manuel Astorga in 2012 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Manuel Miguel Astorga Carreño | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 15 May 1937 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Iquique, Chile | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1956–1967 | Universidad de Chile | ||||||||||||||||
| 1968–1971 | Huachipato | ||||||||||||||||
| 1972–1973 | Magallanes | ||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1974 | Universidad de Chile | ||||||||||||||||
| 1975–1976 | Audax Italiano | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1960–1970 | Chile | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Manuel Miguel Astorga Carreño (born 15 May 1937) is a Chilean kinesiologist and former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Club career[edit]
He started his career in 1956 with Universidad de Chile and was part of the famous Ballet Azul (Blue Ballet), as it was nicknamed Universidad de Chile in the 1960s.[2]
International career[edit]
He made 10 appearances for Chile between 1960 and 1970.[3] Also, he was part of the Chile squad in the 1962 FIFA World Cup.[4]
Personal life[edit]
He is the father of Manuel Astorga Jr.,[5] a fitness coach who has worked with the former tennis players Marcelo Ríos, Nicolás Massú and Tommy Haas, in addition to several football teams.[6]
After playing football, Astorga did mountain climbing, taking part of the Chile national team that reached the top of Mount Everest in 1983.[2]
At the same time he was a footballer, he studied kinesiology and worked for both Universidad de Chile in the 1980s and Colo-Colo when the team became the Copa Libertadores champion, in addition to Deportes La Serena.[2] Also, he has worked for Barros Luco Hospital and MEDS Clinic.[2]
Honours[edit]
Club[edit]
- Universidad de Chile
Individual[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Manuel Astorga".
- ^ a b c d "Feliz cumpleaños Don Manuel Astorga – MEDS". www.meds.cl (in Spanish). 19 October 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
- ^ "Manuel Astorga". Partidos de la Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 June 2022.
- ^ 1962 FIFA World Cup Chile
- ^ Manuel Astorga Jr. on Facebook
- ^ Manuel Astorga Jr. on LinkedIn
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- 1937 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Iquique
- Chilean men's footballers
- Chile men's international footballers
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Club Universidad de Chile footballers
- Huachipato FC footballers
- Deportes Magallanes footballers
- Audax Italiano footballers
- Chilean Primera División players
- Primera B de Chile players
- Chilean mountain climbers
- 1962 FIFA World Cup players
- Chilean football goalkeeper stubs