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Jorge Toro

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Jorge Toro
Personal information
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)
1969–1970Hellas 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
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Chile
FIFA World Cup
Third place 1962 Chile
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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]

Honours

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Colo-Colo

Unión Española

  • Primera División: 1973

Chile

References

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  1. ^ "Fallece Jorge Toro, leyenda del fútbol chileno y parte del equipo del Mundial de 1962". Emol. 16 February 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
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