Fernando Andrés Cornejo Jiménez (January 28, 1969 – January 24, 2009) was a Chilean football midfielder. He died of stomach cancer on January 24, 2009, at age 39.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fernando Andrés Cornejo Jiménez | ||
| Date of birth | 28 January 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Rengo, Chile | ||
| Date of death | 24 January 2009 (aged 39) | ||
| Place of death | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| O'Higgins | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1991 | O'Higgins | ||
| 1992–1997 | Cobreloa | 82 | (13) |
| 1998–1999 | Universidad Católica | 36 | (1) |
| 2000–2004 | Cobreloa | 116 | (21) |
| International career | |||
| 1991–2000 | Chile | 33 | (2) |
| 1998 | Chile B | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career edit
He played domestically for O'Higgins, Cobreloa and Universidad Católica.
International career edit
He was capped 33 times and scored 2 goals for the Chile national team between 1991 and 2000, including two games at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.[2] In addition, he played for Chile B against England B on February 10, 1998. Chile won by 2-1.[3]
Career statistics edit
International goals edit
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 15 December 1996 | Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina |  Argentina |
1–1 | Draw | 1998 World Cup qualification | ||||||||
| 2. | 4 January 1997 | Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar, Chile |  Armenia |
7–0 | Win | Friendly | ||||||||
| Correct as of 7 October 2015[4][5][6] | ||||||||||||||
Personal life edit
He is the father of the professional footballer Fernando Cornejo Miranda.[7]
He was nicknamed Corazón de Minero (Miner's Heart)[8] due to the fact that he was a notable player of Cobreloa, a club based in Calama highly related with the copper mining.[9]
Honours edit
Club edit
- Cobreloa
- Primera División de Chile (4): 1992, 2003–A, 2003–C, 2004–C
References edit
- ^ FIFA.com
- ^ "Fernando Cornejo". PartidosdelaRoja (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ "Inglaterra 1 – Chile 2: Cuando la (otra) Selección venció a Inglaterra". Guioteca.com (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 13 April 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ 2000 MATCHES INTERCONTINENTAL (January - March)
- ^ 1997 MATCHES INTERCONTINENTAL
- ^ 1996 MATCHES SOUTH AMERICA
- ^ "La explicación de Fernando Cornejo para nunca usar la camiseta de Colo Colo". El Periscopio (in Spanish). 25 January 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ Quijada, Vicente (28 January 2021). "Fernando Cornejo: El 'corazón de minero' de La Roja". www.laroja.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "Fernando Cornejo, la historia del "corazón de minero"". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Cooperativa. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
la historia de amor eterno entre Cornejo y el equipo de Calama tuvo un nuevo episodio, en el cual se ganó el apodo de "corazón de minero".
External links edit
- Fernando Cornejo at National-Football-Teams.com
- Cancer Diagnosis at Cooperativa.cl
- Health Status at Cooperativa.cl
- Death at La Tercera
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