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]
 Toro with Chile in 1962 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Jorge Luis Toro Sánchez | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 10 January 1939 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 16 February 2024 (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) | ||||||||||||||
| 1969–1970 | → Hellas 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
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Honours edit
Colo-Colo
- Chilean Primera División: 1960
Unión Española
- Primera División: 1973
Chile
- FIFA World Cup third place: 1962
References edit
- ^ "Fallece Jorge Toro, leyenda del fútbol chileno y parte del equipo del Mundial de 1962". Emol. 16 February 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
External links edit
- Jorge Toro at WorldFootball.net
- Jorge Toro at PartidosdeLaRoja (in Spanish)
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