Francisco Valdés

Francisco Segundo Valdés Muñoz, (19 March 1943 - 10 August 2009[1]), nicknamed Chamaco, was a Chilean footballer and manager. Recognized as one of Chile's most important midfielders, with 215 official goals, he is the top scorer in the history of Chilean league.

Francisco Valdés
Personal information
Full name Francisco Segundo Valdés Muñoz
Date of birth (1943-03-19)19 March 1943
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Date of death 10 August 2009(2009-08-10) (aged 66)
Position(s) Attacking Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1961–1969 Colo-Colo 220 (133)
1970 Unión Española 35 (10)
1971 Deportes Antofagasta 30 (10)
1972–1975 Colo-Colo 111 (42)
1976 Santiago Wanderers 26 (11)
1977 Cobreloa 37 (3)
1978 Colo-Colo 23 (4)
1979–1981 Deportes Arica 33 (4)
Total 515 (217)
International career
1962–1975 Chile 52 (9)
Managerial career
1989 Coquimbo Unido
1990 San Luis
1992 Lota Schwager
1993–1994 Deportes Puerto Montt
1996 Rangers
1997 Magallanes
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Valdés always played in the Chilean first division league, where he became the top scorer in their history with 215 goals in 478 official matches, leaving behind Pedro "Heidi" Gonzalez with 212 goals. He is the maximum gunner for Colo Colo in official tournaments with 180 goals scored (179 in 353 matches during the Chilean national championship and 1 goal during the liguilla Copa Libertadores) and the top scorer in Copa Libertadores with 20 goals in 44 matches.

He was the brains, and alongside Carlos Caszely, the star of Colo Colo 1973, and the champion in 1963 and 1972. He was also runner-up on the Copa Libertadores de America in 1973.

Selected by the Chile national team, he played 50 matches, scoring 9 goals. He was the Chile offensive midfielder in the England 1966 and Germany 1974 FIFA World Cups. In 1973, he was runner-up of the Copa Libertadores with Colo Colo, he was also the captain of the Chile national team.

Personal life

On 6 April 1965, Valdés was one of the constituent footballers of SIFUP, the trade union of professionales footballers in Chile, alongside fellows such as Efraín Santander, Mario Ortiz, Hugo Lepe, among others.[2]

He was the uncle of Chilean footballer Sebastián "Chamagol" González.

He died of heart failure at his home at the age of 66.

Honours
Colo Colo

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-16. Retrieved 2009-09-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Constitución Sifup". sifup.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 September 2022.
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