Hugo Bravo (footballer, born 1944)

Víctor Hugo Bravo Sobarzo (6 May 1944 – 2 February 2020), known as Hugo Bravo,[2] was a Chilean footballer who played as a midfielder.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Bravo and the second or maternal family name is Sobarzo.
Hugo Bravo
Personal information
Full name Víctor Hugo Bravo Sobarzo
Date of birth (1944-05-06)6 May 1944
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Date of death 2 February 2020(2020-02-02) (aged 75)
Place of death Chile
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Esfuerzo de Chile
Liceo Valentín Letelier
1956–1964 Universidad de Chile
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1965 Universidad de Chile 0 (0)
1964 → Ñublense (loan)
1965 → Huachipato (loan)
1966–1969 Unión La Calera 111 (13)
1970–1971 Antofagasta Portuario 59 (3)
1972–1974 Jorge Wilstermann
1974 Bolívar
1974 Aurora
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Santiago, Chile, Bravo was with club Esfuerzo de Chile from Recoleta and the team of Liceo Valentín Letelier before joining the Universidad de Chile youth system in 1956, coinciding with players such as Juan Rodríguez Vega, Roberto Hodge, Juan Abel Ganga and Pedro Araya. In 1964 and 1965, he played on loan for Ñublense and Huachipato in the Chilean Segunda División, respectively.[2]

Subsequently, he spent four seasons with Unión La Calera in the Chilean top level, coinciding with historical players of the club such as the Uruguayan Pedro Graffigna, the Peruvian Gerardo Delgado, the Argentine Felipe Bracamonte and the Chileans Manuel Saavedra and Osvaldo Castro.[3][4][5][6]

The next two seasons, he played for Antofagasta Portuario,[7][8] alongside players such as Mario Moreno and Francisco Chamaco Valdés.[9]

In 1972, Bravo moved to Bolivia and joined Jorge Wilstermann alongside his fellow Fernando Cavalleri, becoming the first foreign players in the club history.[10] He played for them between 1972 and 1974, winning two national championships in 1972[11] and 1973.[12] Firstly a left-footed playmaker, in Bolivia he turned into a defensive midfielder.[10] He was part of a well remembered squad that defeated San Lorenzo and River Plate, both considered in the Argentine Big Five, in the 1973 Copa Libertadores.[13]

His last clubs were Bolívar in 1974,[14] where he coincided with Juan Abel Ganga again, since they had coincided in Universidad de Chile, Antofagasta Portuario and Jorge Wilstermann,[2] and Aurora.[15]

Personal life

Bravo lived in Bolivia for fourteen years, where he owned a seafood restaurant in Cochabamba. He returned to his homeland in 1985.[10]

He had three children called Rodrigo, Gianina and Carolina.[15]

In Chile, he was nicknamed Chico (Short) due to his height.[2] In Bolivia, he was nicknamed El Mariachi due to his resemblance with Mexican musicians.[10]

He died on 2 February 2020.[16]

References
  1. "Víctor Bravo". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  2. Chomsky (26 November 2018). "El Chico Hugo Bravo" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  3. "Club de Deportes UNIÓN LA CALERA". Fútbol en América (in Spanish). 31 December 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  4. "UNIÓN LA CALERA 2:2 COLO-COLO TORNEO NACIONAL 1968". historiadecolocolo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  5. Curotto, Rino (26 January 2021). "Unión La Calera con el 'Mago' Saavedra y el 'Pata Bendita' en la cancha". Asifuch (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  6. "1968 - EL DIA DE LOS INOCENTES". Datos del Uni-Uní (in Spanish). 28 December 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  7. "A 50 años de la dramática definición por el descenso entre Palestino y Unión La Calera 1970". Asifuch (in Spanish). 13 December 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2023. los volantes Hugo Bravo, a Antofagasta Portuario,
  8. "Club de Deportes ANTOFAGASTA". Fútbol en América (in Spanish). 24 May 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  9. "ANTOFAGASTA PORTUARIO 2:0 COLO-COLO TORNEO NACIONAL 1971". historiadecolocolo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  10. (Wilstermann Cuestión de Orgullo) UN DIA COMO HOY NACIO VICTOR HUGO BRAVO (in Spanish). 6 May 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  11. "Futbol Profesional Boliviano: Copa Simon Bolivar 1972 - Wilstermann Campeón". www.gol.com.bo (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  12. "Futbol Profesional Boliviano: Copa Simon Bolivar 1973 - Wilstermann Campeón". www.gol.com.bo (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  13. "Nostalgia del fútbol romántico". Opinión Bolivia (in Spanish). 8 March 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  14. (Futbolistas. Chilenos en el Exterior) Víctor Hugo Bravo en Bolivar (in Spanish). 1 February 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  15. (Wilstermann Cuestión de Orgullo) VICTOR HUGO BRAVO (in Spanish). 9 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  16. (Dosis de Fútbol) FALLECIÓ VÍCTOR HUGO BRAVO FIGURA DE #WILSTERMANN EN LA DÉCADA DE LOS 70!! (in Spanish). 2 February 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
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