Jorge Arias (Chilean footballer)

Jorge Leonardo Arias Mujica (born 24 July 1952) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a midfielder for clubs in Chile and Spain.[1]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Arias and the second or maternal family name is Mujica.
Jorge Arias
Personal information
Full name Jorge Leonardo Arias Mujica
Date of birth (1952-07-24) 24 July 1952
Place of birth San Miguel, Santiago, Chile
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Lautaro San Gregorio
1967–1970 Magallanes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1975 Magallanes 91 (15)
197? → Independiente Cauquenes (loan)
197? → Audax Italiano (loan)
1975–1977 Levante 7 (2)
1978 Unión Española 11 (1)
1979 Deportes Ovalle
1980–1981 Ñublense 11 (0)
1983–1984 Green Cross-Temuco 62 (8)
1985 Magallanes 20 (1)
1986–1988 Good Year
1989 Deportes Maipo
1992 Municipal Talagante
1993 Magallanes
1993 Deportes Antofagasta 9 (0)
1994 Santiago Wanderers
1995–1996 Magallanes
International career
1971 Chile U20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

As a child, Arias was with club Lautaro from San Gregorio neighborhood.[2] He came to Magallanes at the age of fourteen and made his debut in 1972.[3] He also played for Independiente de Cauquenes[2] and Audax Italiano in the second level.[4]

After playing for Magallanes, he joined Spanish side Levante UD thanks to his compatriot Carlos Caszely and spent three seasons with them,[3] making seven appearances and scoring two goals in the 1976–77 season.[5][6]

Back in Chile, he played for Unión Española,[7] Deportes Ovalle,[8] Ñublense,[4] Green Cross-Temuco[9] and Magallanes again.[1]

He ended his career playing for Good Year from Maipú and Deportes Maipo in the Chilean Tercera División.[10]

But, he returned to play in 1992 for Municipal Talagante, Magallanes, Deportes Antofagasta and Santiago Wanderers.[2] In 1995, he led Magallanes at the age of forty three as the team captain in the league title of the Chilean Tercera División, alongside players such as Darío Scatolaro, Carlos Vega and Cristian Olivares.[10]

International career

Arias represented Chile at under-20 level in the 1971 South American Championship with Fernando Riera as coach.[3][10]

Personal life

He has seven siblings and five of them were footballers who played for Magallanes: Juan, Antonio, a Chile international, Óscar, Enrique and Miguel Ángel.[3][10][11]

References
  1. "Jorge Arias :: Jorge Leonardo Arias Mujica ::". www.ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  2. "Jorge ARIAS". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  3. Ampuero, Hernán (15 March 2006). "Jorge Arias: "Vestir la camiseta albiceleste es un orgullo"". Historias de Magallanes (in Spanish). Revista ¡Arriba Magallanes!. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  4. "EL CAPITÁN DEL '80". Revista Todo Deportes (in Spanish). Chillán, Chile: issuu.com. 7: 16, 17. May 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  5. "Arias, Jorge Leonardo Arias Mujica - Futbolista". www.bdfutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  6. "Temporada 1976-1977". Museo Virtual Levante UD (in Spanish). 7 April 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  7. "Union Española 1978 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  8. "Los futbolistas extranjeros que mas recuerdan los hinchas en el CDO". Ovalle HOY (in Spanish). 24 September 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  9. "Equipos 1980 - 1989 :: Indio Pije - Green Cross Temuco". Green Cross histórico (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  10. Rivas, Ilich (2 November 2022). "Los dos títulos de Magallanes en Tercera División". Asifuch (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  11. (Recuerdos del Fútbol Chileno Fotos y Vídeos.) Los Hermanos Arias uno en Unión Española y los otros dos en Magallanes aquella época on Facebook (in Spanish). 5 November 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
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