Juan Toro (footballer, born 1930)

Juan Agustín Toro Ramírez (23 July 1930 – 13 June 2007) was a Chilean football player who played as a left-half.

Juan Toro
Personal information
Full name Juan Agustín Toro Ramírez
Date of birth (1930-07-23)23 July 1930
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Date of death 13 June 2007(2007-06-13) (aged 76)
Place of death Santiago, Chile
Position(s) Left-half
Youth career
Estrella Blanca
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1952 Audax Italiano
1953–1964 Palestino
Coquimbo Unido
International career
1957 Chile 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

A defensive left-half,[1] Toro played for Club Estrella Blanca from Yarur neighbourhood, Santiago, alongside his four brothers in his early years.[2]

At professional level, he began his career with Audax Italiano in 1952.[3] The next year, he switched to Palestino and played for them from 1953 to 1964, always in the top division,[4][5] winning the league title in the 1955 season.[6]

His last club was Coquimbo Unido.[3]

International career

As a player of Palestino, he made two appearances for the Chile national team in the 1958 World Cup qualifiers against Bolivia (away, 3–0 loss)[7] and Argentina (home, 0–2 loss)[8] in 1957.[9][2][10]

Personal life

Toro was the grandfather of the former footballer Hugo Bravo Toro, whom he reared,[11] and his three half-brothers: Luis, who was in the Palestino youth ranks, Jorge, a well-known Chile international[12] and Claudio Valdivia Toro, who played for Audax Italiano and Palmeiras B.[13]

He had a friendship with the former Chile international Jorge Toro.[1]

He died after being run over near his work in a hotel in Santiago.[3]

Legacy

His name, and that of his teammates who won the 1955 league title with Palestino, were included in the lyrics of the club's anthem.[14]

On 6 April 1965, Toro was one of the constituent footballers of SIFUP, the trade union of professionales footballers in Chile, alongside fellows such as Misael Escuti, Francisco Valdés, Hugo Lepe, among others.[15]

References
  1. "Jorge Toro vivió emotivo reencuentro con Jorge Valdivia". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  2. Don Pampa (15 November 1957). "Temple de Obrero (2)" (JPG). Revista Estadio (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  3. Fernandois, Carlos (5 December 2007). "Población Pedro Montt: LA REVISTA ESTADIO, y nuestros jugadores del barrio". Población Pedro Montt (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  4. (Club Deportivo Palestino) En este Centenario recordamos a Juan Agustín Toro Ramírez on Facebook (in Spanish). 16 November 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  5. "Palestino 1964 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  6. "Palestino cumple un siglo de vida". El Ágora (in Spanish). 12 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  7. "[29/09/1957] Bolivia-Chile 3:0". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  8. "ARGENTINA-CHILE POR ELIMINATORIAS". Mundial de Fondo (in Spanish). 23 March 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  9. Don Pampa (15 November 1957). "Temple de Obrero (1)" (JPG). Revista Estadio (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  10. Don Pampa (15 November 1957). "Temple de Obrero (3)" (JPG). Revista Estadio (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  11. ""Vidas llenas de hipocresía": Medio hermano de Jorge Valdivia se fue con todo contra el ex futbolista y su madre". Deportes13 (in Spanish). Canal 13. 19 December 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  12. "Parentesco entre seleccionados". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  13. "El desconocido origen venezolano de Jorge Valdivia". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 9 July 2008. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  14. Pizarro, Diego Julio (11 June 2019). "CD PALESTINO: LA HISTORIA DE UN CLUB INMIGRANTE". GOL DE INFORMACIÓN (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  15. "Constitución Sifup". sifup.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 August 2023.
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