Efraín_Santander

Efraín Santander

Efraín Santander

Chilean footballer (born 1941)


Segundo Efraín Santander Cancino (born 7 December 1941), known as Efraín Santander, is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for clubs in Chile and Guatemala.

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Club career

Santander came to Colo-Colo youth system from La Calera.[1] At senior level, he won two national league titles in 1969[2] and 1970,[3] becoming one of the few goalkeepers from the youth system who have won any league.[4] In addition, he won the friendly 1969 Torneo Internacional de Chile [es], where competed Dynamo Moscow, Corinthians, among other clubs.[5] In Chile, he also had a brief step on loan at Deportes La Serena in 1961.[6]

In 1972 he moved to Guatemala and joined Municipal. After a step with Juventud Católica, he returned to Municipal and won the 1974 Liga Nacional de Guatemala [es].[7]

International career

Since he was 16 years old, he was a Chile youth international footballer.[1] He represented Chile U20 in the 1958 South American Championship alongside players such as José Sulantay, Jorge Venegas, Alberto Fouillioux, among others.[8] In 1960 he took part of the Chile U20 squad with Hernán Carrasco as coach.[9]

At senior level, he made an appearance for the Chile national team in the match against Peru on 21 August 1968.[1]

Personal life

Santander was nicknamed El Negro (The Black One).[10]

On 6 April 1965, Santander was one of the constituent footballers of SIFUP [es], the trade union of professionales footballers in Chile, alongside fellows such as Misael Escuti, Francisco Valdés, Hugo Lepe, among others.[11]

Honours

Colo-Colo

Municipal

Chile[1]

  • Copa del Pacífico [es] (1): 1968 [es]

References

  1. "Efraín Santander". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  2. "TORNEO NACIONAL 1963". Historia de Colo-Colo (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  3. "ESPECIAL Colo-Colo campeón 1970; de atrás pica el indio". Somos Chile (in Spanish). 23 May 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  4. Salinas, Sebastián (24 August 2010). "Bryan Rabello: Promesa para romper la falta de tiraje | Guioteca.com". Guioteca.com (in Spanish). El Mercurio. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  5. POSTER DEL CAMPEON DE VERANO 1969 Colo-Colo Football Club on Facebook
  6. "ESPECIAL Colo-Colo campeón 1960". Somos Chile (in Spanish). 9 May 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  7. "Arqueros chilenos que ganaron un título en el extranjero" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 29 May 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  8. Salviat, Julio (20 July 2023). "José Sulantay, el juvenil que me deslumbró en mi adolescencia". Diario El Ágora (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  9. Parker, Matías (13 August 2018). "Rosauro Parra, el Marciano" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  10. "Constitución Sifup". sifup.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 September 2022.



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