| Fernando Cornejo | |
| Fullname: | Fernando Andrés Cornejo Jiménez |
| Birth Date: | 28 January 1969 |
| Birth Place: | Rengo, Chile |
| Death Place: | Santiago, Chile |
| Height: | 1.7m (05.6feet) |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Youthclubs1: | O'Higgins |
| Years1: | 1990–1991 |
| Years2: | 1992–1997 |
| Years3: | 1998–1999 |
| Years4: | 2000–2004 |
| Clubs1: | O'Higgins |
| Clubs2: | Cobreloa |
| Clubs3: | Universidad Católica |
| Clubs4: | Cobreloa |
| Caps2: | 82 |
| Caps3: | 36 |
| Caps4: | 116 |
| Goals2: | 13 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Goals4: | 21 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1991–2000 |
| Nationalteam1: | Chile |
| Nationalcaps1: | 33 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
| Nationalyears2: | 1998 |
| Nationalteam2: | Chile B |
| Nationalcaps2: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Fernando Andrés Cornejo Jiménez (January 28, 1969 – January 24, 2009) was a Chilean football midfielder. He died of stomach cancer on January 24, 2009, at age 39.[1]
He played domestically for O'Higgins, Cobreloa and Universidad Católica.
He was capped 33 times and scored 2 goals for the Chile national team between 1991 and 2000, including two games at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.[2] In addition, he played for Chile B against England B on February 10, 1998. Chile won by 2-1.[3]
| Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 15 December 1996 | 1–1 | Draw | 1998 World Cup qualification | ||||||||||
| 2. | 4 January 1997 | 7–0 | Win | Friendly | ||||||||||
| Correct as of 7 October 2015[4] [5] [6] | ||||||||||||||
He is the father of the professional footballer Fernando Cornejo Miranda.[7]
He was nicknamed Corazón de Minero (Miner's Heart)[8] due to the fact that he was a notable player of Cobreloa, a club based in Calama highly related with the copper mining.[9]