Luis Eyzaguirre Explained

Luis Eyzaguirre
Fullname:Luis Armando Eyzaguirre Silva
Birth Date:1939 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Santiago, Chile
Height:1.69 m
Position:Right-back
Youthclubs1:Igualdad y Trabajo
Youthclubs2:Banfield de Yungay
Youthclubs3:Deportivo Bulnes
Youthyears4:1956–1957
Youthclubs4:Universidad de Chile
Years1:1958-1967
Caps1:230
Goals1:25
Years2:1968–1971
Caps2:123
Goals2:2
Years3:1972–1973
Totalcaps:353
Totalgoals:27 -->
Nationalyears1:1958
Nationalteam1:Chile U20
Nationalyears2:1959–1966
Nationalteam2:Chile[1]
Nationalcaps2:70
Nationalgoals2:3

Luis Armando Eyzaguirre Silva (born 22 June 1939), also known as Fifo, is a former Chilean football player.

Career

He played as a right-back in the Universidad de Chile football team known as the Ballet Azul, with which he won five national championships. After, he spent four seasons with Huachipato (1968–1971) and ended his career with Ferroviarios in the Chilean second division.[2] [3]

At international level, he represented Chile at under-20 level in the 1958 South American Championship under Fernando Riera.[2] At senior level, he played in 1959 Copa América[4] and in the FIFA World Cup he achieved third place with the Chilean national selection for the 1962 FIFA World Cup and was one of the players involved in the Battle of Santiago incident during the Group 2 match between Chile and Italy. He played one match in the 1966 FIFA World Cup. He was considered one of the best right back of his time, next to the Brazilian Djalma Santos. He played 39 matches for his country between 1959 and 1966.[5] He was one of the players invited by FIFA to play in a commemorative game celebrating the centennial anniversary of football.

Honors

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Luis Eyzaguirre.
  2. Web site: Luis Eyzaguirre, el Fifo . . 22 March 2024 . es . 8 October 2018.
  3. Book: Lizana . José Antonio . Rayando la cancha : crónicas deportivas . 2009 . Ediciones Ceacheí . Santiago, Chile . 40 . 26 January 2024 . es . PDF . CLUB DEPORTIVO FERROVIARIOS DE CHILE: “Cuando con mi viejo iba a la cancha …”.
  4. https://www.rsssf.org/tables/59-1safull.html 1959 Copa América squads
  5. https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/chil-recintlp.html Chile record international footballers