Misael Escuti | |
Fullname: | Misael Escuti Rovira |
Birth Date: | 20 December 1926 |
Birth Place: | Copiapó, Chile |
Death Place: | Santiago, Chile |
Height: | 178 cm |
Position: | Goalkeeper |
Youthyears1: | 1944–1945 |
Youthclubs1: | Santiago National |
Years1: | 1945 |
Caps1: | 3 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 1946–1964 |
Clubs2: | Colo-Colo |
Caps2: | 417 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Totalcaps: | 420 |
Totalgoals: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 1948–1962 |
Nationalteam1: | Chile |
Nationalcaps1: | 40 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Misael Escuti Rovira (20 December 1926 – 3 January 2005) was a Chilean footballer of Italian ancestry, who played as a goalkeeper. He is remembered for being the key player with the Chile national team that reached third place in the 1962 FIFA World Cup tournament.[1]
On 6 April 1965, Escuti was one of the constituent footballers of, the trade union of professionales footballers in Chile, alongside fellows such as Efraín Santander, Francisco Valdés, Hugo Lepe, among others.[2]