Roberto Luco (footballer, born 1907) explained

Roberto Luco
Fullname:Roberto Santiago Luco Belmar
Birth Date:9 January 1907
Birth Place:Antofagasta, Chile
Position:Forward
Years1:1930–1931
Clubs1:Bádminton
Years2:1932–1933
Clubs2:Colo-Colo
Years3:1934–1936
Caps3:9
Goals3:0
Years4:1936–1939
Clubs4:Colo-Colo
Nationalteam1:Combinado del Pacífico
Nationalyears1:1933
Nationalteam2:Chile
Nationalyears2:1939
Nationalcaps2:3
Nationalgoals2:1

Roberto Santiago Luco Belmar (9 January 1907  - 16 August 1974) was a Chilean footballer.

Club career

Born in Antofagasta, Luco began his career playing for the amateur team of Curicó at the beginning of the 1930s and then he played for Badminton and Colo-Colo[1] before moving to Argentina and joining Boca Juniors in 1934. The deal was for thirty four thousand Chilean pesos, a lot of money at these time, becoming the first Chilean to play for that club and the second one to play in Argentina after Iván Mayo, who played for Vélez Sarsfield. Along with Boca Juniors, he won two local championships and then he returned Colo-Colo, winning the first professional title for the club in 1937.[2]

International career

In 1933, he took part of the Combinado del Pacífico (Pacific Ocean Team), a squad made up for both Chilean and Peruvian players,[3] that played friendly matches in both America and Europe[1]

For the Chile national football team, he played in three matches in 1939.[4] He was also part of Chile's squad for the 1939 South American Championship.[5]

Honours

Boca Juniors
Colo-Colo

External links

Notes and References

  1. MMF_Chile. 1293700716729688082. Roberto Luco, otro jugador que merece ser recordado y jamás olvidado en “MMF No te olvida”.. 12 August 2020. 30 July 2022. es.
  2. Web site: Waldo Ponce: siguiendo la huella que inició Luco . www.larompieron.cl . 30 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111218114142/http://www.larompieron.cl/2009/07/waldo-ponce-siguiendo-la-huella-que-inicio-luco/ . 18 December 2011 . es . 6 July 2009.
  3. Web site: "Combinado del Pacífico": el día que Chile y Perú jugaron juntos y formaron una sola Selección . BioBioChile . . 30 July 2022 . es . 12 October 2018.
  4. Web site: Roberto Luco . worldfootball.net . 25 June 2021.
  5. Web site: South American Championship 1939 . RSSSF . 25 June 2021.