Andrés_Prieto_(footballer,_born_1928)

Andrés Prieto (footballer, born 1928)

Andrés Prieto (footballer, born 1928)

Chilean footballer (1928–2022)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Prieto and the second or maternal family name is Urrejola.

Andrés Rafael Prieto Urrejola (19 December 1928 – 25 September 2022) was a Chilean football forward who played for Chile in the 1950 FIFA World Cup.[1][2] He also played for Club Deportivo Universidad Católica.[1]

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International career

Prieto represented Chile at youth level in the 1949 Juventud de América Tournament, alongside players such as Misael Escuti, Manuel Álvarez, Arturo Farías, among others.[3]

At senior level, he made 16 appearances for the Chile national team and scored 8 goals.[4]

Personal life and death

His father, Fernando Prieto Concha, nicknamed Palomeque, was one of the founders of C.D. Green Cross as well as a forward of the same club.[3]

Prieto was the older brother of the Chilean former international footballer, Ignacio Prieto.[1] His son, José Antonio or Toño, is a well-known sports journalist in Chilean radio media.[5]

His nickname was Chuleta (Cheat Sheet) since he was a primary student.[3]

Prieto died on 25 September 2022, at the age of 93.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    Jawad, H: Soccerama 01, pp3-32
  2. [2]
    1950 FIFA World Cup Brazil
  3. [3]
    "Chuleta Prieto cumple 90 años" (in Spanish). La Tercera. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  4. [4]
    "Andrés Prieto". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  5. [5]
    "Toño Prieto homenajeó a su padre Andrés en su cumpleaños 92 con su gol en el Mundial de 1950". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 20 December 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  6. [6]
    Muere Andrés Prieto, leyenda del fútbol chileno y mundialista con la Roja en 1950 (in Spanish)
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