Francisco Las Heras Risso

Las Heras, the son of Francisco Las Heras Marrodán who played football for Chile in the 1940s, attended the Instituto Alonso de Ercilla in Santiago and studied at the University of Chile. He began his football career in the youth system of the Primera División club associated with that university, Universidad de Chile, and made his first-team debut at the age of 17, contributing to their 1967 title. He appeared infrequently for the next couple of seasons as the team won another Primera title, in 1969, as well as two Torneo Metropolitanos, but became a regular from 1970 onwards. In 1973, Las Heras signed for Unión Española, with whom he won two Primera titles in three seasons as well as reaching the final of the 1975 Copa Libertadores. Facing the Argentine superstars of Independiente, Unión Española won the first leg 1–0 with a late goal, but lost the second leg 3–1 – the goal scored by Las Heras with a penalty – in a controversial match in which the Chilean players blamed weak refereeing for the defeat. In the days before the away goals rule, a play-off in a neutral country decided the result: Independiente beat Unión Española 2–0 to win their fourth consecutive Copa Libertadores. Las Heras was included in Chile's squad for the 1975 Copa América. He made his debut on 17 July, in the starting eleven for Chile's first group match, a 1–1 draw with Peru in Santiago, and started all three remaining group matches. Chile finished second in their group, but only the group winners…

Universidad de Chile

Torneo Metropolitano: 1968, 1969 Chilean Primera División: 1967, 1969 Copa Francisco Candelori: 1969 Unión Española

Chilean Primera División: 1973, 1975, 1977 Copa Libertadores runners-up: 1975