Luis Eyzaguirre

Luis Eyzaguirre

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Career

Eyzaguirre 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. On 6 April 1965, Eyzaguirre was one of the constituent footballers of SIFUP, the trade union of professionales footballers in Chile, alongside fellows such as Pedro Araya, Manuel Astorga, Juan Rodríguez Vega, among others. At international level, Eyzaguirre represented Chile at under-20 level in the 1958 South American Championship under Fernando Riera. At senior level, he played in 1959 Copa América 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. He was one of the players invited by FIFA to play in a commemorative game celebrating the centennial anniversary of football.

Club
Club Universidad de Chile (1958–1967)
Club
Chile men's national football team (1959–1966)
Club
Club Deportivo Huachipato (1968–1971)
Club
Club de Deportes Badminton (1972–1973)
National team
Chile

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Description

Chilean footballer

Position

full-back

Extract from Wikipedia

Luis Armando Eyzaguirre Silva, also known as Fifo, is a former Chilean football player.

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