Raúl Toro (footballer, born 1911)

Raúl Toro
Personal information
Full name Raúl Toro Julio
Date of birth (1911-02-21)21 February 1911
Place of birth Copiapó, Chile
Date of death 30 October 1982(1982-10-30) (aged 71)[1]
Place of death Santiago, Chile
Position(s) Centre forward
Youth career
Lord Cochrane
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Caja de Ahorros
1933 Everton
1933–1934 Santiago Wanderers
1935 Deportes Santiago
1935–1937 Santiago Wanderers
1937–1943 Santiago Morning
1944 Santiago National
1945–1948 Santiago Wanderers
International career
1936–1941 Chile 13 (12)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Raúl Toro Julio (21 February 1911 – 30 October 1982) was a former Chilean international footballer who played as a forward.[2] Several ex-footballers consider him the best player from the early history of football in Chile.[1]

International career

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Toro was a successful attacker for the Chilean senior national team with 12 goals in 13 matches including appearances at two South American Championship (Copa América),[1] and was the top scorer of the 1937 South American Championship.[3] At the time of his retirement as international in 1941 he was Chile's top scorer before Guillermo Subiabre (who scored 10 times by 1930).

References

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  1. ^ a b c "A 31 años de la muerte de Raúl Toro Julio, reflexiones sobre la historia de nuestro balompié" (in Spanish). futchile.cl. 30 October 2013.
  2. ^ "Raúl Toro". weltfussbal.de. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Southamerican Championship 1937". RSSSF.
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