Elías Figueroa (football player, 1946)

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Elias Figueroa
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Personnel
Surname Elías Ricardo Figueroa Brander
birthday October 25, 1946
place of birth Valparaíso ,  Chile
size 186 cm
position Libero
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1964 Unión La Calera 30 (0)
1965-1966 CD Santiago Wanderers 54 (0)
1967-1971 Club Atlético Peñarol
1971-1977 Internacional Porto Alegre 139 (8)
1977-1980 CD Palestino 118 (6)
1981 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 22 (0)
1982 CSD Colo-Colo 17 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1966-1982 Chile 47 (2)
1 Only league games are given.

Elías Ricardo Figueroa Brander (born October 25, 1946 in Valparaíso ) is a former Chilean football player . His nickname is Don Elias .

career

He played for Chile at the World Championships in 1966 (missions against Italy, North Korea, Soviet Union), 1974 (missions against the Federal Republic, GDR, Australia) and 1982 (missions against Austria, Germany, Algeria). His clubs in which he was active include Unión La Calera , Deportes Santiago Wanderers Valparaiso (1960–1966), Peñarol Montevideo (1966–1971: finalist Copa Libertadores 1971, two champions), SC Internacional (1971–75: one championship) 1971 and from 1971 to 1975 national champion of Rio Grande do Sul), Palestino Santiago de Chile (1975–1980: once champion), Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1981/82) and Colo Colo Santiago (1982–1984: once champion). In total, Figueroa was used in 47 international matches in which he scored two goals. The rather low number of internationals for his long career is explained by the fact that he went to Uruguay at the age of 20 and after four years in Montevideo moved to Brazil for six years; Due to his engagements abroad, he was less available to the national team.

At the age of 20 Elias Figueroa was brought from Peñarol to Montevideo and there became an institution that was celebrated Sunday after Sunday. When the prudent, always fair “gentleman as libero” left Uruguay for Brazil, 5000 enthusiastic fans waved goodbye to him. His successes continued in Porto Alegre. At Fort Lauderdale he fought alongside Gerd Müller and Cubillas before returning to his home country in 1982 for the Chilean record champions Colo Colo. Elias owes his popularity not only to his high football skills. “He is an exemplary sportsman and comrade from head to toe,” said national team goalkeeper Mario Osben.

He was added to the FIFA 100 list by Pelé in March 2004 . From 1974 to 1976 Figueroa was South America's Footballer of the Year three times in a row . At the 1974 World Cup he was voted the best defender of the tournament after Franz Beckenbauer . Later u. a. in Argentina Manager at Temperley.

title

With clubs:

Personal awards:

  • FIFA World Player - World Player of the Year 1975 and 1976
  • Team of Stars Football World Cup 1974
  • South America Footballer of the Year : 1974, 1975, 1976
  • South America's Best Defender of the Year, 1971-1977
  • Third place in South America as Footballer of the Year 1977
  • Footballer of the Year of Brazil : 1972, 1976
  • Bola de Prata (Brazil) : 1974, 1975, 1976
  • Player of the year in the Uruguayan championship 1967–1968
  • Player of the year in Chilean championship 1881
  • Award for the best sportsman of the year in Chile
  • Best foreign player, in Uruguay and Brazil 2002–2004
  • The best footballer in Chilean history - Circle of Sports Journalists of Chile 1999
  • Chilean Footballer of History by IFFHS - Position 1 ° 2006
  • South American footballer of the twentieth century by IFFHS - Rank 8 ° 2000
  • World footballer of the 20th century by the IFFHS - rank 37 °
  • The Best South American Defender of the Twentieth Century by IFFHS 2000
  • Member of the “ FIFA 100 ” list 2004
  • Member of the South American Football Team of the 20th Century in 1999
  • Member of the 2011 Copa America Historic Football Team
  • Team Member 2010 Bicentennial Santiago Wanderers 2010
  • Selected from the group of the top 50 players in history - by World Soccer magazine - 2010
  • Voted one of the top 100 players of the twentieth century - by Brazilian magazine "Placar" - ranked 19 ° in 1999
  • Voted one of the top 100 players of the twentieth century - by the Brazilian magazine "Play-boy" - ranked 13 º 2005
  • Member of the Walk of Fame Estádio do Maracanã
  • Single soccer player with Hugo Sanchez alternately participate in three world championships 1966,1974,1981
  • Nominated 19 times for the selection of World and / or South American players 1966–1983
  • He was named captain of every team in which he played from 1966–1982

literature

  • Michael Horn: Lexicon of international soccer stars. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2004, ISBN 3-89533-466-9 .

Web links

Commons : Elías Figueroa  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Michael Horn, Lexicon of International Football Stars, page 90: 70 international matches; also in the kicker special edition for the 1982 World Cup, page 117: 67 international matches plus three in the World Cup tournament
  2. ↑ Chile's record national player
  3. ↑ Kicker, special edition WM'82, page 101
  4. ↑ http://chile.as.com/chile/2015/10/16/opinion/1445020749_038502.html
  5. ↑ http://www.eliasfigueroa.com/
  6. ↑ http://www.emol.com/noticias/deportes/2004/01/02/133774/elias-figueroa-y-las-razones-para-ser-uno-de-los-100-mejores-de-la -historia.html
  7. ↑ Elias Figueroa in the database of FIFA (English)
  8. ↑ a b Revista Estadio N ° 2005 of January 12, 1982
  9. ↑ http://ihechile.blogspot.com/2007/10/prensafutbolcl-elas-figueroa-fue.html
  10. ↑ rsssf.com
  11. ↑ a b http://www.iffhs.de/?a85bd0e027e8f05f14b003c8e023ccac33f4e0db98c003e8f05305fdcdc3bfcdc0aec28d6edb8a3f0e03790c443e0f40390b40fb0c
  12. ↑ Karel Stokkermans: The Best x Players of the Century-All-Time . January 30, 2000. Retrieved October 5, 2011.
  13. ↑ - ( Memento from August 6, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
  14. ↑ http://www.ferplei.com/2011/07/foto-conmebol-puso-a-don-elias-en-el-once-historico-de-copa-america/
  15. ↑ http://www.cooperativa.cl/p4_noticias/site/artic/20070928/pags/20070928121237.html
  16. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from October 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  17. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from December 6, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  18. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from October 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.el-litoral.com.ar
  19. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from March 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  20. ↑ Karel Stokkermans: The Best x Players of the Century-All-Time . February 5, 2001. Retrieved October 5, 2011.
  21. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from September 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  22. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Member of the Walk of Fame Estádio do Maracanã@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / globoesporte.globo.com
personal data
SURNAME Figueroa, Elías
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Figueroa Brander, Elías Ricardo (full name); Elias, Don
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chilean soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH October 25, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Valparaíso , Chile