Osvaldo Castro
| Osvaldo Castro | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Osvaldo Castro Pelayos | |
| birthday | April 14, 1947 | |
| place of birth | Copiapó , Chile | |
| size | 171 cm | |
| position | striker | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1964-1968 | Unión La Calera | |
| 1969-1971 | Deportes Concepción | |
| 1971-1975 | Club America | (47) |
| 1975-1979 | Club Jalisco | 130 (91) |
| 1979-1981 | Deportivo Neza | 73 (40) |
| 1981-1982 | Atlético Potosino | 36 (24) |
| 1982-1984 | UNAM Pumas | 52 (9) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1966-1977 | Chile | 28 (7) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Osvaldo Castro Pelayos (born April 14, 1947 in Copiapó ), also known by the nickname Pata Bendita , is a former Chilean football player in the position of striker .
Life
society
"Pata Bendita" Castro began his professional career in the 1964 season at Unión La Calera , with whom he narrowly escaped relegation in the 1967 season. After three years he moved to Club Deportes Concepción at the end of 1968 and three years later went to Mexico , where he played for five different clubs in the Mexican Primera División for the remainder of his 13-year career and often scored more than 20 goals per season. His most successful season was 1973/74 , when he was in the service of Club América with 26 goals from 32 games top scorer of the Mexican league. He scored the same number of hits two years later in the service of Club Jalisco , but in this and the following seasons the outstanding Brazilian striker Evanivaldo Castro "Cabinho" scored more and more goals and was top scorer seven times in a row between 1975/76 and 1981/82 the Mexican Primera División.
National team
Between 1966 and 1977, "the most successful Chilean goalscorer of all time" made a total of 28 international appearances for the Chilean national soccer team . Pata Bendita made his international debut on November 30, 1966 against Colombia and contributed two goals to the 5-2 victory. His last of a total of seven international goals he scored on March 20, 1977 in a 3-0 win against Ecuador, his last international match took place a week later on March 26, 1977 as part of the World Cup qualifying and was lost 2-0 to Peru, which the World Cup finals were missed. In the 1974 in Germany discharged 1974 FIFA World Cup was one Castro to Chile's World Cup squad but did not play.
successes
- Top scorer in the Mexican Primera División : 1973/74
Individual evidence
- ↑ Osvaldo Castro in the FIFA database (English)
- ↑ Ex delantero lila es el máximo goleador chileno (video report on Youtube)
swell
- International match dates at Solofutbol.com
- Osvaldo Castro in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Castro, Osvaldo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Osvaldo Castro Pelayos (full name); Pata Bendita (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chilean soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Copiapó , Chile |