Andrés Prieto (footballer, born 1928)

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Andrés Prieto

| image = Andrés Prieto, Estadio, 1950-04-29 (363).jpg

| caption = Prieto in 1950

| fullname = Andrés Prieto Urrejola

| birth_date = {{birth date|1928|12|19|df=y}}

| birth_place = Santiago, Chile

| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|09|25|1928|12|19|df=y}}

| death_place =

| height = 1.76 m

| position = Forward

| years1 = 1947–1952 | clubs1 = Universidad Católica

| years2 = 1953 | clubs2 = Deportivo Vasco

| years3 = 1953–1955 | clubs3 = Español | caps3 = 16 | goals3 = 4

| years4 = 1955–1957 | clubs4 = Universidad Católica

| nationalyears1 = 1947–1957

| nationalteam1 = Chile

| nationalcaps1 = 16

| nationalgoals1 = 8

| nationalyears2 = 1949

| nationalteam2 = Chile U22

| manageryears1 = 1962

| managerclubs1 = San Luis

| manageryears2 = 1963–1966

| managerclubs2 = Universidad Católica

| manageryears3 = 1966–1967

| managerclubs3 = Colo-Colo

| manageryears4 = 1967

| managerclubs4 = América

| manageryears5 = 1968

| managerclubs5 = Unión Española

| manageryears6 = 1969–1970

| managerclubs6 = Huachipato

| manageryears7 = 1971

| managerclubs7 = Platense

| manageryears8 = 1971

| managerclubs8 = Vélez Sarsfield

| manageryears9 = 1972

| managerclubs9 = San Lorenzo

| manageryears10 = 1973–1975

| managerclubs10 = Liverpool

| manageryears11 = 1976

| managerclubs11 = Defensor Sporting

| manageryears12 = 1977–1979

| managerclubs12 = Cobreloa

| manageryears13 = 1980

| managerclubs13 = Universidad Católica

| manageryears14 = 1981

| managerclubs14 = Deportes Iquique

| manageryears15 = 1983

| managerclubs15 = Unión San Felipe

| manageryears16 = 1984–1985

| managerclubs16 = Bolívar

| manageryears17 = 1986–1987

| managerclubs17 = Real Santa Cruz

| manageryears18 = 1988

| managerclubs18 = Coquimbo Unido

| manageryears19 = 1988

| managerclubs19 = Naval

| manageryears20 = 1989–1990

| managerclubs20 = Cobreloa

}}

Andrés Rafael Prieto Urrejola (19 December 1928 – 25 September 2022) was a Chilean football forward who played for Chile in the 1950 FIFA World Cup.Jawad, H: Soccerama 01, pp3-32 [https://web.archive.org/web/20070824031727/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=7/teams/team=43925.html 1950 FIFA World Cup Brazil] He also played for Club Deportivo Universidad Católica.

International career

Prieto represented Chile at youth level in the 1949 Juventud de América Tournament, alongside players such as Misael Escuti, Manuel Álvarez, Arturo Farías, among others.

At senior level, he made 16 appearances for the Chile national team and scored 8 goals.{{cite web |title=Andrés Prieto |url=https://www.partidosdelaroja.com/1970/01/andres-prieto.html |website=Partidos de La Roja |access-date=26 September 2022 |language=es}}

Personal life and death

His father, Fernando Prieto Concha, nicknamed Palomeque, was one of the founders of C.D. Green Cross as well as a forward of the same club.{{cite web |title=Chuleta Prieto cumple 90 años |url=https://www.latercera.com/el-deportivo/noticia/chuleta-prieto-cumple-90-anos/448230/ |publisher=La Tercera |access-date=26 September 2022 |language=es |date=17 December 2018}}

Prieto was the older brother of the Chilean former international footballer, Ignacio Prieto. His son, José Antonio or Toño, is a well-known sports journalist in Chilean radio media.{{cite web |title=Toño Prieto homenajeó a su padre Andrés en su cumpleaños 92 con su gol en el Mundial de 1950 |url=https://www.alairelibre.cl/noticias/deportes/futbol/ex-futbolistas/tono-prieto-homenajeo-a-su-padre-andres-en-su-cumpleanos-92-con-su-gol/2020-12-20/174211.html |website=alairelibre.cl |publisher=Radio Cooperativa |access-date=26 September 2022 |language=es |date=20 December 2020}}

His nickname was Chuleta (Cheat Sheet) since he was a primary student.

Prieto died on 25 September 2022, at the age of 93.[https://www.t13.cl/amp/noticia/deportest13/muere-andres-prieto-leyenda-del-futbol-chileno-y-mundialista-roja-1950 Muere Andrés Prieto, leyenda del fútbol chileno y mundialista con la Roja en 1950] {{in lang|es}}