Francisco Valdés

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| name = Francisco Valdés

| image = Francisco Valdés, Estadio, 1961-08-31 (953).jpg

| fullname = Francisco Segundo Valdés Muñoz

| birth_date = {{birth date|1943|3|19|df=y}}

| birth_place = Santiago, Chile

| death_date = {{death date and age|2009|8|10|1943|3|19|df=y}}

| position = Attacking Midfielder

| currentclub =

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| years1 = 1961–1969

| years2 = 1970

| years3 = 1971

| years4 = 1972–1975

| years5 = 1976

| years6 = 1977

| years7 = 1978

| years8 = 1979–1981

| clubs1 = Colo-Colo

| clubs2 = Unión Española

| clubs3 = Deportes Antofagasta

| clubs4 = Colo-Colo

| clubs5 = Santiago Wanderers

| clubs6 = Cobreloa

| clubs7 = Colo-Colo

| clubs8 = Deportes Arica

| caps1 = 220

| caps2 = 35

| caps3 = 30

| caps4 = 111

| caps5 = 26

| caps6 = 37

| caps7 = 23

| caps8 = 33

| goals1 = 133

| goals2 = 10

| goals3 = 10

| goals4 = 42

| goals5 = 11

| goals6 = 3

| goals7 = 4

| goals8 = 4

| totalcaps = 515

| totalgoals = 217

| nationalyears1 = 1962–1975

| nationalteam1 = Chile

| nationalcaps1 = 52

| nationalgoals1 = 9

| manageryears1 = 1987

| manageryears2 = 1988

| manageryears3 = 1989

| manageryears4 = 1990

| manageryears5 = 1991

| manageryears6 = 1992

| manageryears7 = 1993–1994

| manageryears8 = 1996

| managerclubs1 = San Luis

| managerclubs2 = Audax Italiano

| managerclubs3 = Coquimbo Unido

| managerclubs4 = Lota Schwager

| managerclubs5 = Deportes Puerto Montt

| managerclubs6 = Rangers de Talca

| managerclubs7 = Deportes Puerto Montt

| managerclubs8 = Magallanes

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Francisco Segundo Valdés Muñoz, (19 March 1943 - 10 August 2009{{cite web|url=http://www.latercera.com/contenido/688_167220_9.shtml |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-09-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091016094902/http://www.latercera.com/contenido/688_167220_9.shtml |archive-date=2009-10-16 }}), nicknamed Chamaco, was a Chilean footballer and manager. Recognized as one of Chile's most important midfielders, with 215 official goals, he is the top scorer in the history of Chilean league.

Career

Valdés always played in the Chilean first division league, where he became the top scorer in their history with 215 goals in 478 official matches, leaving behind Pedro "Heidi" Gonzalez with 212 goals. He is the maximum gunner for Colo Colo in official tournaments with 180 goals scored (179 in 353 matches during the Chilean national championship and 1 goal during the liguilla Copa Libertadores) and the top scorer in Copa Libertadores with 20 goals in 44 matches.

He was the brains, and alongside Carlos Caszely, the star of Colo Colo 1973, and the champion in 1963 and 1972. He was also runner-up on the Copa Libertadores de America in 1973.

Selected by the Chile national team, he played 50 matches, scoring 9 goals. He was the Chile offensive midfielder in the England 1966 and Germany 1974 FIFA World Cups. In 1973, he was runner-up of the Copa Libertadores with Colo Colo, he was also the captain of the Chile national team.

Personal life

On 6 April 1965, Valdés was one of the constituent footballers of {{ill|lt=SIFUP|Sindicato de Futbolistas Profesionales de Chile|es|vertical-align=sup}}, the trade union of professionales footballers in Chile, alongside fellows such as Efraín Santander, Mario Ortiz, Hugo Lepe, among others.{{cite web |title=Constitución Sifup |url=https://sifup.cl/sindicato/constitucion/# |website=sifup.cl |access-date=14 September 2022 |language=es}}

He was the uncle of Chilean footballer Sebastián "Chamagol" González.

He died of heart failure at his home at the age of 66.

Honours

;Colo Colo

Primera División de Chile: 1963, 1972
Copa Chile: 1974

References

External links

{{NFT player|pid=21556}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20121024093110/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=59329/index.html FIFA statistics]

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