Jorge Toro

{{Short description|Chilean footballer (1939–2024)}}

{{family name hatnote|Toro|Sánchez|lang=Spanish}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jorge Toro

| image = Jorge Toro, Estadio, 1959-07-02 (840).jpg

| full_name = Jorge Luis Toro Sánchez

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1939|01|10}}

| birth_place = Santiago, Chile

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2024|02|16|1939|01|10}}

| death_place = El Quisco, Chile

| height = 1.72 m

| position = Attacking midfielder

| years1 = 1959–1962 | clubs1 = Colo-Colo | caps1 = 61 | goals1 = 18

| years2 = 1962–1963 | clubs2 = Sampdoria | caps2 = 16 | goals2 = 3

| years3 = 1963–1969 | clubs3 = Modena | caps3 = 154 | goals3 = 19

| years4 = 1969–1970 | clubs4 = → Hellas Verona (loan) | caps4 = 7 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 1971 | clubs5 = Colo-Colo | caps5 = 8 | goals5 = 1

| years6 = 1972–1973 | clubs6 = Unión Española | caps6 = 38 | goals6 = 20

| years7 = 1974 | clubs7 = Deportes Concepción | caps7 = 14 | goals7 = 5

| years8 = 1975 | clubs8 = Audax Italiano | caps8 = 12 | goals8 = 1

| years9 = 1976 | clubs9 = Deportes La Serena | caps9 = 7 | goals9 = 2

|totalcaps=317 |totalgoals=69

| nationalyears1 = 1959–1973

| nationalteam1 = Chile

| nationalcaps1 = 29

| nationalgoals1 = 6

| manageryears1 = 1978

| managerclubs1 = Unión La Calera

| manageryears2 = 1979

| managerclubs2 = Colchagua

| manageryears3 = 1981

| managerclubs3 = Santiago Wanderers

| manageryears4 = 1981

| managerclubs4 = San Antonio Unido

| manageryears5 = 1982–1983

| managerclubs5 = Deportes Iquique

| manageryears6 = 1984

| managerclubs6 = Unión La Calera

| manageryears7 = 1985–1986

| managerclubs7 = Cobreloa

| medaltemplates =

{{Medal|Sport|Men's football}}

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{{Medal|Comp|FIFA World Cup}}

{{Medal|3rd|1962 Chile|}}

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Jorge Luis Toro Sánchez (10 January 1939 – 16 February 2024) was a Chilean footballer who played as a midfielder. He represented his native country at the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile. He scored the second goal in Chile's 2-0 win over Italy at that tournament, in a match that is remembered as the Battle of Santiago. Toro died in El Quisco on 16 February 2024, at the age of 85.{{cite news |title=Fallece Jorge Toro, leyenda del fútbol chileno y parte del equipo del Mundial de 1962 |url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/Deportes/2024/02/16/1122018/fallecimiento-jorge-toro.html |access-date=17 February 2024 |publisher=Emol |date=16 February 2024}}

Honours

Colo-Colo

Unión Española

  • Primera División: 1973

Chile

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