Mario Galindo

{{short description|Chilean footballer (born 1951)}}

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|fullname = Mario Enrique Galindo Calisto

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|8|10}}

|birth_place = Punta Arenas, Chile

|height = {{height|m=1.72}}

|position = Right-back

|youthyears1 =

|youthclubs1 = CD Magallanes

|youthyears2 =

|youthclubs2 = Colo-Colo

|years1 = 1971–1976 | clubs1 = Colo Colo | caps1 = 120 | goals1 = 8

|years2 = 1976–1977 | clubs2 = Everton | caps2 = 29 | goals2 = 0

|years3 = 1977–1983 | clubs3 = Colo Colo | caps3 = 89 | goals3 = 3

|years4 = 1983–1984 | clubs4 = Santiago Wanderers | caps4 = 24 | goals4 = 0

|years5 = 1984–1985 | clubs5 = Colo Colo | caps5 = 19 | goals5 = 1

|totalcaps = 281 | totalgoals = 12

|nationalyears1 = 1972–1982 | nationalteam1 = Chile | nationalcaps1 = 29 | nationalgoals1 = 0

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Mario Enrique Galindo Calisto [https://web.archive.org/web/20101127024823/http://www.chileapunto.com/785-jugadores-chilenos-seran-homenajeados-en-el-monumental-revisa-el-listado.php] (born 10 August 1951 in Punta Arenas) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a right-back.{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/mario-galindo/ |title=Mario Galindo |work=worldfootball.net |access-date=17 July 2021}}

Career

During his playing career, Galindo played at the club level for Colo Colo. He also represented the Chile national football team in the 1974 FIFA World Cup and the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

Personal life

His father, Daniel, was a football forward nicknamed Mula (Mule) who played for Club Deportivo Victoria from Punta Arenas in the 1930s and 1940s.{{cite web |last1=Llanos Ibarra |first1=Heriberto |title=Andrés García y las generaciones doradas de Unión Española |url=https://asifuch.cl/andres-garcia-y-las-generaciones-doradas-de-union-espanola/ |website=Asifuch |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=es |date=29 March 2021 |quote=centrodelantero llamado Daniel Galindo, que entre fines de la década de los 30 y principios de los 40, jugaba en el Club Deportivo Victoria de la austral ciudad. Daniel Galindo, apodado el ‘Mula’ Galindo, fue el padre del lateral derecho Mario Galindo Calisto}}

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