Misael Escuti

{{short description|Chilean footballer (1926-2005)}}

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

{{family name hatnote|Escuti|Rovira|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Misael Escuti

| image =Misael Escuti, Estadio, 1950-02-25 (354).jpg

| caption =

| fullname = Misael Escuti Rovira

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|12|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Copiapó, Chile

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2005|1|3|1926|12|20|df=y}}

| death_place = Santiago, Chile

| height = 178 cm

| position = Goalkeeper

| youthyears1 = 1944–1945

| youthclubs1 = Santiago National

| years1 = 1945 | clubs1 = Badminton | caps1 = 3 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1946–1964 | clubs2 = Colo-Colo | caps2 = 417 | goals2 = 0

| totalcaps = 420 | totalgoals = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1948–1962 | nationalteam1 = Chile

| nationalcaps1 = 40

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| medaltemplates =

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

{{Medal|Country|{{fb|CHI}}}}

{{Medal|Comp|FIFA World Cup}}

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

}}

Misael Escuti Rovira (20 December 1926 – 3 January 2005) was a Chilean footballer of Italian ancestry, who played as a goalkeeper. He is remembered for being the key player with the Chile national team that reached third place in the 1962 FIFA World Cup tournament.{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/misael-escuti/ |title=Misael Escuti |work=worldfootball.net |access-date=7 July 2021}}

Personal life

On 6 April 1965, Escuti 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, Francisco Valdés, 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}}

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