Pedro Araya Toro

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Pedro Araya

| image =Selección Chilena de Fútbol 1966.jpg

| fullname = Pedro Damián Araya Toro

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|1|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = Santiago, Chile

| height = {{height|meters =1.72}}

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Right Winger

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Universidad de Chile

| years1 = 1961–1971

| years2 = 1971–1973

| years3 = 1973–1978

| clubs1 = Universidad de Chile

| clubs2 = Real San Luis

| clubs3 = Atlas

| caps1 = 215

| caps2 = ?

| caps3 = 92

| goals1 = 82

| goals2 = 24

| goals3 = 18

| nationalyears1 = 1964–1971

| nationalteam1 = Chile

| nationalcaps1 = 52

| nationalgoals1 = 12

| manageryears1 = 1987–1988

| managerclubs1 = Atlético Potosino

}}

Pedro Damián Araya Toro (born 23 January 1942), known as Pedro Araya,{{cite web |last1=Quijada |first1=Vicente |title=Pedro Araya: El talentoso extremo de La Roja en los 60' |url=https://www.laroja.cl/new/pedro-araya-el-talentoso-extremo-de-la-roja-en-los-60 |website=www.laroja.cl |publisher=FFCh |access-date=22 August 2022 |language=es |date=23 January 2021 |archive-date=16 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716013752/https://www.laroja.cl/new/pedro-araya-el-talentoso-extremo-de-la-roja-en-los-60 |url-status=live }} is a Chilean former football player who played as a right winger.

Playing career

Toro represented the Chile national team at the 1966 World Cup, and played all three matches for the squad. Between 1964 and 1972, he was capped 65 times and scored 14 goals for his country.{{cite web|author=Mamrud, Roberto|title=Chile - Record International Players|website=RSSSF|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/chil-recintlp.html|date=29 February 2012|access-date=4 February 2023|archive-date=17 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090317081704/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/chil-recintlp.html|url-status=live}}

A very skillful and fast player, Araya played as a classic "number 7" (the shirt number associated with an "outside" forward). Along with Campos and Carlos Leonel Sanchez formed the great offensive triplet of the 'Ballet Azul'. His career also continues in Mexico playing for the San Luis de Potosi and Atlas de Guadalajara (even in a friendly it was a goal at Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu himself).{{cite web|publisher=Diario La Tercera|title=Pedro Araya, el Alexis Sánchez del "Ballet Azul"|trans-title=Pedro Araya, Alexis Sánchez's "Blue Ballet"|url=http://diario.latercera.com/2011/09/02/01/contenido/deportes/4-82288-9-pedro-araya-el-alexis-sanchez--del-ballet-azul.shtml|language=Spanish|date=2 September 2011|access-date=22 October 2012|archive-date=22 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822204050/http://diario.latercera.com/2011/09/02/01/contenido/deportes/4-82288-9-pedro-araya-el-alexis-sanchez--del-ballet-azul.shtml|url-status=dead}}

In America's Cup in Montevideo, 1967, Araya was called by the Uruguayan press: The Chilean Garrincha.

Honors

Chilean League: 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967

Coaching career

He graduated as a football manager in Mexico{{cite web |last1=Fernández |first1=Denís |title=Confesiones de Pedro Araya, el Garrincha chileno |url=https://www.latercera.com/noticia/confesiones-pedro-araya-garrincha-chileno/ |publisher=La Tercera |access-date=14 March 2023 |language=es |date=20 February 2017 |archive-date=14 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314150706/https://www.latercera.com/noticia/confesiones-pedro-araya-garrincha-chileno/ |url-status=live }} and coached Atlético Potosino in the 1987–88 season, with his compatriot Luis Cholo Castro in the squad.(Pelota Azteca) [https://web.facebook.com/pelotaazteca16/photos/a.1226456430779034/4092106917547290/ Atlético Potosino, Temporada 1987-1988.] on Facebook {{inlang|es}}. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2023.

Back in Chile, he started an eponymous football academy based in Nebraska neighborhood in Lo Barnechea commune.

Personal life

Araya Toro married a woman from San Luis Potosí, Mexico, where he would move after retiring from football.

References

External links

{{NFT player|pid=21226}}
[https://www.partidosdelaroja.com/1970/01/pedro-araya.html Pedro Araya] at PartidosdelaRoja {{inlang|es}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20100531073959/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=45743/index.html FIFA statistics]

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