Raúl Toro (footballer, born 1911)

{{short description|Chilean footballer}}

{{Other people|Raúl Toro}}

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

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Raúl Toro

| fullname = Raúl Toro Julio

| image = Raúl Toro, Estadio, 1942-09-11 (26).jpg

| image_size = 220px

| birth_date = {{birth date|1911|02|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Copiapó, Chile

| death_date = {{death date and age|1982|10|30|1911|02|21|df=y}}{{cite web|url=http://www.futchile.cl/retro/a-31-anos-de-la-muerte-de-raul-toro-julio-reflexiones-sobre-la-historia-de-nuestro-balompie/|title=A 31 años de la muerte de Raúl Toro Julio, reflexiones sobre la historia de nuestro balompié|language=es|publisher=futchile.cl|date=30 October 2013}}

| death_place = Santiago, Chile

| height =

| position = Centre forward

| youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = Lord Cochrane

| years1 = |clubs1 = Caja de Ahorros

| years2 = 1933 |clubs2 = Everton

| years3 = 1933–1934 |clubs3 = Santiago Wanderers

| years4 = 1935 |clubs4 = Deportes Santiago

| years5 = 1935–1937 |clubs5 = Santiago Wanderers

| years6 = 1937–1943 |clubs6 = Santiago Morning

| years7 = 1944 |clubs7 = Santiago National

| years8 = 1945–1948 |clubs8 = Santiago Wanderers

| nationalyears1 = 1936–1941

| nationalteam1 = Chile

| nationalcaps1 = 13

| nationalgoals1 = 12

}}

Raúl Toro Julio (21 February 1911 – 30 October 1982) was a former Chilean international footballer who played as a forward.{{cite web|url=http://www.weltfussball.de/spieler_profil/raul-toro_2/|title=Raúl Toro |publisher=weltfussbal.de|accessdate=30 Aug 2014}} Several ex-footballers consider him the best player from the early history of football in Chile.

International career

Toro was a successful attacker for the Chilean senior national team with 12 goals in 13 matches including appearances at two South American Championship (Copa América), and was the top scorer of the 1937 South American Championship.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/37safull.html|title=Southamerican Championship 1937|website=RSSSF}} At the time of his retirement as international in 1941 he was Chile's top scorer before Guillermo Subiabre (who scored 10 times by 1930).

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