Telésforo Báez
{{Short description|Chilean footballer (1897–1946)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Telésforo Báez
|image =
|caption =
|fullname = Telésforo Segundo Báez Astudillo
|birth_date = {{birth date|1897|8|16|df=yes}}
|birth_place = Valparaíso, Chile
|death_date = {{death date and age|1946|3|3|1897|8|16|df=yes}}
|death_place = Valparaíso, Chile
|position = Forward
|years1 = {{0|0000}}–1915
|clubs1 = Santiago Wanderers II
|years2 = 1915–1916
|clubs2 = Limache National
|years3 = 1916–1920
|clubs3 = Santiago Wanderers
|nationalteam1 = Chile
|nationalyears1 = 1919
|nationalcaps1 = 2
|nationalgoals1 = 0
}}
Telésforo Segundo Báez Astudillo (16 August 1897 – 3 March 1946) was a Chilean footballer who played as a forward.
Career
Born in Valparaíso, Báez stood out as a player of Santiago Wanderers in the 1910s.{{cite web |title=Telésforo BÁEZ |url=https://www.memoriawanderers.cl/jugadores/telesforo-baez/ |website=Memoria Wanderers |access-date=25 January 2024 |language=es}}{{cite web |title=Aniversario 129: Homenajes a próceres del club |url=https://corporacionwanderers.cl/archivo-wanderers/aniversario-129-homenajes-proceres-del-club/ |website=corporacionwanderers.cl |access-date=25 January 2024 |language=es}}
As a player of the second team, Santiago Wanderers II, he was suspended by both the club and the football league of Valparaíso in 1916 as he refused to play an official match against club La Cruz II in October 1915, switching to club Limache National with no licence. He went on playing for Limache National with no licence in 1916 despite belonging to Santiago Wanderers, he was finally suspended for three years.{{cite web |last1=Núñez Mardones |first1=Sebastián |title=De Coquimbo a Buenos Aires, el primer gol de Chile en Copa América. |url=https://asifuch.cl/de-coquimbo-a-buenos-aires-el-primer-gol-de-chile-en-copa-america/ |website=ASIFUCH |access-date=25 January 2024 |language=es |date=20 September 2021}}
At international level, Báez made two appearances for the Chile national team in the 1919 South American Championship. He entered in the 0–6 loss against Brazil and the 0–2 loss against Uruguay.{{cite web |last1=Aguilera |first1=Nicolás |title=La selección chilena de 1919 |url=https://asifuch.cl/la-seleccion-chilena-de-1919/ |website=ASIFUCH |access-date=25 January 2024 |language=es |date=24 December 2020}}
=Controversy about Ángel Báez=
Telésforo is frequently and wrongly listed in the Chile squad at the 1916 South American Championship and, consequently, named as the scorer of the first goal for Chile in the history of the South American Championship/Copa América. Ángel Báez, a player from club Thunder from Coquimbo,{{cite web |title=Ángel Báez |url=https://www.livefutbol.com/ficha_jugador/angel-baez/ |website=livefutbol.com |access-date=25 January 2024 |language=es}} was really the player in the 1916 squad. Telésforo was probably confused with Ángel by the journals of Valparaíso at the time, according to the research of ASIFUCH, the association of Chilean football researchers. In addition, Telésforo was suspended for three years between 1916 and 1918.{{cite web |last1=Rivera Valencia |first1=Carlos |title=De Coquimbo a Buenos Aires, el primer gol de Chile en Copa América |url=https://www.diarioeldia.cl/deportes/2021/9/21/de-coquimbo-buenos-aires-el-primer-gol-de-chile-en-copa-america-83199.html |website=www.diarioeldia.cl |publisher=Diario El Día |access-date=25 January 2024 |language=es |date=21 September 2021}}{{cite web |title=Telésforo Báez ¿autor el primer gol chileno en Copa América? |url=https://www.porlapelota.com/jugadores/telesforo-baez/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240120134720/https://www.porlapelota.com/jugadores/telesforo-baez/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=20 January 2024 |website=Por la Pelota |access-date=25 January 2024 |language=es |date=9 October 2023}}
Personal life
His younger brother, Guillermo, was also a footballer who played for Santiago Wanderers, Unión Española, among others clubs.{{cite web |title=Guillermo BÁEZ |url=https://www.memoriawanderers.cl/jugadores/guillermo-baez/ |website=Memoria Wanderers |access-date=25 January 2024 |language=es}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.memoriawanderers.cl/jugadores/telesforo-baez/ Telésforo Báez] at MemoriaWanderers.cl {{inlang|es}}
{{Chile squad 1919 South American Championship}}
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Category:Footballers from Valparaíso
Category:Chilean men's footballers
Category:Santiago Wanderers footballers