Luis Eyzaguirre

Luis Eyzaguirre

Eyzaguirre in 1960
Personal information
Full name	Luis Armando Eyzaguirre Silva
Date of birth	(1939-06-22) 22 June 1939 (age 85)
Place of birth	Santiago, Chile
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) [1]
Position(s)	Right-back
Youth career
	Igualdad y Trabajo
	Banfield de Yungay
	Deportivo Bulnes
1956–1957	Universidad de Chile
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1958-1967	Universidad de Chile	230	(25)
1968–1971	Huachipato	123	(2)
1972–1973	Ferroviarios
International career
1958	Chile U20
1959–1966	Chile [2]	70	(3)
Medal record Men's football Representing   Chile FIFA World Cup 1962 Chile
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Luis Armando Eyzaguirre Silva (born 22 June 1939), also known as Fifo, ^[1] is a former Chilean football player.

Career

He played as a right-back in the Universidad de Chile football team known as the Ballet Azul , with which he won five national championships. After, he spent four seasons with Huachipato (1968–1971) and ended his career with Ferroviarios in the Chilean second division. ^{[1] [3]}

At international level, he represented Chile at under-20 level in the 1958 South American Championship under Fernando Riera. ^[1] At senior level, he played in 1959 Copa América ^[4] and in the FIFA World Cup he achieved third place with the Chilean national selection for the 1962 FIFA World Cup and was one of the players involved in the Battle of Santiago incident during the Group 2 match between Chile and Italy. He played one match in the 1966 FIFA World Cup. ^[5] He was considered one of the best right back of his time, next to the Brazilian Djalma Santos. He played 39 matches for his country between 1959 and 1966. ^[6] He was one of the players invited by FIFA to play in a commemorative game celebrating the centennial anniversary of football.

Honors

• Chilean League: (5)
  • 1959, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967

References

1. "Luis Eyzaguirre, el Fifo". La Tercera (in Spanish). 8 October 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
2. "Luis Eyzaguirre".
3. Lizana, José Antonio (2009). "CLUB DEPORTIVO FERROVIARIOS DE CHILE: "Cuando con mi viejo iba a la cancha …"". Rayando la cancha : crónicas deportivas (PDF) (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Ediciones Ceacheí. p. 40. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
4. 1959 Copa América squads at rsssf
5. Luis Eyzaguirre – FIFA competition record (archived)
6. Chile record international footballers at rsssf