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Full name | Raúl Pedro Sánchez Soya | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 26 October 1933 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Valparaíso, Chile | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 28 February 2016 82) | (aged||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1952–1964 | Santiago Wanderers | ||||||||||||||||
1965–1966 | Colo-Colo | ||||||||||||||||
1967 | Rangers | ||||||||||||||||
1968–1970 | Everton | ||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1959–1964 | Chile | 33 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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