Alejandro Trujillo
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alejandro Magno Trujillo Obreke | ||
| Date of birth | 26 March 1952 | ||
| Place of birth | Estación Central, Santiago, Chile | ||
| Date of death | 6 January 2020 (aged 67) | ||
| Place of death | Santiago, Chile[1] | ||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward / Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Universidad Católica | |||
| Unión Española | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1970–1972 | Unión Española | 42 | (7) |
| 1973–1974 | O'Higgins | 61 | (30) |
| 1975–1976 | Unión Española | 36 | (13) |
| 1977–1978 | Audax Italiano | 32 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1972–1974 | Chile | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 July 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 July 2021 | |||
Alejandro Magno Trujillo Obreke (26 March 1952 – 6 January 2020) was a Chilean professional footballer who played mainly as a forward for Unión Española, O'Higgins and Audax Italiano during the 1970s. He also earned three caps for the Chile national team. In 1999, he was voted to the O'Higgins Team of the Century by fans of the club.[3]
Nicknamed El Turco ("The Turk") for his appearance,[1][4] he died on 6 January 2020 at the age of 67.[5]
Early years
[edit]Trujillo grew up playing street football in the barrios of Estación Central. He eventually joined the youth ranks of Universidad Católica, spending a short time with them before joining the Unión Española academy when he moved to Conchalí with his family.[4]
Club career
[edit]Trujillo made his professional debut with Unión Española in 1970, at the age of 17.[4] After disagreements with head coach Néstor Isella over his maturity that resulted in his benching, he made the move to O'Higgins in 1973, where he made an immediate impact.[4] In his first season with the team, he scored 16 goals, finishing as the league's fifth-leading goalscorer as O'Higgins finished in fourth place. He scored 14 league goals the following year (and 24 across all competitions),[2] cementing himself as one of the country's most talented young forwards.[4]
He then returned to Unión Española in 1975, winning the league title that year. They also finished as runner-ups in the 1975 Copa Libertadores. He scored seven goals in the tournament, including the game-tying goal against Universitario in the second round that sent his team to the finals, where they lost to Argentine champs Independiente.[4]
International career
[edit]He made his international debut during a 2–0 friendly loss to Mexico in Santiago on 16 August 1972.[6] He made two further appearances for Chile during the 1974 Copa Carlos Dittbor, the name given to the home-and-away series between Chile and Argentina that was played in the 1960s and 1970s.[6]
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- Unión Española
Individual
[edit]- O'Higgins Team of the Century: 1999
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Muere goleador y estandarte del "Equipo de los locos"" (in Spanish). El Rancagüino. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Condolencias Oficiales" (in Spanish). O'Higgins F.C. 6 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ "El Equipo del Siglo" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 21 June 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f Salviat, Julio. "Adiós al "Turco" Trujillo: en el corazón de Unión Española" (in Spanish). El Agora. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ "Unión Española envió sus condolencias por el fallecimiento de Alejandro Trujillo" (in Spanish). alairelibre.cl. 9 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Alejandro Trujillo" (in Spanish). Partidos de la Roja. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
External links
[edit]- Alejandro Trujillo at National-Football-Teams.com
- Alejandro Trujillo at WorldFootball.net