Carlos Pacheco (footballer)

Carlos Gilberto Pacheco Cajas (21 December 1942 – 22 November 2021) was a Chilean football player who played as a midfielder for clubs in Chile and abroad and the Chile national team.

Carlos Pacheco
Personal information
Full name Carlos Gilberto Pacheco Cajas
Date of birth (1942-12-21)21 December 1942
Place of birth Valparaíso, Chile
Date of death 22 November 2021(2021-11-22) (aged 78)
Place of death Valparaíso, Chile
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Yelcho
1960–1962 Everton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963–1966 Everton 39 (2)
1967–1971 Unión Española 111 (7)
1972 Naval 25 (1)
1973 Palestino 3 (0)
1973 Bolívar
1974 Magallanes 13 (0)
1975 Santa Fe 1 (0)
International career
1963 Chile B
1971–1972 Chile 10 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Born in Valparaíso, Chile, Pacheco was with Club Deportivo Yelcho from Las Zorras neighbourhood before joining the Everton youth system in 1960.[2][3][1]

After playing for Everton until 1966, he switched to Unión Española,[3][4] becoming the team captain[5] alongside well known players such as Leonardo Véliz, Francisco Valdés, Juan Rodríguez Vega, among others.[6][7][8] In total, he made one hundred thirty nine appearances and scored seven goals for them until the 1971 season.

In his homeland, he also played for Naval de Talcahuano (1972),[9][10] Palestino (1973)[11] and Magallanes (1974).[12]

Abroad, he had stints with Bolívar (1974) in Bolivia, where he coincided with his compatriot Esteban Varas,[13] and Independiente Santa Fe in Colombia.[14]

International career

Pacheco was called up to the Chile B squad by the coach Francisco Hormazábal with views to the 1966 World Cup qualifiers.[15]

Pacheco made ten appearances for the Chile national team[16] and scored a goal against Uruguay on 3 November 1971.[17][18] As a member of them, he won both the Copa del Pacífico and the Copa Juan Pinto Durán in 1971.[19]

Personal life

As a student, he attended both the Agustín Edwards school in Valparaíso and La Gratitud Nacional in Santiago.[1]

References
  1. ""CAMBIAR O DESAPARECER" (2)" (JPG). Revista Estadio (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Partidos de La Roja: 5. 22 August 1968. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  2. @corporacion_union_espanola (23 November 2021). "Carlos Pacheco Cajas(QEPD)" (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 September 2023 – via Instagram.
  3. ""CAMBIAR O DESAPARECER" (1)" (JPG). Revista Estadio (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Partidos de La Roja: 4. 22 August 1968. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  4. "Union Española 1967 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  5. @ueoficial (22 November 2021). "Como institución lamentamos el sensible fallecimiento de Carlos Pacheco Cajas". Retrieved 19 September 2023 – via Instagram.
  6. Andreuzzi, Renato (23 September 2020). "Unión Española debuta en la Copa Libertadores 1971". Asifuch (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  7. "Club Deportivo UNIÓN ESPAÑOLA". Fútbol en América (in Spanish). 23 August 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  8. "1971. Unión Española, de Chile". CONMEBOL (in Spanish). 10 May 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  9. "Club Deportivo y Social NAVAL de Talcahuano". Fútbol en América (in Spanish). 21 July 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  10. (Recuerdos del Fútbol Chileno Fotos y Vídeos.) 📷 Naval de Talcahuano 🇨🇱 📌 Año 1972 ⚽️ on Facebook (in Spanish). 28 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  11. "Palestino 1973 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  12. "Magallanes 1974 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  13. "Club BOLÍVAR". Fútbol en América (in Spanish). 21 June 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  14. "Perfil de Carlos Pacheco, : Info, noticias, partidos y estadísticas". besoccer.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  15. ""CAMBIAR O DESAPARECER" (3)" (JPG). Revista Estadio (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Partidos de La Roja: 6. 22 August 1968. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  16. "Carlos Pacheco". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  17. "[03/11/1971] Chile-Uruguay 5:0". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  18. "El extenso invicto que ilusiona a la Roja ante Uruguay". AS Chile (in Spanish). 12 November 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  19. "Recordamos el nacimiento del Bombardero de la Nación y dos importantes triunfos de la Selección Chilena". El Mostrador (in Spanish). 3 November 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.