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Raúl Toro
Personal information
Full name Raúl Toro Julio
Date of birth (1911-02-21)21 February 1911
Place of birth Copiapó, Chile
Date of death 30 October 1982(1982-10-30) (aged 71) [1]
Place of death Santiago, Chile
Position(s) Centre forward
Youth career
Lord Cochrane
Senior career*
Years Team Apps ( Gls)
Caja de Ahorros
1933 Everton
1933–1934 Santiago Wanderers
1935 Deportes Santiago
1935–1937 Santiago Wanderers
1937–1943 Santiago Morning
1944 Santiago National
1945–1948 Santiago Wanderers
International career
1936–1941 Chile 13 (12)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Raúl Toro Julio (21 February 1911 – 30 October 1982) was a former Chilean international footballer who played as a forward. [2] Several ex-footballers consider him the best player from the early history of football in Chile. [1]

International career

Toro was a successful attacker for the Chilean senior national team with 12 goals in 13 matches including appearances at two South American Championship (Copa América), [1] and was the top scorer of the 1937 South American Championship. [3] At the time of his retirement as international in 1941 he was Chile's top scorer before Guillermo Subiabre (who scored 10 times by 1930).

References

  1. ^ a b c "A 31 años de la muerte de Raúl Toro Julio, reflexiones sobre la historia de nuestro balompié" (in Spanish). futchile.cl. 30 October 2013.
  2. ^ "Raúl Toro". weltfussbal.de. Retrieved 30 Aug 2014.
  3. ^ "Southamerican Championship 1937". RSSSF.

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