Hugo Berly

Hugo Berly
Personal information
Full name Hugo Nelson Berly Silva
Date of birth (1941-12-31)December 31, 1941
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Date of death December 24, 2009(2009-12-24) (aged 67)
Place of death Washington, D.C., U.S.
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
Manuel Montt
Picton Lennox
Santiago Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1960–1963 Santiago Wanderers
1964–1970 Audax Italiano
1971–1977 Unión Española 118 (3)
International career
1967–1974 Chile 12 (0)
Managerial career
1981–1982 Audax Italiano
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hugo Nelson Berly Silva (December 31, 1941 – December 24, 2009) was a Chilean footballer who played as a right-back.

Career

Berly played for Unión Española, Audax Italiano and Santiago Wanderers in the domestic championship of Chile. He also represented the Chile national team[1] making 12 appearances. His international debut was in a 1–0 friendly victory against Argentina on 15 August 1967.[2] He was also part of the Chile squad in the 1966 World Cup, without featuring in the tournament.

On 6 April 1965, Berly was one of the constituent footballers of SIFUP, the trade union of professionales footballers in Chile, alongside fellows such as Pedro Araya, Manuel Astorga, Juan Rodríguez Vega, among others.[3]

Personal life

Berly had a wife and two daughters. He died aged 67 on December 24, 2009 in Washington, D.C., United States.[4][5]

Honours

Unión Española

References

  1. ^ a b "Hugo Berly". National Football Teams. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Falleció ex mundialista chileno" (in Spanish). La Estrella de Iquique. 26 December 2009. Archived from the original on 28 December 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Constitución Sifup". sifup.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Hugo Berly Notice". Washington Post. December 30, 2009.
  5. ^ "Ex mundialista chileno en Inglaterra 66 falleció trágicamente en Nochebuena". El Mercurio (in Spanish). 25 December 2009.