Raúl Águila

Raúl Águila
Águila with Audax Italiano in 1952
Personal information
Full name Raúl Cornelio Águila Herrera
Date of birth (1930-09-16)16 September 1930
Place of birth Arica, Chile
Date of death 29 September 2016(2016-09-29) (aged 86)
Place of death La Florida, Chile
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1951–1963 Audax Italiano
1964–1966 Unión San Felipe 68 (4)
International career
1956–1957 Chile 7 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Raúl Cornelio Águila Herrera (16 September 1930 – 29 September 2016) was a Chilean footballer. He played in seven matches for the Chile national football team in 1956 and 1957.[1] He was also part of Chile's squad for the 1957 South American Championship.[2]

Career

On 6 April 1965, Águila 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]

References

  1. ^ "Raúl Águila". National Football Teams. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  2. ^ "South American Championship 1957". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Constitución Sifup". sifup.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 September 2022.