Claudio Tello
Chilean footballer (1963–2014)
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Claudio Enrique Tello Ortiz (28 September 1963 – 15 April 2014) was a Chilean footballer who played as a defender.
Full name
Claudio Enrique Tello Ortiz
Date of birth
28 September 1963
Date of death
15 April 2014 (aged 50)
Position
Defender
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Claudio Enrique Tello Ortiz | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 28 September 1963 | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 15 April 2014 (aged 50) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| Aviación | |||||||||||||||||
| 1983–1992 | Cobreloa | ||||||||||||||||
| 1985 | → Deportes Antofagasta (loan) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1994 | Provincial Osorno | 56[1][2] | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1995–1998 | Deportes Antofagasta | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1987 | Chile B | ||||||||||||||||
| 1988 | Chile | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Career
Tello played club football for Aviación, Cobreloa, Deportes Antofagasta and Provincial Osorno.[3][4]
He also earned 8 international caps for Chile in 1988.[3] Previously, he was a member of the Chile squad that won the silver medal in the 1987 Pan American Games.[5]
Later life and death
Tello died on 15 April 2014 at the age of 50, from cancer.[4]
