Efraín Santander
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Segundo Efraín Santander Cancino | ||
| Date of birth | 7 December 1941 | ||
| Place of birth | Los Andes, Chile | ||
| Date of death | 5 April 2026 (aged 84) | ||
| Place of death | Guatemala City, Guatemala | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1957 | Unión San Felipe | ||
| Colo-Colo | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1958–1970 | Colo-Colo | ||
| 1961 | → Deportes La Serena (loan) | ||
| 1972 | Excélsior | ||
| 1972–1973 | Municipal | ||
| 1973–1974 | Juventud Católica | ||
| 1974 | Municipal | ||
| International career | |||
| 1958–1960 | Chile U20 | ||
| 1968 | Chile | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Segundo Efraín Santander Cancino (7 December 1941 – 5 April 2026), known as Efraín Santander, was a Chilean professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for clubs in Chile and Guatemala.
Santander came to Colo-Colo youth system from La Calera.[1] At senior level, he won two national league titles in 1969[2] and 1970,[3] becoming one of the few goalkeepers from the youth system who have won any league.[4] In addition, he won the friendly 1969 Torneo Internacional de Chile [es], where competed Dynamo Moscow, Corinthians, among other clubs.[5] In Chile, he also had a brief step on loan at Deportes La Serena in 1961.[6]
In 1972, he moved to Guatemala and joined Municipal. After a step with Juventud Católica, he returned to Municipal and won the 1974 Liga Nacional de Guatemala [es].[7]
International career
Since he was 16 years old, he was a Chile youth international footballer.[1] He represented Chile U20 in the 1958 South American Championship alongside players such as José Sulantay, Jorge Venegas, Alberto Fouillioux, among others.[8] In 1960 he took part of the Chile U20 squad with Hernán Carrasco as coach.[9]
At senior level, he made an appearance for the Chile national team in the match against Peru on 21 August 1968.[1]
Personal life and death
Santander was nicknamed El Negro (The Black One).[10]
On 6 April 1965, Santander was one of the constituent footballers of SIFUP [es], the trade union of professionales footballers in Chile, alongside fellows such as Misael Escuti, Francisco Valdés, Hugo Lepe, among others.[11]
Santander died on 5 April 2026 in Guatemala City.[12][13]
