Fernando Cornejo (footballer, born 1969)
Chilean footballer
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Fernando Andrés Cornejo Jiménez (28 January 1969 – 24 January 2009) was a Chilean football midfielder. He died of stomach cancer on 24 January 2009, at age 39.[1]
Full name
Fernando Andrés Cornejo Jiménez
Date of birth
28 January 1969
Place of birth
Quinta de Tilcoco, Chile
Date of death
24 January 2009 (aged 39)
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Cornejo with Chile national team | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fernando Andrés Cornejo Jiménez | ||
| Date of birth | 28 January 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Quinta de Tilcoco, Chile | ||
| Date of death | 24 January 2009 (aged 39) | ||
| Place of death | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| O'Higgins | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1991 | O'Higgins | 99 | (9) |
| 1992–1997 | Cobreloa | 82 | (13) |
| 1998–1999 | Universidad Católica | 36 | (1) |
| 2000–2004 | Cobreloa | 116 | (21) |
| Total | 433 | (59) | |
| International career | |||
| 1991–2000 | Chile | 33 | (2) |
| 1998 | Chile B | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
He played domestically for O'Higgins, Cobreloa and Universidad Católica.
International career
He was capped 33 times and scored 2 goals for the Chile national team between 1991 and 2000, including two games at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.[2] In addition, he played for Chile B against England B on 10 February 1998. Chile won by 2-1.[3]
Personal life
Career statistics
International goals
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 15 December 1996 | Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina |  Argentina | 1–1 | Draw | 1998 World Cup qualification | ||||||||
| 2. | 4 January 1997 | Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar, Chile |  Armenia | 7–0 | Win | Friendly | ||||||||
| Correct as of 7 October 2015[8][9][10] | ||||||||||||||
Honours
- Cobreloa
- Primera División de Chile (4): 1992, 2003–A, 2003–C, 2004–C
