Juan Toro (footballer, born 1930)
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.jpg) Toro on the cover of a 1954 magazine | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juan Agustín Toro Ramírez | ||
| Date of birth | 23 July 1930 | ||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Date of death | 13 June 2007 (aged 76) | ||
| Place of death | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Position | Left-half | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Estrella Blanca | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1952 | Audax Italiano | ||
| 1953–1964 | Palestino | ||
| Coquimbo Unido | |||
| International career | |||
| 1957 | Chile | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Juan Agustín Toro Ramírez (23 July 1930 – 13 June 2007) was a Chilean footballer who played as a left-half.
A defensive left-half,[1] Toro played for Club Estrella Blanca from Yarur neighbourhood, Santiago, alongside his four brothers in his early years.[2]
At professional level, he began his career with Audax Italiano in 1952.[3] The next year, he switched to Palestino and played for them from 1953 to 1964, always in the top division,[4][5] winning the league title in the 1955 season.[6]
His last club was Coquimbo Unido.[3]
International career
As a player of Palestino, he made two appearances for the Chile national team in the 1958 World Cup qualifiers against Bolivia (away, 3–0 loss)[7] and Argentina (home, 2–0 loss)[8] in 1957.[9][2][10]
Personal life
Toro was the grandfather of the former footballer Hugo Bravo Toro, whom he reared,[11] and his three half-brothers: Luis, who was in the Palestino youth ranks, Jorge, a well-known Chile international[12] and Claudio Valdivia Toro, who played for Audax Italiano and Palmeiras B.[13]
He had a friendship with the former Chile international Jorge Toro.[1]
He died after being run over near his work in a hotel in Santiago.[3]