Telésforo Báez
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Telésforo Segundo Báez Astudillo | ||
| Date of birth | 16 August 1897 | ||
| Place of birth | Valparaíso, Chile | ||
| Date of death | 3 March 1946 (aged 48) | ||
| Place of death | Valparaíso, Chile | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1915 | Santiago Wanderers II | ||
| 1915–1916 | Limache National | ||
| 1916–1920 | Santiago Wanderers | ||
| International career | |||
| 1919 | Chile | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Telésforo Segundo Báez Astudillo (16 August 1897 – 3 March 1946) was a Chilean footballer who played as a forward.
Controversy about Ángel Báez
Born in Valparaíso, Báez stood out as a player of Santiago Wanderers in the 1910s.[1][2]
As a player of the second team, Santiago Wanderers II, he was suspended by both the club and the football league of Valparaíso in 1916 as he refused to play an official match against club La Cruz II in October 1915, switching to club Limache National with no licence. He went on playing for Limache National with no licence in 1916 despite belonging to Santiago Wanderers, he was finally suspended for three years.[3]
At international level, Báez made two appearances for the Chile national team in the 1919 South American Championship. He entered in the 0–6 loss against Brazil and the 0–2 loss against Uruguay.[3][4]
Telésforo is frequently and wrongly listed in the Chile squad at the 1916 South American Championship and, consequently, named as the scorer of the first goal for Chile in the history of the South American Championship/Copa América. Ángel Báez, a player from club Thunder from Coquimbo,[5] was really the player in the 1916 squad. Telésforo was probably confused with Ángel by the journals of Valparaíso at the time, according to the research of ASIFUCH, the association of Chilean football researchers. In addition, Telésforo was suspended for three years between 1916 and 1918.[3][6][7]
