Jorge Araya
Araya in 1946
Personal information
Full name Jorge Benjamín Araya Quezada
Date of birth (1924-09-21)21 September 1924
Date of death 28 December 1992(1992-12-28) (aged 68)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Green Cross
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1944–1947 Green Cross
1948–1950 Universidad de Chile 52 (32)
1952 Green Cross
International career
1946–1947 Chile 8 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jorge Benjamín Araya Quezada (21 September 1924 – 28 December 1992) was a Chilean footballer who played as a forward.

Career

A product of Green Cross, Araya played for them until 1947 and also in 1952,[1][2] winning the league title in 1945,[3] and Universidad de Chile from 1948 to 1950.[4][5][6][7]

At international level, he played in eight matches for the Chile national football team from 1946 to 1947.[8] He was also part of Chile's squad for the 1947 South American Championship.[9]

Honours

Green Cross

References

  1. ↑ "ARAYA" (JPG). Revista Estadio (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Partidos de La Roja. 23 June 1945.
  2. ↑ "Club de Deportes GREEN CROSS". Fútbol en América (in Spanish). 2 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  3. ↑ Rodríguez, Jorge (11 March 2016). "Green Cross, el trágico recuerdo de un equipo inolvidable: Historia de los clubes chilenos". Guioteca.com (in Spanish). El Mercurio. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  4. ↑ "U. de Chile - campañas - 1948". www.chuncho.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  5. ↑ "U. de Chile - campañas - 1949". www.chuncho.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  6. ↑ Salviat, Julio (11 May 2023). "100 años del Santa Laura: el querido estadio de mi infancia". Diario El Ágora (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  7. ↑ "U. de Chile - campañas - 1950". www.chuncho.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  8. ↑ "Jorge Benjamín Araya". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  9. ↑ "South American Championship 1947". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 July 2021.


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