Pedro Araya
Personal information
Full name Pedro Damián Araya Toro
Date of birth (1942-01-23) 23 January 1942
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Right Winger
Youth career
Universidad de Chile
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1961–1971 Universidad de Chile 215 (82)
1971–1973 Real San Luis ? (24)
1973–1978 Atlas 92 (18)
International career
1964–1971 Chile 52 (12)
Managerial career
1987–1988 Atlético Potosino
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pedro Damián Araya Toro (born 23 January 1942), known as Pedro Araya,[1] is a Chilean former football player who played as a right winger.

Playing career

Toro represented the Chile national team at the 1966 World Cup, and played all three matches for the squad. Between 1964 and 1972, he was capped 65 times and scored 14 goals for his country.[2]

A very skillful and fast player, Araya played as a classic "number 7" (the shirt number associated with an "outside" forward). Along with Campos and Carlos Leonel Sanchez formed the great offensive triplet of the 'Ballet Azul'. His career also continues in Mexico playing for the San Luis de Potosi and Atlas de Guadalajara (even in a friendly it was a goal at Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu himself).[3]

In America's Cup in Montevideo, 1967, Araya was called by the Uruguayan press: The Chilean Garrincha.

Coaching career

He graduated as a football manager in Mexico[4] and coached Atlético Potosino in the 1987–88 season, with his compatriot Luis Cholo Castro in the squad.[5]

Back in Chile, he started an eponymous football academy based in Nebraska neighborhood in Lo Barnechea commune.[4]

Personal life

Araya Toro married a woman from San Luis Potosí, Mexico, where he would move after retiring from football.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Quijada, Vicente (23 January 2021). "Pedro Araya: El talentoso extremo de La Roja en los 60'". www.laroja.cl (in Spanish). FFCh. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  2. ↑ Mamrud, Roberto (29 February 2012). "Chile - Record International Players". RSSSF.
  3. 1 2 "Pedro Araya, el Alexis Sánchez del "Ballet Azul"" [Pedro Araya, Alexis Sánchez's "Blue Ballet"] (in Spanish). Diario La Tercera. 2 September 2011.
  4. 1 2 Fernández, Denís (20 February 2017). "Confesiones de Pedro Araya, el Garrincha chileno" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  5. ↑ (Pelota Azteca) Atlético Potosino, Temporada 1987-1988. on Facebook (in Spanish). 11 May 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2023.


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