Carlos Pacheco (footballer)

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Carlos Pacheco
Personal information
Full name Carlos Gilberto Pacheco Cajas
Date of birth (1942-12-21)21 December 1942
Place of birth Valparaíso, Chile
Date of death 22 November 2021(2021-11-22) (aged 78)
Place of death Valparaíso, Chile
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Yelcho
1960–1962 Everton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963–1966 Everton 39 (2)
1967–1971 Unión Española 111 (7)
1972 Naval 25 (1)
1973 Palestino 3 (0)
1973 Bolívar
1974 Magallanes 13 (0)
1975 Santa Fe 1 (0)
1976 Deportivo Zacapa
International career
1963 Chile B
1971–1972 Chile 10 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carlos Gilberto Pacheco Cajas (21 December 1942 – 22 November 2021) was a Chilean football player who played as a midfielder for clubs in Chile and abroad and the Chile national team.

Club career[edit]

Born in Valparaíso, Chile, Pacheco was with Club Deportivo Yelcho from Las Zorras [es] neighbourhood before joining the Everton youth system in 1960.[2][3][1]

After playing for Everton until 1966, he switched to Unión Española,[3][4] becoming the team captain[5] alongside well known players such as Leonardo Véliz, Francisco Valdés, Juan Rodríguez Vega, among others.[6][7][8] In total, he made one hundred thirty nine appearances and scored seven goals for them until the 1971 season.

In his homeland, he also played for Naval de Talcahuano (1972),[9][10] Palestino (1973)[11] and Magallanes (1974).[12]

Abroad, he had stints with Bolívar (1974) in Bolivia, where he coincided with his compatriot Esteban Varas,[13] Independiente Santa Fe in Colombia[14] and Deportivo Zacapa in Guatemala, where he coincided with his compatriot Carlos Díaz.[15]

International career[edit]

Pacheco was called up to the Chile B squad by the coach Francisco Hormazábal with views to the 1966 World Cup qualifiers.[16]

Pacheco made ten appearances for the Chile national team[17] and scored a goal against Uruguay on 3 November 1971.[18][19] As a member of them, he won both the Copa del Pacífico [es] and the Copa Juan Pinto Durán [es] in 1971.[20]

Personal life[edit]

As a student, he attended both the Agustín Edwards school in Valparaíso and La Gratitud Nacional in Santiago.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c ""CAMBIAR O DESAPARECER" (2)" (JPG). Revista Estadio (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Partidos de La Roja: 5. 22 August 1968. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  2. ^ @corporacion_union_espanola (23 November 2021). "Carlos Pacheco Cajas(QEPD)" (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 September 2023 – via Instagram.
  3. ^ a b ""CAMBIAR O DESAPARECER" (1)" (JPG). Revista Estadio (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Partidos de La Roja: 4. 22 August 1968. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Union Española 1967 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  5. ^ @ueoficial (22 November 2021). "Como institución lamentamos el sensible fallecimiento de Carlos Pacheco Cajas". Retrieved 19 September 2023 – via Instagram.
  6. ^ Andreuzzi, Renato (23 September 2020). "Unión Española debuta en la Copa Libertadores 1971". Asifuch (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Club Deportivo UNIÓN ESPAÑOLA". Fútbol en América (in Spanish). 23 August 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  8. ^ "1971. Unión Española, de Chile". CONMEBOL (in Spanish). 10 May 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  9. ^ "Club Deportivo y Social NAVAL de Talcahuano". Fútbol en América (in Spanish). 21 July 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  10. ^ (Recuerdos del Fútbol Chileno Fotos y Vídeos.) 📷 Naval de Talcahuano 🇨🇱 📌 Año 1972 ⚽️ on Facebook (in Spanish). 28 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  11. ^ "Palestino 1973 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  12. ^ "Magallanes 1974 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  13. ^ "Club BOLÍVAR". Fútbol en América (in Spanish). 21 June 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  14. ^ "Perfil de Carlos Pacheco, : Info, noticias, partidos y estadísticas". besoccer.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  15. ^ (Antorcha Deportiva) Deportivo Zacapa en 1976 on Facebook (in Spanish). 28 November 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  16. ^ ""CAMBIAR O DESAPARECER" (3)" (JPG). Revista Estadio (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Partidos de La Roja: 6. 22 August 1968. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  17. ^ "Carlos Pacheco". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  18. ^ "[03/11/1971] Chile-Uruguay 5:0". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  19. ^ "El extenso invicto que ilusiona a la Roja ante Uruguay". AS Chile (in Spanish). 12 November 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  20. ^ "Recordamos el nacimiento del Bombardero de la Nación y dos importantes triunfos de la Selección Chilena". El Mostrador (in Spanish). 3 November 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2023.

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