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Santiago Salfate

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Santiago Salfate
Salfate on Estadio in 1945
Personal information
Full name Santiago Segundo Salfate Núñez
Date of birth (1916-01-12)12 January 1916
Place of birth Iquique, Chile
Date of death 24 September 2010(2010-09-24) (aged 94)
Place of death Santiago, Chile
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Unión Pueblo Nuevo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1935 Alessandri Boca Juniors
1936–1938 Iquique (city team)
1938–1944 Colo-Colo 107 (4)
1945–1949 Green Cross
International career
1942–1946 Chile 11 (1)
Managerial career
1959 Coquimbo Unido
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Santiago Segundo Salfate Núñez (12 January 1916 – 24 September 2010) was a Chilean footballer.

Career

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He played in eleven matches for the Chile national football team from 1942 to 1946.[1] He was also part of Chile's squad for the 1942 South American Championship.[2]

At club level, Salfate was trained for Unión Pueblo Nuevo. He started his career with Alessandri Boca Juniors from Iquique in 1935 and later represented the Iquique city team, becoming amateur national champion. Next, he played for Colo-Colo and Green Cross.[3][4]

He also had a brief career as manager since he coached Coquimbo Unido in 1959.[4][5]

Personal life

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Before playing football, Salfate worked in saltpeter works and tugboats. He also had a handicraft studio at home.[3]

His grandson, Mauricio "Yoyo" Salfate, honored him publishing "Invicto" (Undefeated), a comic book about his life.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Santiago Salfate". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  2. ^ "South American Championship 1942". RSSSF. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Reyes, Luis (20 January 2025). "Fue capitán del último campeón invicto del fútbol chileno: "Era como Medel, pero con el temple de Zamorano"". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Santiago Salfate". crear.cl (in Spanish). Fundación Crear. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  5. ^ "60 AÑOS DE FUERZA Y CORAJE: COQUIMBO UNIDO" (PDF). Retrieved 11 October 2022.
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