Raúl Águila

Raúl Águila
Águila with Audax Italiano in 1952
Personal information
Full name Raúl Cornelio Águila Herrera
Date of birth (1930-09-16)16 September 1930
Place of birth Arica, Chile
Date of death 29 September 2016(2016-09-29) (aged 86)
Place of death La Florida, Chile
Position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1951–1963 Audax Italiano
1964–1966 Unión San Felipe 68 (4)
International career
1956–1957 Chile 7 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Raúl Cornelio Águila Herrera (16 September 1930 – 29 September 2016) was a Chilean footballer. He played in seven matches for the Chile national football team in 1956 and 1957.[1] He was also part of Chile's squad for the 1957 South American Championship.[2]

Career

On 6 April 1965, Águila was one of the constituent footballers of SIFUP [es], the trade union of professionales footballers in Chile, alongside fellows such as Pedro Araya, Manuel Astorga, Juan Rodríguez Vega, among others.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Raúl Águila". National Football Teams. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  2. ^ "South American Championship 1957". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Constitución Sifup". sifup.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 September 2022.