Raúl Toro Julio

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Toro and the second or maternal family name is Julio.
Raúl Toro
Personal information
Full name Raúl Toro Julio
Date of birth (1911-02-21)21 February 1911
Place of birth Copiapó, Chile
Date of death 30 October 1982(1982-10-30) (aged 71)[1]
Place of death Santiago, Chile
Playing position Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1936–1938 Santiago Morning
1939–1942 Santiago Wanderers
National team
1936–1941 Chile 13 (12)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Raúl Toro Julio (21 February 1911 – 30 October 1982) was a former Chilean international footballer who played as a forward.[2] Several ex-footballers consider him the best player from the early history of football in Chile.[1]

International career

Toro was a successful attacker for the national team with 12 goals in 13 matches;[1] at the time of his retirement as international in 1941 he was Chile's top scorer before Guillermo Subiabre (who scored 10 times by 1930).

References

  1. 1 2 3 "A 31 años de la muerte de Raúl Toro Julio, reflexiones sobre la historia de nuestro balompié" (in Spanish). futchile.cl. 30 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "Raúl Toro". weltfussbal.de. Retrieved 30 Aug 2014.


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