Roberto Santiago Luco Belmar (9 January 1907 – 16 August 1974) was a Chilean footballer.
.jpg) Luco with Boca Juniors in 1934 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Roberto Santiago Luco Belmar | ||
| Date of birth | 9 January 1907 | ||
| Place of birth | Antofagasta, Chile | ||
| Date of death | 16 August 1974 (aged 67) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1930–1931 | Bádminton | ||
| 1932–1933 | Colo-Colo | ||
| 1934–1936 | Boca Juniors | 9 | (0) |
| 1936–1939 | Colo-Colo | ||
| International career | |||
| 1933 | Combinado del Pacífico | ||
| 1939 | Chile | 3 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editBorn in Antofagasta, Luco began his career playing for the amateur team of Curicó at the beginning of the 1930s and then he played for Badminton and Colo-Colo[1] before moving to Argentina and joining Boca Juniors in 1934. The deal was for thirty four thousand Chilean pesos, a lot of money at these time, becoming the first Chilean to play for that club and the second one to play in Argentina after Iván Mayo, who played for Vélez Sarsfield. Along with Boca Juniors, he won two local championships and then he returned Colo-Colo, winning the first professional title for the club in 1937.[2]
International career
editIn 1933, he took part of the Combinado del Pacífico (Pacific Ocean Team), a squad made up for both Chilean and Peruvian players,[3] that played friendly matches in both America and Europe[1]
For the Chile national football team, he played in three matches in 1939.[4] He was also part of Chile's squad for the 1939 South American Championship.[5]
Honours
edit- Boca Juniors
- Colo-Colo
- Chilean Primera División (2): 1937, 1939
References
edit- ^ a b @MMF_Chile (12 August 2020). "Roberto Luco, otro jugador que merece ser recordado y jamás olvidado en "MMF No te olvida"" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 July 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Waldo Ponce: siguiendo la huella que inició Luco". www.larompieron.cl (in Spanish). 6 July 2009. Archived from the original on 18 December 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ ""Combinado del Pacífico": el día que Chile y Perú jugaron juntos y formaron una sola Selección". BioBioChile (in Spanish). Radio Bío-Bío. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ "Roberto Luco". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ "South American Championship 1939". RSSSF. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
External links
edit- Roberto Luco at PartidosdeLaRoja (in Spanish)