Víctor Cabrera (Chilean footballer)

Víctor Hugo Cabrera Sánchez (born 9 November 1957) is a Chilean former footballer.

Víctor "Pititore" Cabrera
Personal information
Full name Víctor Hugo Cabrera Sánchez
Date of birth (1957-11-09) 9 November 1957 (age 67)
Place of birth Quillota, Chile
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1981 San Luis 118 (65)
1982 Everton 64 (16)
1983–1984 Regional Atacama 33 (21)
1985 Colo-Colo 28 (8)
1986 Everton 19 (2)
1987 Deportes Concepción 16 (3)
1988 Deportes La Serena 8 (0)
1989 Unión La Calera 15 (2)
1990–1992 Regional Atacama 26 (4)
1993 Quintero Unido
International career
1982 Chile
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He has been one of the most prolific goalscorers in Chilean football history.[1]

International career

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He was part of a Chile squad which was called Selección Joven (young squad), with Luis Santibáñez as the team coach, that was preparing for the 1982 FIFA World Cup.[2]

Personal life

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He is better known by his nickname Pititore: a fusion between Pituco, a Chilean way of referring to people from the aristocracy, and Cantatore, the surname of the football coach Vicente, who was well-known at the time. The nickname was born when Cabrera worked as a cleaner for wealthy women – "viejas pitucas" according to him – and used to sing (cantar in Spanish), turning the word cantar into Cantatore.[3]

Honours

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Club

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San Luis Quillota
Colo-Colo

Individual

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References

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  1. ^ "Una vida sin volteretas". El Mercurio de Valparaíso. 25 October 2004. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Aquellos astros que nunca jugaron por la Roja". Guioteca.com (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  3. ^ ""Pititore" Cabrera, "Petrolero" Cáceres, "La Nona" Muñoz y "Torito" Millape... Cuatro futbolistas revelan el origen de sus apodos". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 8 May 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2022.