Jorge Benjamín Araya Quezada (21 September 1924 – 28 December 1992) was a Chilean footballer who played as a forward.
_(cropped).jpg) Araya in 1946 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jorge Benjamín Araya Quezada | ||
| Date of birth | 21 September 1924 | ||
| Date of death | 28 December 1992 (aged 68) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Green Cross | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1944–1947 | Green Cross | ||
| 1948–1950 | Universidad de Chile | 52 | (32) |
| 1952 | Green Cross | ||
| International career | |||
| 1946–1947 | Chile | 8 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career edit
A product of Green Cross, Araya played for them until 1947 and also in 1952,[1][2] winning the league title in 1945,[3] and Universidad de Chile from 1948 to 1950.[4][5][6][7]
At international level, he played in eight matches for the Chile national football team from 1946 to 1947.[8] He was also part of Chile's squad for the 1947 South American Championship.[9]
Honours edit
Green Cross
References edit
- ^ "ARAYA" (JPG). Revista Estadio (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Partidos de La Roja. 23 June 1945.
- ^ "Club de Deportes GREEN CROSS". Fútbol en América (in Spanish). 2 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ Rodríguez, Jorge (11 March 2016). "Green Cross, el trágico recuerdo de un equipo inolvidable: Historia de los clubes chilenos". Guioteca.com (in Spanish). El Mercurio. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ "U. de Chile - campañas - 1948". www.chuncho.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ "U. de Chile - campañas - 1949". www.chuncho.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ Salviat, Julio (11 May 2023). "100 años del Santa Laura: el querido estadio de mi infancia". Diario El Ágora (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ "U. de Chile - campañas - 1950". www.chuncho.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ "Jorge Benjamín Araya". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ "South American Championship 1947". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
External links edit
- Jorge Benjamín Araya at National-Football-Teams.com
- Jorge Benjamín Araya at WorldFootball.net
- Jorge Araya at PartidosdeLaRoja.com (in Spanish)
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