Ascanio Cortés
![]() Cortés in 1943 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ascanio Cortés Torres[1] | ||
Date of birth | 5 July 1914 | ||
Place of birth | Tocopilla, Chile | ||
Date of death | 7 February 1998 | (aged 83)||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
Esparta Tocopilla | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1930 | Tocopilla (city team) | ||
1932 | Sporting Tocopilla | ||
1933 | María Elena (city team) | ||
1934–1938 | Audax Italiano | ||
1939 | River Plate | 11 | (0) |
1940–1942 | Audax Italiano | ||
1943–1946 | Santiago National | ||
International career | |||
1935–1941 | Chile | 13 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ascanio Cortés Torres (5 July 1914 – 7 February 1998) was a Chilean footballer. He played in 13 matches for the Chile national football team from 1935 to 1941.[2] He was also part of Chile's squad for the 1935 South American Championship.[3]
Club career
[edit]Born in Tocopilla, Chile, Cortés was with club Esparta before joining Sporting Tocopilla in 1932. He also represented the city teams of Tocopilla and María Elena.[4] Cortés made his professional debut as a forward for Audax Italiano, aged 20, becoming a defender later. A historical player for them,[5] he moved to Argentina and signed with River Plate in 1939.[6] For River Plate, he made eleven appearances and was known for making the bicycle kick or chilena.[7]
Back in Chile, Cortés rejoined Audax Italiano until 1942. His last club was Santiago National.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ascanio Cortés". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ "Ascanio Cortés". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ "South American Championship 1935". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ Galaz-Mandakovic, Damir (17 June 2010). "Ascanio Cortés". Tocopilla y su Historia (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ "Títulos Primera División". www.audaxitaliano.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Ascanio Cortés Torres". www.monumentos.gob.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ "Oriundo de Tocopilla y propulsor de "la chilena": La historia del primer compatriota que jugó en River". CNN Chile (in Spanish). 6 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
External links
[edit]- Ascanio Cortés at WorldFootball.net
- Ascanio Cortés at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1914 births
- 1998 deaths
- People from Tocopilla
- Chilean men's footballers
- Chilean expatriate men's footballers
- Chile men's international footballers
- Chilean Primera División players
- Audax Italiano footballers
- Santiago National F.C. players
- Argentine Primera División players
- Club Atlético River Plate footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Chile
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
- Men's association football defenders
- Chilean football biography stubs