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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Prieto and the second or maternal family name is Urrejola.

Andrés Rafael Prieto Urrejola (19 December 1928 – 25 September 2022) was a Chilean football forward who played for Chile in the 1950 FIFA World Cup.[1][2] He also played for Club Deportivo Universidad Católica.[1]

International career

Prieto represented Chile at youth level in the 1949 Juventud de América Tournament, alongside players such as Misael Escuti, Manuel Álvarez, Arturo Farías, among others.[3]

At senior level, he made 16 appearances for the Chile national team and scored 8 goals.[4]

Personal life and death

His father, Fernando Prieto Concha, nicknamed Palomeque, was one of the founders of C.D. Green Cross as well as a forward of the same club.[3]

Prieto was the older brother of the Chilean former international footballer, Ignacio Prieto.[1] His son, José Antonio or Toño, is a well-known sports journalist in Chilean radio media.[5]

His nickname was Chuleta (Cheat Sheet) since he was a primary student.[3]

Prieto died on 25 September 2022, at the age of 93.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c Jawad, H: Soccerama 01, pp3-32
  2. ^ 1950 FIFA World Cup Brazil
  3. ^ a b c "Chuleta Prieto cumple 90 años" (in Spanish). La Tercera. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Andrés Prieto". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Toño Prieto homenajeó a su padre Andrés en su cumpleaños 92 con su gol en el Mundial de 1950". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 20 December 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  6. ^ Muere Andrés Prieto, leyenda del fútbol chileno y mundialista con la Roja en 1950 (in Spanish)
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