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Uruguay Gustavo Graffigna Banhoffer, also known as Uri Banhoffer or Yuri Banhoffer (14 January 1948 – 12 March 2021[1]), was a Uruguayan footballer who played for clubs in Uruguay, Chile, the Netherlands and the United States.

He died from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile, and Alzheimer's disease.

Career

Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, Graffigna moved to Chile in 1968 after playing for Defensor Sporting in his homeland.[2] He helped Unión San Felipe win the 1971 Primera División title and after a spell with Antofagasta, he moved to Mexico to play for C.F. Pachuca.[3]

Graffigna played two seasons in the NASL for the Los Angeles Aztecs and won the championship in 1974.[4] He next moved to the Netherlands where he joined Eerste Divisie club PEC Zwolle. Graffigna spent three seasons with PEC,[5] and had a goal disallowed as the club lost the 1976–77 KNVB Cup final to FC Twente.[6] In 1978 he clinched promotion to Holland's top level after winning the Eerste Divisie league title.[7] He left for Chile in 1979 after his father died there and to be close to his mother.[8]

Personal life

He naturalized Chilean in 2015, keeping the Uruguayan nationality.[9]

In 1968, he came to Chile to join Unión La Calera where his older brother, Pedro Graffigna,[10] played since 1966.[9]

He lived in Quillota, Chile.[9]

References

  1. ^ A los 73 años falleció Uruguay Graffigna, ídolo de San Luis de Quillota Archived 14 March 2021 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Leal, Patricio (5 July 2004). "Garra y talento futboleros" (in Spanish). El Mercurio de Valparaíso.
  3. ^ van Enckevort, John (28 October 2013). "Great seasons: Union San Felipe (Chile) 1971". Soccer Stories.
  4. ^ Levin, Dan (2 September 1974). "The penalty for success". Sports Illustrated.
  5. ^ "Banhoffer, opgewonden standje in Zwolle" (in Dutch). De Stentor. 6 July 2010.
  6. ^ "José Graffigna: Wereldburger en zoon van Yuri Banhoffer" (in Dutch). PEC Zwolle. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  7. ^ "In Memoriam: Yuri Banhoffer" (in Dutch). PEC Zwolle. 13 March 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  8. ^ Yuri Banhoffer blijft voor altijd verbonden aan PEC Zwolle - De Stentor (in Dutch)
  9. ^ a b c Morales Salinas, Claudio (17 April 2015). "Uruguay Graffigna ya es chileno: el querido ex futbolista obtuvo la doble nacionalidad". SoyChile (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  10. ^ "Pedro GRAFFIGNA". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 September 2022.

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