Jorge Luis Toro Sánchez (10 January 1939 – 16 February 2024) was a Chilean

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er who played as a

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. He represented his native country at the

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in Chile. He scored the second goal in Chile's 2-0 win over

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at that tournament, in a match that is remembered as the Battle of Santiago. Toro died in

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on 16 February 2024, at the age of 85.

Honours

Colo-Colo *

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: 1960 Unión Española * Primera División: 1973 Chile *

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third place:

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Jorge Toro
at PartidosdeLaRoja 1939 births 2024 deaths Footballers from Santiago, Chile Chilean men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Chile men's international footballers 1962 FIFA World Cup players Chilean Primera División players Primera B de Chile players Serie A players Serie B players Colo-Colo footballers Unión Española footballers Deportes Concepción (Chile) footballers Audax Italiano footballers Deportes La Serena footballers UC Sampdoria players Modena FC 2018 players Hellas Verona FC players Chilean football managers Chilean Primera División managers Primera B de Chile managers Unión La Calera managers CD Colchagua managers Santiago Wanderers managers Deportes Iquique managers C.D. Cobreloa managers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy 20th-century Chilean sportsmen {{Chile-footy-midfielder-stub