Segundo Efraín Santander Cancino (born 7 December 1941), known as Efraín Santander, is a Chilean former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a

goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i ...

for clubs in Chile and Guatemala.

Club career

Santander came to

Colo-Colo Colo-Colo (), officially Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo, is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano, it competes in the Chilean Primera División, from which the club has never been ...

youth system from La Calera. At senior level, he won two

national league National League often refers to: *National League (baseball), one of the two baseball leagues constituting Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada *National League (division), the fifth division of the English football (soccer) system ...

titles in 1969 and 1970, becoming one of the few goalkeepers from the youth system who have won any league. In addition, he won the friendly , where competed

Dynamo Moscow MGO VFSO "Dynamo" (), commonly known as Dynamo Moscow (), is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. Founded by Felix Dzerzhinsky on 18 April 1923, Dynamo Moscow was the first institution created from the All-Union Dynamo Sports Club. Dynamo Mosco ...

Corinthians The First Epistle to the Corinthians () is one of the Pauline epistles, part of the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The epistle is attributed to Paul the Apostle and a co-author, Sosthenes, and is addressed to the Christian church in C ...

, among other clubs. In Chile, he also had a brief step on loan at

Deportes La Serena Club de Deportes La Serena S.A.D.P., is a Chilean football club based in the city of La Serena, Coquimbo Region. The club was founded 9 December 1955 and plays in the second division of the Chilean football league. Their home games are play ...

in 1961. In 1972, he moved to

Guatemala Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b ...

and joined

Municipal A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the gov ...

. After a step with

Juventud Católica Juventud, a Spanish word meaning youth, or Juventude, its Portuguese equivalent, may refer to: Places *Isla de la Juventud, Cuba People *Juventud Guerrera, ring name of Mexican professional wrestler Eduardo Aníbal González Hernández also know ...

, he returned to Municipal and won the .

International career

Since he was 16 years old, he was a Chile youth international footballer. He represented Chile U20 in the 1958 South American Championship alongside players such as José Sulantay, Jorge Venegas,

Alberto Fouillioux Alberto Jorge Fouillioux Ahumada (22 November 1940 – 23 June 2018) was a Chilean football midfielder and striker who earned 70 caps and scored 12 goals for the Chile national team during his career. Career Fouillioux made his debut for Un ...

, among others. In 1960 he took part of the Chile U20 squad with

Hernán Carrasco Hernán Carrasco Vivanco (29 March 1923 – 10 September 2023) was a Chilean football manager. Career Carrasco created a legacy in El Salvador by winning five Primera División titles with Alianza F.C. in 1966, 1967, 1989 and CONCACAF Champio ...

as coach. At senior level, he made an appearance for the Chile national team in the match against

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

on 21 August 1968.

Personal life

Santander was nicknamed ''El Negro'' (The Black One). On 6 April 1965, Santander was one of the constituent footballers of , the

trade union A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...

of professionales footballers in Chile, alongside fellows such as

Misael Escuti Misael Escuti Rovira (20 December 1926 – 3 January 2005) was a Chilean footballer of Italian ancestry, who played as a goalkeeper. He is remembered for being the key player with the Chile national team that reached third place in the 1962 FIF ...

Francisco Valdés Francisco Segundo Valdés Muñoz, (19 March 1943 - 10 August 2009), nicknamed Chamaco, was a Chilean footballer and manager. Recognized as one of Chile's most important midfielders, with 215 official goals, he is the top scorer in the history of ...

Hugo Lepe Hugo Mario Lepe Gajardo (14 April 1940 – 4 July 1991) was a Chilean football defender who played for Chile in the 1962 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Club Universidad de Chile. Personal life On 6 April 1965, Lepe was one of the constitu ...

, among others.

Honours

Colo-Colo *

Chilean Primera División The Chilean Primera División () is a professional association football league in Chile and the highest level of the Chilean football league system. Founded in 1933, it is organized by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (ANFP). The l ...

(2):

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...

* (1): Municipal *

Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala The Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala (National Football League of Guatemala), officially known as the Liga Guate Banrural for sponsorship reasons, formerly known as Liga'' ''Mayor A (Major League A) is a professional football division in Guat ...

(1): Chile * (1):

References

External links

* *
Efraín Santander
at PartidosdeLaRoja
Efraín Santander
at PlaymakerStats 1941 births Living people People from Los Andes Province, Chile Footballers from Valparaíso Region Chilean men's footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chile men's international footballers Chile men's youth international footballers Chile men's under-20 international footballers Colo-Colo footballers Deportes La Serena footballers C.S.D. Municipal players Chilean Primera División players Primera B de Chile players Salvadoran Primera División players Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala players Chilean expatriate sportspeople in El Salvador Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Guatemala Expatriate men's footballers in El Salvador Expatriate men's footballers in Guatemala Men's association football goalkeepers 20th-century Chilean sportsmen {{Chile-footy-goalkeeper-stub