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

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who played as a

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for clubs in Chile and Guatemala.

Club career

Santander came to

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

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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

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

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in 1961. In 1972 he moved to Guatemala and joined

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. After a step with

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, he returned to Municipal and won the .

International career

Since he was 16 years old, he was a Chile youth international footballer. In 1960 he took part of the Chile U20 squad with

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as coach. At senior level, he made an appearance for the

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in the match against

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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

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of professionales footballers in Chile, alongside fellows such as Misael Escuti,

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, among others.

Honours

Colo-Colo *

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* (1): Municipal *

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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 {{Chile-footy-goalkeeper-stub