Francisco Armando Alam Iturra (born 1 August 1979) is a 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 at both professional and international levels as a defender.

Career

Atura spent his entire professional career in Chile, playing with

Santiago Wanderers Club de Deportes Santiago Wanderers is a football club based in Valparaíso, a founding member of the Chilean Football Federation. Their home ground, Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, is in the north-west of the city. Wanderers have played their ...

Unión La Calera Unión La Calera is a Chilean football club based in La Calera, Chile. The club competes in the Primera División de Chile. It was founded as Club de Deportes La Calera on 26 January 1954, after the merger of three teams from the city: ''Condor' ...

and

Unión San Felipe Unión San Felipe is a Chilean football club, their hometown is San Felipe in the V Región of Valparaíso. They play in the second level of the Chilean football league, the Primera B. The club was founded on October 16, 1956 with the merger ...

. Born in Chile, Atura earned 24 caps for the Palestinian national side between 2002 and 2006, appearing in five FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.

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Francisco Atura
at MemoriaWanderers 1979 births Living people People from Quillota Province Footballers from Valparaíso Region Chilean people of Palestinian descent Chilean men's footballers Naturalized citizens of Palestine Palestinian men's footballers Palestine men's international footballers Palestinian expatriate men's footballers International sportspeople born abroad Chilean Primera División players Tercera División de Chile players Santiago Wanderers footballers Unión San Felipe footballers Primera B de Chile players Unión La Calera footballers Palestinian expatriate sportspeople in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Men's association football defenders {{Chile-footy-defender-stub