Francisco Segundo Valdés Muñoz, (19 March 1943 - 10 August 2009), nicknamed Chamaco, was a

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...

an footballer and manager. Recognized as one of

's most important

midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in t ...

s, with 215 official goals, he is the top scorer in the history of Chilean league.

Career

Valdés always played in the

an first division league, where he became the top scorer in their history with 215 goals in 478 official matches, leaving behind Pedro "Heidi" Gonzalez with 212 goals. He is the maximum gunner for

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 ...

in official tournaments with 180 goals scored (179 in 353 matches during the

an national championship and 1 goal during the liguilla Copa Libertadores) and the top scorer in

Copa Libertadores The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as Copa Libertadores de América (), is an annual continental club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in South American club football. The tournam ...

with 20 goals in 44 matches. He was the brains, and alongside Carlos Caszely, the star of

1973, and the champion in 1963 and 1972. He was also runner-up on the

de America in 1973. Selected by the Chile national team, he played 50 matches, scoring 9 goals. He was the

offensive midfielder in the England 1966 and Germany 1974 FIFA World Cups. In 1973, he was runner-up of the Copa Libertadores with Colo Colo, he was also the captain of the Chile national team.

Personal life

On 6 April 1965, Valdés was one of the constituent footballers of , the

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of professionales footballers in Chile, alongside fellows such as

Efraín Santander Segundo Efraín Santander Cancino (born 7 December 1941), known as Efraín Santander, is a Chilean former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for clubs in Chile and Guatem ...

, Mario Ortiz, Hugo Lepe, among others. He was the uncle of Chilean footballer Sebastián "Chamagol" González. He died of heart failure at his home at the age of 66.

Honours

;

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: 1963, 1972 *

Copa Chile The Copa Chile (''Chile Cup'') is an annual cup competition for Chilean football teams. Due to time constraints and club pressure, the trophy was cancelled in 2000, but returned in 2008. Its precursor was the Campeonato de Apertura (''Opening Ch ...

: 1974

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