Manuel Miguel Astorga Carreño (born 15 May 1937) is a Chilean kinesiologist and former

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who played as a

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Club career

He started his career in 1956 with

Universidad de Chile The University of Chile () is a public research university in Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile (), is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is located in the co ...

and was part of the famous ''

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'' (Blue Ballet), as it was nicknamed Universidad de Chile in the 1960s.

International career

He made 10 appearances for

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between 1960 and 1970. Also, he was part of the Chile squad in the

1962 FIFA World Cup The 1962 FIFA World Cup was the 7th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. It was held from 30 May to 17 June 1962 in Chile. The qualification rounds took place between ...

Personal life

He is the father of Manuel Astorga Jr., a fitness coach who has worked with the former tennis players

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and

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, in addition to several football teams. After playing football, Astorga did mountain climbing, taking part of the Chile national team that reached the top of

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in 1983. At the same time he was a footballer, he studied

kinesiology Kinesiology () is the scientific study of human body movement. Kinesiology addresses physiological, anatomical, Biomechanics, biomechanical, Pathology, pathological, neuropsychological principles and mechanisms of movement. Applications of kines ...

and worked for both

in the 1980s and

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 ...

when the team became the

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champion, in addition to

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 ...

. Also, he has worked for Barros Luco Hospital and MEDS Clinic.

Honours

Club

;Universidad de Chile * Primera División (5):

1959 Events January * January 1 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 – Soviet lunar probe Luna 1 is the first human-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reaches the ...

1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria ...

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lynd ...

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of ...

Individual

* Primera División Best Goalkeeper (3):

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 ...

References

1937 births Living people Footballers from Iquique Chilean men's footballers Chile men's international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Club Universidad de Chile footballers Huachipato FC footballers Deportes Magallanes footballers Audax Italiano footballers Chilean Primera División players Primera B de Chile players Chilean mountain climbers 1962 FIFA World Cup players 20th-century Chilean sportsmen Kinesiologists {{Chile-footy-goalkeeper-stub