Pedro Damián Araya Toro (born 23 January 1942), known as Pedro Araya, is a Chilean former

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player who played as a

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Playing career

Toro represented the Chile national team at the

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, and played all three matches for the squad. Between 1964 and 1972, he was capped 65 times and scored 14 goals for his country. A very skillful and fast player, Araya played as a classic "number 7" (the shirt number associated with an "outside" forward). Along with Campos and Carlos Leonel Sanchez formed the great offensive triplet of the 'Ballet Azul'. His career also continues in Mexico playing for the San Luis de Potosi and Atlas de Guadalajara (even in a friendly it was a goal at Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu himself). In America's Cup in Montevideo, 1967, Araya was called by the Uruguayan press: The Chilean Garrincha.

Honors

* Chilean League: 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967

Coaching career

He graduated as a

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in Mexico and coached

Atlético Potosino Club Atletico Potosino was a Mexican football team that played most of their years in the Mexican First Division. Was last held in the city of San Luis Potosi, Mexico. They were known by the nickname of ''Cachorros'' and played with blue unifor ...

in the 1987–88 season, with his compatriot Luis ''Cholo'' Castro in the squad.(Pelota Azteca
Atlético Potosino, Temporada 1987-1988.
on Facebook . 11 May 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2023. Back in Chile, he started an eponymous football academy based in Nebraska neighborhood in

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commune.

Personal life

Araya Toro married a woman from San Luis Potosí, Mexico, where he would move after retiring from football.

References

External links

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Pedro Araya
at PartidosdelaRoja

1942 births 1966 FIFA World Cup players 1967 South American Championship players Atlas F.C. footballers Chile men's international footballers Chilean expatriate football managers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Chilean football managers Chilean men's footballers Chilean people of Basque descent Chilean Primera División players Club Universidad de Chile footballers Expatriate football managers in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Footballers from Santiago, Chile Liga MX managers Liga MX players Living people Men's association football wingers San Luis F.C. players 20th-century Chilean sportsmen {{Chile-footy-midfielder-stub