Telésforo Segundo Báez Astudillo (16 August 1897 – 3 March 1946) was a Chilean

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who played as a forward.

Career

Born in

Valparaíso Valparaíso () is a major city, Communes of Chile, commune, Port, seaport, and naval base facility in the Valparaíso Region of Chile. Valparaíso was originally named after Valparaíso de Arriba, in Castilla–La Mancha, Castile-La Mancha, Spain ...

, Báez stood out as a player of

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in the 1910s. As a player of the second team, Santiago Wanderers II, he was suspended by both the club and the football league of Valparaíso in 1916 as he refused to play an official match against club La Cruz II in October 1915, switching to club Limache National with no licence. He went on playing for Limache National with no licence in 1916 despite belonging to Santiago Wanderers, he was finally suspended for three years. At international level, Báez made two appearances for the Chile national team in the 1919 South American Championship. He entered in the 0–6 loss against

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and the 0–2 loss against

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Controversy about Ángel Báez

Telésforo is frequently and wrongly listed in the Chile squad at the

1916 South American Championship The 1916 South American Championship () was the first continental championship for national association football teams in South America. It was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 2 to 17 July during Argentina's Independence Centenary commemo ...

and, consequently, named as the scorer of the first goal for Chile in the history of the South American Championship/Copa América. Ángel Báez, a player from club Thunder from

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, was really the player in the 1916 squad. Telésforo was probably confused with Ángel by the journals of Valparaíso at the time, according to the research of ASIFUCH, the association of Chilean football researchers. In addition, Telésforo was suspended for three years between 1916 and 1918.

Personal life

His younger brother,

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, was also a footballer who played for Santiago Wanderers,

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, among others clubs.

References

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Telésforo Báez
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