Pedro Araya Toro

Pedro Araya
Personal information
Full name	Pedro Damián Araya Toro
Date of birth	23 January 1942 (age 82)
Place of birth	Santiago, Chile
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Right Winger
Youth career
	Universidad de Chile
Senior career*
Years	Team
1961–1971	Universidad de Chile
1971–1973	Real San Luis
1973–1978	Atlas
International career
1964–1971	Chile
Managerial career
1987–1988	Atlético Potosino
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pedro Damián Araya Toro (born 23 January 1942), known as Pedro Araya,^[1] is a Chilean former football player who played as a right winger.

Playing career[edit]

Toro represented the Chile national team at the 1966 World Cup, and played all three matches for the squad. Between 1964 and 1972, he was capped 65 times and scored 14 goals for his country.^[2]

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).^[3]

In America's Cup in Montevideo, 1967, Araya was called by the Uruguayan press: The Chilean Garrincha.

Honors[edit]

Chilean League: 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967

Coaching career[edit]

He graduated as a football manager in Mexico^[4] and coached Atlético Potosino in the 1987–88 season, with his compatriot Luis Cholo Castro in the squad.^[5]

Back in Chile, he started an eponymous football academy based in Nebraska neighborhood in Lo Barnechea commune.^[4]

Personal life[edit]

Araya Toro married a woman from San Luis Potosí, Mexico, where he would move after retiring from football.^[3]

References[edit]

^ Quijada, Vicente (23 January 2021). "Pedro Araya: El talentoso extremo de La Roja en los 60'". www.laroja.cl (in Spanish). FFCh. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
^ Mamrud, Roberto (29 February 2012). "Chile - Record International Players". RSSSF.
^ ^a ^b "Pedro Araya, el Alexis Sánchez del "Ballet Azul"" [Pedro Araya, Alexis Sánchez's "Blue Ballet"] (in Spanish). Diario La Tercera. 2 September 2011. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
^ ^a ^b Fernández, Denís (20 February 2017). "Confesiones de Pedro Araya, el Garrincha chileno" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
^ (Pelota Azteca) Atlético Potosino, Temporada 1987-1988. on Facebook (in Spanish). 11 May 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2023.

External links[edit]

Pedro Araya Toro at National-Football-Teams.com
Pedro Araya at PartidosdelaRoja (in Spanish)
FIFA statistics

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[1] Quijada, Vicente (23 January 2021). "Pedro Araya: El talentoso extremo de La Roja en los 60'". www.laroja.cl (in Spanish). FFCh. Retrieved 22 August 2022.

[2] Mamrud, Roberto (29 February 2012). "Chile - Record International Players". RSSSF.

[DLT-3] "Pedro Araya, el Alexis Sánchez del "Ballet Azul"" [Pedro Araya, Alexis Sánchez's "Blue Ballet"] (in Spanish). Diario La Tercera. 2 September 2011. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2012.

[fernandez-4] Fernández, Denís (20 February 2017). "Confesiones de Pedro Araya, el Garrincha chileno" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 14 March 2023.

[5] (Pelota Azteca) Atlético Potosino, Temporada 1987-1988. on Facebook (in Spanish). 11 May 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2023.

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