Honorino Landa
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| Full name | Honorino Landa Vera | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | June 1, 1942 | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Chile | |||||||||||||||
| Date of death | May 30, 1987 (aged 44) | |||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||||
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| Unión Española | ||||||||||||||||
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| Chile | ||||||||||||||||
Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | ||||||||||||||||
Honorino Landa Vera (1 June 1942, in Puerto Natales – 30 May 1987, in Santiago) was a Chilean footballer who played as a midfielder.[1]
Club career[]
Once Landa received his high-school diploma in 1959, he went to play for the Unión Española (Spanish Union) team. In 1961, he scored 24 goals in the national championship; thanks to this, he was called up for the national team of his country. He stopped playing soccer in 1975.
International career[]
Landa was the youngest player of the Chile national team that won a third place medal at the 1962 FIFA World Cup on home soil; during the tournament, he was one of the disgraced players directly involved in the Battle of Santiago incident during the Group 2 match between Chile and Italy. After only 12 minutes, Italy's Giorgio Ferrini committed a hard foul on Landa and was sent off, but refused to leave the pitch and had to be dragged off by policemen; Landa retaliated with a punch a few minutes later, but was not sent off. Chile won the match 2–0.[2] Landa also represented Chile at the 1966 FIFA World Cup.
Death[]
Landa Vera died of cancer in a hospital in Santiago two days before his 45th birthday.
References[]
- ^ 1962 FIFA World Cup Chile Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Murray, Scott (6 November 2003). "The Knowledge (November 6, 2003)". Guardian Online (UK). London. Retrieved 26 June 2006.
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