René Meléndez
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | René Orlando Meléndez Brito | ||
Date of birth | 29 December 1928 | ||
Place of birth | María Elena, Chile | ||
Date of death | 14 November 2002 | (aged 73)||
Place of death | Vina del Mar, Chile | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1948–1956 | Everton | 208 | (119[1]) |
1957–1958 | Universidad de Chile | ||
1959–1960 | O'Higgins | ||
1961–1962 | Unión La Calera | ||
1963 | Deportes Colchagua | ||
1964 | Luis Cruz Martínez | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 August 2015 |
René Orlando Meléndez Brito (born 29 December 1928 – 14 November 2002) was a Chilean footballer.
He is well known in the Chilean football for be a key player in Everton de Viña del Mar’s two first league title obtention as well as who obtained the 1952 league top-scorer award after netting 30 goals.[2]
Honours[]
Club[]
- Everton
- Unión La Calera
References[]
- ^ "Historia de Everton". Historiaeverton.cl. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
- ^ "Tuvo oro y ahora el cielo". El Mercurio. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
Categories:
- 1928 births
- 2002 deaths
- Chilean Primera División players
- Everton de Viña del Mar footballers
- Universidad de Chile footballers
- O'Higgins F.C. footballers
- Unión La Calera footballers
- Deportes Colchagua footballers
- Luis Cruz Martínez footballers
- Association football forwards
- Chilean footballers
- Chilean football forward stubs