Francisco Segundo Valdés Muñoz, (19 March 1943 - 10 August 2009), nicknamed Chamaco, was a Chilean footballer and manager. Recognized as one of Chile's most important midfielders, with 215 official goals, he is the top scorer in the history of Chilean league.

Career

Valdés always played in the Chilean first division league, where he became the top scorer in their history with 215 goals in 478 official matches, leaving behind Pedro "Heidi" Gonzalez with 212 goals. He is the maximum gunner for Colo Colo in official tournaments with 180 goals scored (179 in 353 matches during the Chilean national championship and 1 goal during the liguilla Copa Libertadores) and the top scorer in Copa Libertadores with 20 goals in 44 matches.

Francisco Valdés

He was the brains, and alongside Carlos Caszely, the star of Colo Colo 1973, and the champion in 1963 and 1972. He was also runner-up on the Copa Libertadores de America in 1973.

Francisco Valdés

Selected by the Chile national team, he played 50 matches, scoring 9 goals. He was the Chile offensive midfielder in the England 1966 and Germany 1974 FIFA World Cups. In 1973, he was runner-up of the Copa Libertadores with Colo Colo, he was also the captain of the Chile national team.

Francisco Valdés

Personal life

On 6 April 1965, Valdés was one of the constituent footballers of , the trade union of professionales footballers in Chile, alongside fellows such as Efraín Santander, Mario Ortiz, Hugo Lepe, among others.

He was the uncle of Chilean footballer Sebastián "Chamagol" González.

He died of heart failure at his home at the age of 66.

Honours

Colo Colo

Primera División de Chile: 1963, 1972

Copa Chile: 1974

References

External links

FIFA statistics

1943 births

2009 deaths

Footballers from Santiago

Chilean men's footballers

Chile men's international footballers

1966 FIFA World Cup players

1974 FIFA World Cup players

1975 Copa América players

Colo-Colo footballers

Unión Española footballers

C.D. Antofagasta footballers

Santiago Wanderers footballers

C.D. Cobreloa footballers

San Marcos de Arica footballers

Chilean Primera División players

Chilean football managers

San Luis de Quillota managers

Coquimbo Unido managers

Lota Schwager managers

Deportes Puerto Montt managers

Rangers de Talca managers

Magallanes managers

Primera B de Chile managers

Men's association football midfielders