 Eyzaguirre in 2012 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Luis Armando Eyzaguirre Silva | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 22 June 1939 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Right back | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1956-1967 | Universidad de Chile | 230 | (25) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 230 | (25) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1959-1966 | [1] | 70 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Luis Armando Eyzaguirre Silva (born 22 June 1939), also known as Fifo, is a former Chilean football player. He played right back in the Universidad de Chile football team known as the Ballet Azul, with which he won five national championships.
He played in 1959 Copa América[2] and in the FIFA World Cup he achieved third place with the Chilean national selection for the 1962 FIFA World Cup and was one of the players involved in the Battle of Santiago incident during the Group 2 match between Chile and Italy. He played one match in the 1966 FIFA World Cup.[3] He was considered one of the best right back of his time, next to the Brazilian Djalma Santos. He played 39 matches for his country between 1959 and 1966.[4] He was one of the players invited by FIFA to play in a commemorative game celebrating the centennial anniversary of football.
