Manuel Astorga

Manuel Astorga in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Manuel Miguel Astorga Carreño
Date of birth	(1937-05-15) 15 May 1937 (age 86)
Place of birth	Iquique, Chile
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1956–1967	Universidad de Chile
1968–1971	Huachipato
1972–1973	Magallanes
1973–1974	Universidad de Chile
1975–1976	Audax Italiano
International career
1960–1970	Chile	10	(0)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Chile FIFA World Cup 1962 Chile
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Manuel Miguel Astorga Carreño (born 15 May 1937) is a Chilean kinesiologist and former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

He started his career in 1956 with Universidad de Chile and was part of the famous Ballet Azul (Blue Ballet), as it was nicknamed Universidad de Chile in the 1960s.^[2]

International career

He made 10 appearances for Chile between 1960 and 1970.^[3] Also, he was part of the Chile squad in the 1962 FIFA World Cup.^[4]

Personal life

He is the father of Manuel Astorga Jr.,^[5] a fitness coach who has worked with the former tennis players Marcelo Ríos, Nicolás Massú and Tommy Haas, in addition to several football teams.^[6]

After playing football, Astorga did mountain climbing, taking part of the Chile national team that reached the top of Mount Everest in 1983.^[2]

At the same time he was a footballer, he studied kinesiology and worked for both Universidad de Chile in the 1980s and Colo-Colo when the team became the Copa Libertadores champion, in addition to Deportes La Serena.^[2] Also, he has worked for Barros Luco Hospital and MEDS Clinic.^[2]

Honours

Club

Universidad de Chile

• Primera División (5): 1959, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967

Individual

• Primera División Best Goalkeeper (3): 1962, 1963, 1964