Fernando Cornejo
Fernando Andrés Cornejo Jiménez (January 28, 1969 – January 24, 2009) was a Chilean football midfielder.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Fernando Andrés Cornejo Jiménez | ||
Date of birth | 28 January 1969 | ||
Place of birth | Rengo, Chile | ||
Date of death | 24 January 2009 39) | (aged||
Place of death | Santiago, Chile | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Playing position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
O'Higgins | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1990–1991 | O'Higgins | ||
1992–1997 | Cobreloa | 82 | (13) |
1998–1999 | Universidad Católica | 36 | (1) |
2000–2004 | Cobreloa | 116 | (21) |
National team | |||
1991–2000 | Chile | 33 | (2) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
He was capped 36 times and scored 2 goals for the Chile national team between 1991 and 2000, including two games at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He died of stomach cancer on January 24, 2009, four days before his 40th birthday.[1]
He played domestically for O'Higgins, Cobreloa and Universidad Católica.
Career statistics
International goals
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | ||||||||
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1. | 15 December 1996 | Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina | 1–1 | Draw | 1998 World Cup qualification | |||||||||
2. | 4 January 1997 | Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar, Chile | 7–0 | Win | Friendly | |||||||||
Correct as of 7 October 2015[2][3][4] | ||||||||||||||
Honours
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References
External links
- Fernando Cornejo at National-Football-Teams.com
- Cancer Diagnosis at Cooperativa.cl
- Health Status at Cooperativa.cl
- Death at La Tercera
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