Carlos Caszely
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Carlos Humberto Caszely Garrido | ||
| Date of birth | July 5, 1950 | ||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Colo-Colo | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1967–1973 | Colo-Colo | 123 | (62) |
| 1973–1974 | Levante UD | ? | (15) |
| 1974–1978 | RCD Espanyol | 46 | (20) |
| 1978–1983 | Colo-Colo | 165 | (89) |
| 1984 | New York Cosmos | 8 | (4) |
| 1985 | Colo-Colo | ||
| 1986 | Barcelona Sporting Club | 8 | (4) |
| National team | |||
| 1969–1985 | Chile | 49 | (29) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Carlos Humberto Caszely Garrido (born July 5, 1950 in Santiago, Chile) is a former Chilean footballer, nicknamed "Rey del metro cuadrado" (English: King of the square meter, Portuguese: O Rei do Metro Quadrado).
Regarded as one of Chile's most important players, between 1969 and 1985, Caszely won 49 caps and scored 29 goals for the Chile national team, including participations in the 1974 and 1982 World Cups.
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[edit] Career
Cazsely played for several football teams in his career, including Colo-Colo (1968–1973), Levante UD (1973–1974), RCD Espanyol (1974–1978), finally returning to Colo-Colo (1974–1978).
During the opening 1974 FIFA World Cup match against West Germany, Caszely was controversially given a red card by the match referee, becoming the first player to be sent off in this manner. Red and yellow cards had already been introduced in the past World Cup (1970).
Today he works as a host for several sport related TV shows in Canal 13, a Chilean based TV station and plays football at amateur level for a team called "Colo-Colo 1973", composed of former Colo-Colo players.
[edit] Participation in the World Cup
| World | Seat | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 FIFA World Cup |  Germany |
1º Round |
| 1982 FIFA World Cup |  Spain |
1º Round |
[edit] Honours
[edit] Club
Colo Colo
- Chilean League: 1970, 1972, 1979, 1981, 1983
[edit] Individual
- Chilean League's Top Scorer: 1979, 1980, 1981
- 1973 Copa Libertadores: Top Scorer
[edit] References
- Carlos Caszely at National-Football-Teams.com
- (Spanish) Player profile
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- 1950 births
- Living people
- Chilean footballers
- Chilean expatriate footballers
- Chile international footballers
- Association football forwards
- 1974 FIFA World Cup players
- 1982 FIFA World Cup players
- 1979 Copa América players
- People from Santiago
- La Liga footballers
- RCD Espanyol footballers
- Levante UD footballers
- Chilean Primera División players
- CSD Colo-Colo players
- New York Cosmos players
- Barcelona Sporting Club footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Ecuador
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Chilean people of Hungarian descent
