Armando Contreras
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Luis Armando Contreras Reyes | ||
Date of birth | 15 June 1919 | ||
Place of birth | Aguas Blancas, Chile | ||
Date of death | 3 August 1991 | (aged 72)||
Place of death | Santiago, Chile | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Youth career | |||
Escuela 57 | |||
Colo-Colo | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1939–1943 | Colo-Colo | 83 | (45) |
1943–1944 | Banfield | ||
1944–1946 | Colo-Colo | 30 | (12) |
1946–1947 | América | ||
International career | |||
1941–1945 | Chile | 14 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Luis Armando Contreras Reyes (15 June 1919 – 3 August 1991), known as Armando Contreras, was a Chilean footballer who played as a winger.
Club career
[edit]Born in Aguas Blancas [es], an extinct commune in the current Antofagasta Province, Contreras made his debut with Colo-Colo in 20 May 1939.[1]
In 1943–44 he played for Argentine club Banfield.[2]
Back in Chile, he rejoined Colo-Colo until 1946. In total, he made 137 appearances and scored 70 goals in all tournaments for them.[1]
At the end of his career, he played for Mexican club América.[3]
International career
[edit]He played in 14 matches for the Chile national football team from 1941 to 1945.[4] He was also part of Chile's squad for the 1941 South American Championship.[5]
Personal life
[edit]He was nicknamed and well-known as Norton Contreras.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Historia de Colo-Colo - Armando Contreras". historiadecolocolo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ Vasconcellos Fraga, Johny (3 December 2017). "BANFIELD * PARTE 1". ANOTANDO FÚTBOL * (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ "HISTÓRICO Colo-Colo campeón 1947". Somos Chile - Colo Colo (in Spanish). 7 February 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
y Armando 'Norton' Contreras parte al América de México
- ^ "Armando Contreras". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ "South American Championship 1941". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ "Apodos de la Roja". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 July 2023.
External links
[edit]- Armando Contreras Reyes at WorldFootball.net
- Armando Contreras Reyes at National-Football-Teams.com
- Armando Contreras at PlaymakerStats.com
- Armando Contreras at PartidosdeLaRoja.com (in Spanish)
- 1919 births
- 1991 deaths
- People from Antofagasta Province
- Chilean men's footballers
- Chilean expatriate men's footballers
- Chile men's international footballers
- Chilean Primera División players
- Colo-Colo footballers
- Argentine Primera División players
- Club Atlético Banfield footballers
- Liga MX players
- Club América footballers
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
- Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina
- Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
- Men's association football midfielders
- Chilean football biography stubs