Héctor Puebla

Hector Puebla
Personal information
Full name	Héctor Puebla Saavedra
Date of birth	10 July 1955 (age 69)
Place of birth	La Ligua, Chile
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1977–1979	Lota Schwager
1980–1996	Cobreloa
International career‡
1984–1990	Chile
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 July 2021; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 July 2021

Héctor Puebla Saavedra (born 10 July 1955) is a Chilean footballer commonly known for playing in Cobreloa during sixteen years.^[1]

Career

Nicknamed "El Ligua" after his home town, he came to Cobreloa in 1980 from southern Chilean soccer team Lota Schwager, where he played as a striker, and slowly became a central defender he was while playing for Cobreloa.^[2]

Puebla played many games for the national squad. In a game against Argentina in the Copa America of 1989, he annulled the world's top Diego Maradona. Diego later gave Puebla his jersey. He played 34 matches for Chile, scoring 1 goal between 1984 and 1990, making his debut on 1984-06-17 in a game against England.

Honours

Club

Cobreloa

Primera División de Chile (1): 1980, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1992
Copa Libertadores Runner-up (2): 1981, 1982

References

^ "Héctor Puebla". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
^ "Las mil historias de Héctor "Ligua" Puebla, el siete pulmones chileno" (in Spanish). Economía y Negocios. 4 November 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2020.

External links

Héctor Puebla at National-Football-Teams.com

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[1] "Héctor Puebla". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 17 August 2021.

[2] "Las mil historias de Héctor "Ligua" Puebla, el siete pulmones chileno" (in Spanish). Economía y Negocios. 4 November 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2020.

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