Honorino Landa

Honorino Landa
	Landa in 1960
Personal information
Full name	Honorino Landa Vera
Date of birth	June 1, 1942
Place of birth	Puerto Natales, Chile
Date of death	May 30, 1987 (aged 44)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Unión Española
Senior career*
Years	Team
1959–1965	Unión Española
1966–1967	Green Cross-Temuco
1968	Magallanes
1969	Unión Española
1970	Deportes La Serena
1971–1972	Huachipato
1973	Unión Española
1974	Aviación
Total
International career
1961–1966	Chile
Managerial career
1982–1983	Unión Española
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Chile
FIFA World Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Honorino Landa Vera (1 June 1942 – 30 May 1987) was a Chilean footballer who played as a forward.^[1]

Club career

Once Landa received his high-school diploma in 1959, he went to play for the Unión Española team. In 1961, he scored 24 goals in the national championship; thanks to this, he was called up for the national team of his country. He stopped playing soccer in 1975.

International career

Landa was the youngest player of the Chile national team that won a third place medal at the 1962 FIFA World Cup on home soil; during the tournament, he was one of the disgraced players directly involved in the Battle of Santiago incident during the Group 2 match between Chile and Italy. After only 12 minutes, Italy's Giorgio Ferrini committed a hard foul on Landa and was sent off, but refused to leave the pitch and had to be dragged off by policemen; Landa retaliated with a punch a few minutes later, but was not sent off. Chile won the match 2–0.^[2] Landa also represented Chile at the 1966 FIFA World Cup.

Coaching career

From 1982 to 1983, he served as coach of Unión Española.^[3]

Personal life

Landa was born in Puerto Natales to a Chilean mother and a Spanish father. His father, Javier Landa, was a trader who came to Chile at the end of the 1920s, starting a hardware store called Sociedad Landa y De Carlos (Landa and De Carlos Company).^[3]

He had two brothers, Javier Jr. and Félix. Félix was also a footballer.^[3]

Death

Landa Vera died of cancer in a hospital in Santiago two days before his 45th birthday.

References

^ 1962 FIFA World Cup Chile Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
^ Murray, Scott (6 November 2003). "The Knowledge (November 6, 2003)". Guardian Online (UK). London. Retrieved 26 June 2006.
^ ^a ^b ^c Jara, Pedro (16 December 2022). "La región de Magallanes y su aporte a la selección chilena de fútbol". Asifuch (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 August 2023.

External links

Honorino Landa at PartidosdeLaRoja.com (in Spanish)

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[1] 1962 FIFA World Cup Chile Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine

[guardian-2] Murray, Scott (6 November 2003). "The Knowledge (November 6, 2003)". Guardian Online (UK). London. Retrieved 26 June 2006.

[jara-3] Jara, Pedro (16 December 2022). "La región de Magallanes y su aporte a la selección chilena de fútbol". Asifuch (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 August 2023.

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