{{Short description|Chilean footballer (1939–2024)}} {{family name hatnote|Toro|Sánchez|lang=Spanish}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Jorge Toro | image = Jorge Toro, Estadio, 1959-07-02 (840).jpg | full_name = Jorge Luis Toro Sánchez | caoption = Toro in 1959 | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1939|01|10}} | birth_place = Santiago, Chile | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2024|02|16|1939|01|10}} | death_place = El Quisco, Chile | height = 1.72 m | position = Attacking midfielder | years1 = 1959–1962 | clubs1 = Colo-Colo | caps1 = 61 | goals1 = 18 | years2 = 1962–1963 | clubs2 = Sampdoria | caps2 = 16 | goals2 = 3 | years3 = 1963–1969 | clubs3 = Modena | caps3 = 154 | goals3 = 19 | years4 = 1969–1970 | clubs4 = → Hellas Verona (loan) | caps4 = 7 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 1971 | clubs5 = Colo-Colo | caps5 = 8 | goals5 = 1 | years6 = 1972–1973 | clubs6 = Unión Española | caps6 = 38 | goals6 = 20 | years7 = 1974 | clubs7 = Deportes Concepción | caps7 = 14 | goals7 = 5 | years8 = 1975 | clubs8 = Audax Italiano | caps8 = 12 | goals8 = 1 | years9 = 1976 | clubs9 = Deportes La Serena | caps9 = 7 | goals9 = 2 |totalcaps=317 |totalgoals=69 | nationalyears1 = 1959–1973 | nationalteam1 = Chile | nationalcaps1 = 29 | nationalgoals1 = 6 | manageryears1 = 1978 | managerclubs1 = Unión La Calera | manageryears2 = 1979 | managerclubs2 = Colchagua | manageryears3 = 1981 | managerclubs3 = Santiago Wanderers | manageryears4 = 1981 | managerclubs4 = San Antonio Unido | manageryears5 = 1982–1983 | managerclubs5 = Deportes Iquique | manageryears6 = 1984 | managerclubs6 = Unión La Calera | manageryears7 = 1985–1986 | managerclubs7 = Cobreloa | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's football}} {{Medal|Country|{{fb|CHI}}}} {{Medal|Comp|FIFA World Cup}} {{Medal|3rd|1962 Chile|}} }}

'''Jorge Luis Toro Sánchez''' (10 January 1939 – 16 February 2024) was a Chilean footballer who played as a midfielder. He represented his native country at the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile. He scored the second goal in Chile's 2-0 win over Italy at that tournament, in a match that is remembered as the Battle of Santiago. Toro died in El Quisco on 16 February 2024, at the age of 85.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fallece Jorge Toro, leyenda del fútbol chileno y parte del equipo del Mundial de 1962 |url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/Deportes/2024/02/16/1122018/fallecimiento-jorge-toro.html |access-date=17 February 2024 |publisher=Emol |date=16 February 2024}}</ref>

==Honours== '''Colo-Colo''' * Chilean Primera División: 1960

'''Unión Española''' * Primera División: 1973

'''Chile''' * FIFA World Cup third place: 1962

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==External links== * {{Worldfootball.net|jorge-toro|new_id=pe62337}} * [https://www.partidosdelaroja.com/1970/01/jorge-toro.html Jorge Toro] at PartidosdeLaRoja {{inlang|es}}

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