{{short description|Chilean footballer (born 1937)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{family name hatnote|Astorga|Carreño|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Manuel Astorga | image = Manuel Astorga Carreño (2012).jpg | caption = Manuel Astorga in 2012 | fullname = Manuel Miguel Astorga Carreño | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1937|05|15|df=y}} | birth_place = Iquique, Chile | death_date = | height = {{height|m=1.75}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe52251/manuel-astorga/ | title=Manuel Astorga }}</ref> | position = Goalkeeper | years1 = 1956–1967 | clubs1 = Universidad de Chile | years2 = 1968–1971 | clubs2 = Huachipato | years3 = 1972–1973 | clubs3 = Magallanes | years4 = 1973–1974 | clubs4 = Universidad de Chile | years5 = 1975–1976 | clubs5 = Audax Italiano | nationalyears1 = 1960–1970 | nationalteam1 = Chile| nationalcaps1 = 10 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's football}} {{Medal|Country|{{fb|CHI}}}} {{Medal|Comp|FIFA World Cup}} {{Medal|3rd|1962 Chile|}} }}
'''Manuel Miguel Astorga Carreño''' (born 15 May 1937) is a Chilean kinesiologist and former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
==Club career== He started his career in 1956 with Universidad de Chile and was part of the famous ''Ballet Azul'' (Blue Ballet), as it was nicknamed Universidad de Chile in the 1960s.<ref name=meds>{{cite web |title=Feliz cumpleaños Don Manuel Astorga – MEDS |url=https://www.meds.cl/feliz-cumpleanos-don-manuel-astorga/ |website=www.meds.cl |access-date=25 June 2022 |language=es |date=19 October 2017}}</ref>
On 6 April 1965, Astorga was one of the constituent footballers of {{ill|lt=SIFUP|Sindicato de Futbolistas Profesionales de Chile|es|vertical-align=sup}}, the trade union of professionales footballers in Chile, alongside fellows such as Efraín Santander, Francisco Valdés, Misael Escuti, among others.<ref>{{cite web |title=Constitución Sifup |url=https://sifup.cl/sindicato/constitucion/# |website=sifup.cl |access-date=14 September 2022 |language=es}}</ref>
==International career== He made 10 appearances for Chile between 1960 and 1970.<ref>{{cite web |title=Manuel Astorga |url=https://www.partidosdelaroja.com/1970/01/manuel-astorga.html |website=Partidos de la Roja |access-date=25 June 2022 |language=es}}</ref> Also, he was part of the Chile squad in the 1962 FIFA World Cup.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160410082531/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/chile1962/teams/team=43925/players.html 1962 FIFA World Cup Chile]</ref>
==Personal life== He is the father of Manuel Astorga Jr.,<ref>{{Facebook |id=4675465469199011 |name= Manuel Astorga Jr.}}</ref> a fitness coach who has worked with the former tennis players Marcelo Ríos, Nicolás Massú and Tommy Haas, in addition to several football teams.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://cl.linkedin.com/in/manuel-astorga-1721296b |title=Manuel Astorga Jr. |publisher=LinkedIn }}</ref>
After playing football, Astorga did mountain climbing, taking part of the Chile national team that reached the top of Mount Everest in 1983.<ref name=meds/>
At the same time he was a footballer, he studied kinesiology and worked for both Universidad de Chile in the 1980s and Colo-Colo when the team became the Copa Libertadores champion, in addition to Deportes La Serena.<ref name=meds/> Also, he has worked for Barros Luco Hospital and MEDS Clinic.<ref name=meds/>
==Honours== ===Club=== ;Universidad de Chile * Primera División (5): 1959, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967
===Individual=== * Primera División Best Goalkeeper (3): 1962, 1963, 1964
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Chile Squad 1962 World Cup}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Astorga, Manuel}} Category:1937 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Iquique Category:Chilean men's footballers Category:Chile men's international footballers Category:Men's association football goalkeepers Category:Club Universidad de Chile footballers Category:Huachipato FC footballers Category:Deportes Magallanes footballers Category:Audax Italiano footballers Category:Chilean Primera División players Category:Primera B de Chile players Category:Chilean mountain climbers Category:1962 FIFA World Cup players Category:20th-century Chilean sportsmen Category:Kinesiologists
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