# Manuel Astorga

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{{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](/source/Iquique%2C_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](/source/Goalkeeper_(association_football))
| years1 = 1956–1967
| clubs1 = [Universidad de Chile](/source/Club_Universidad_de_Chile)
| years2 = 1968–1971
| clubs2 = [Huachipato](/source/C.D._Huachipato)
| years3 = 1972–1973
| clubs3 = [Magallanes](/source/Deportes_Magallanes)
| years4 = 1973–1974
| clubs4 = [Universidad de Chile](/source/Club_Universidad_de_Chile)
| years5 = 1975–1976
| clubs5 = [Audax Italiano](/source/Audax_Italiano)
| nationalyears1 = 1960–1970 | nationalteam1 = [Chile](/source/Chile_national_football_team)| nationalcaps1 = 10 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| medaltemplates      = 
{{Medal|Sport|Men's [football](/source/Association_football)}}
{{Medal|Country|{{fb|CHI}}}}
{{Medal|Comp|[FIFA World Cup](/source/FIFA_World_Cup)}}
{{Medal|3rd|[1962 Chile](/source/1962_FIFA_World_Cup)|}}
}}

'''Manuel Miguel Astorga Carreño''' (born 15 May 1937) is a Chilean kinesiologist and former [footballer](/source/association_football) who played as a [goalkeeper](/source/Goalkeeper_(association_football)).

==Club career==
He started his career in 1956 with [Universidad de Chile](/source/Club_Universidad_de_Chile) and was part of the famous ''[Ballet Azul](/source/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](/source/trade_union) of professionales footballers in Chile, alongside fellows such as [Efraín Santander](/source/Efra%C3%ADn_Santander), [Francisco Valdés](/source/Francisco_Vald%C3%A9s), [Misael Escuti](/source/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](/source/Chile_national_football_team) 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](/source/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](/source/Marcelo_R%C3%ADos), [Nicolás Massú](/source/Nicol%C3%A1s_Mass%C3%BA) and [Tommy Haas](/source/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](/source/LinkedIn) }}</ref>

After playing football, Astorga did mountain climbing, taking part of the Chile national team that reached the top of [Mount Everest](/source/Mount_Everest) in 1983.<ref name=meds/>

At the same time he was a footballer, he studied [kinesiology](/source/kinesiology) and worked for both [Universidad de Chile](/source/Club_Universidad_de_Chile) in the 1980s and [Colo-Colo](/source/Colo-Colo) when the team became the [Copa Libertadores](/source/1991_Copa_Libertadores) champion, in addition to [Deportes La Serena](/source/Deportes_La_Serena).<ref name=meds/> Also, he has worked for [Barros Luco Hospital](/source/%3Aes%3AHospital_Barros_Luco_Trudeau) and MEDS Clinic.<ref name=meds/>

==Honours==
===Club===
;Universidad de Chile
* [Primera División](/source/Chilean_Primera_Divisi%C3%B3n) (5): [1959](/source/1959_Primera_Divisi%C3%B3n_de_Chile), [1962](/source/1962_Primera_Divisi%C3%B3n_de_Chile), [1964](/source/1964_Primera_Divisi%C3%B3n_de_Chile), [1965](/source/1965_Primera_Divisi%C3%B3n_de_Chile), [1967](/source/1967_Primera_Divisi%C3%B3n_de_Chile)

===Individual===
* [Primera División Best Goalkeeper](/source/Chilean_Primera_Divisi%C3%B3n) (3): [1962](/source/1962_Primera_Divisi%C3%B3n_de_Chile), [1963](/source/1963_Primera_Divisi%C3%B3n_de_Chile), [1964](/source/1964_Primera_Divisi%C3%B3n_de_Chile)

==References==
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{{Chile Squad 1962 World Cup}}

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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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