{{short description|Chilean footballer (1926-2005)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{family name hatnote|Escuti|Rovira|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Misael Escuti | image =Misael Escuti, Estadio, 1950-02-25 (354).jpg | caption = | fullname = Misael Escuti Rovira | birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|12|20|df=y}} | birth_place = Copiapó, Chile | death_date = {{Death date and age|2005|1|3|1926|12|20|df=y}} | death_place = Santiago, Chile | height = 178 cm | position = Goalkeeper | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Washington Berner <!--from Copiapó--> | youthyears2 = 1944–1945 | youthclubs2 = Santiago National | years1 = 1945 | clubs1 = Badminton | caps1 = 3 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 1946–1964 | clubs2 = Colo-Colo | caps2 = 417 | goals2 = 0 | totalcaps = 420 | totalgoals = 0 | nationalyears1 = 1948–1962 | nationalteam1 = Chile | nationalcaps1 = 40 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's football}} {{Medal|Country|{{fb|CHI}}}} {{Medal|Comp|FIFA World Cup}} {{Medal|3rd|1962 Chile|}} }} '''Misael Escuti Rovira''' (20 December 1926 – 3 January 2005) was a Chilean footballer of Italian ancestry, who played as a goalkeeper. He is remembered for being the key player with the Chile national team that reached third place in the 1962 FIFA World Cup tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe59038/misael-escuti/ |title=Misael Escuti |work=worldfootball.net |access-date=7 July 2021}}</ref>
==Career== Born in Copiapó, Chile, Escuti started playing football with local team Washington Berner. Still a youth player, Escuti continued in Santiago with a team based in Barrio Brasil before joining Santiago National. Later, he made his professional debut with Badminton.<ref>{{cite web |title=Misael Escuti Rovira: un gran arquero nacido en Copiapó |url=https://www.artenorte.cl/historias/misael-escuti-rovira-un-gran-arquero-nacido-en-copiapo |website=ArteNorte |access-date=23 July 2025 |language=es |date=30 November 2020}}</ref>
Constituted on 23 November 1956, Escuti was a leadership member of the ''Sindicato Profesional de Jugadores de Fútbol'' (Professional Trade Union of Football Players) in Chile. On 6 April 1965, Escuti 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, Hugo Lepe, 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>
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==External links== * {{FIFA player|49124}}
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