René Meléndez
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Meléndez and the second or maternal family name is Brito.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | René Orlando Meléndez Brito | ||
| Date of birth | 29 December 1928 | ||
| Place of birth | María Elena, Chile | ||
| Date of death | 14 November 2002 (aged 73) | ||
| Place of death | Vina del Mar, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1948–1956 | Everton | 208 | (119[1]) |
| 1957–1958 | Universidad de Chile | ||
| 1959–1960 | O'Higgins | ||
| 1961–1962 | Unión La Calera | ||
| 1963 | Deportes Colchagua | ||
| 1964 | Luis Cruz Martínez | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 August 2015. | |||
René Orlando Meléndez Brito (born 29 December 1928 – 14 November 2002) was a Chilean footballer.
He is well known in the Chilean football for be a key player in Everton de Viña del Mar’s two first league title obtention as well as who obtained the 1952 league top-scorer award after neting 30 goals.[2]
Honours
Club
- Everton
- Primera División de Chile (2): 1950, 1952
- Unión La Calera
References
- ↑ "Historia de Everton". Historiaeverton.cl. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
- ↑ "Tuvo oro y ahora el cielo". El Mercurio. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
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