Elías Figueroa

**Elías Figueroa** (born 25 October 1946) is a former Chilean football player. He has played for Chile national team.

## Club career statistics

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|1964||Unión La Calera||Primera División||30||0
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|1965||rowspan="2"|Santiago Wanderers||rowspan="2"|Primera División||30||0
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|1966||24||0

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|1967||rowspan="5"|Peñarol||rowspan="5"|Primera División||||
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|1968||||
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|1969||||
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|1970||||
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|1971||||

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|1971||rowspan="6"|Internacional||rowspan="6"|Série A||3||0
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|1972||26||1
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|1973||40||2
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|1974||23||1
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|1975||25||3
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|1976||22||1

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|1977||rowspan="4"|Palestino||rowspan="4"|Primera División||34||1
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|1978||33||3
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|1979||24||1
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|1980||27||1

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|1981||Fort Lauderdale Strikers||NASL||22||0

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|1982||Colo-Colo||Primera División||17||0
219||6
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139||8
22||0
380||14
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## International career statistics

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|1966||||
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|1967||||
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|1968||||
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|1969||||
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|1970||||
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|1971||||
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|1972||||
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|1973||||
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|1974||5||0
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|1975||0||0
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|1976||0||0
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|1977||5||2
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|1978||0||0
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|1979||8||1
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|1980||2||0
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|1981||2||0
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|1982||7||0
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!Total||47||2
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## Honours

**Peñarol
- Primera División: 1967, 1968
- Intercontinental Champions' Supercup: 1969
- Copa Libertadores runner-up: 1970

**Internacional**
- Campeonato Gaúcho: 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 1975, 1976

**Palestino**
- Copa Chile: 1977
- Primera División: 1978

**Chile**
- Copa América runner-up: 1979

**Individual'''
|style="color:black; background:silver; width:700px;"|Distinctions|style="color:black; background:silver; width:250px;"|Year|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|All-Star Team of 1974 FIFA World Cup Best defense of the tournament|1974|||
|South American Footballer of the Year|1974, 1975, 1976|||
|Third place South American Footballer of the Year|1977|||
|Best South American defense of the year|1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977|||
|Best global defense of the year|1974, 1975, 1976, 1977|||
|Bola de Ouro Brazil's best player|1972, 1976|||
|Bola de Prata Brazil's best defense of the year|1972, 1974, 1975, 1976|||
|Best player of Uruguay|1967, 1968, 1971|||
|Best foreigner player of the century in Brazil|2001|||
||Best foreigner player of the century in Uruguay|2000||
|Best footballer of the year in Chile|1966, 1981|||
|Best sportsman of the year of Chile|1981|||
|Chilean Footballer of the History of Circle of Sports Journalists of Chile|1999|||
|N° 37 The World's best Player of the Century IFFHS|1999/2000|||
|N° 8 South America best Player of the Century IFFHS|1999/2000|||
|N° 1 Chilean best Player of the Century IFFHS|1999/2000|||
|N° 1 South America best Defender of the Century IFFHS|1999/2000|||
|List FIFA 100 of Pelé|2004|||
|Member of South American Team of the 20th Century|1999|||
|Member of historical team by the American Cup|2011|||
|Member of Dream Team of Peñarol of all time|2002|||
|Member Bicentennial Team of Santiago Wanderers|2010|||
|Most influential footballer in the history of Sport Club Internacional of Porto Alegre.|2012|||
|Placar magazine (Brazil) N 19° in published a list of the best 100 players of all time|1999|||
|Playboy Brazil magazine N 13° in published a list of voted among the best in history|2005|||
|World Soccer magazine; selected in published a list of the best 50 players of all time|2010|||
|Sports Illustrated Latino; Elected at the eleventh ideal of the past 50 years of South American football|2012|||
|Distinction as Ambassador to the UN by the Sports Program for Development and Peace|2002|||
|Distinction of the order "Knight of Rio Branco" granted by the Federative Republic of Brazil|2000|||
|Award of CONMEBOL by exalt to South American soccer|2009|||
|Member of the Walk of Fame Stadium Maracana|2000|||
|Was nominated constantly to Selection of the World and South America from 19 years|1966–1982|||
|Was only player alongside Hugo Sánchez that has participated in three World Cups alternately|1966– 1974- 1982|||
|Sent off just once in 18-year career|1965–1983|||
|Was captain in all teams where he played|1966–1982|||
|IFFHS South America Men's Team of All Time|2021|||
|Copa América Historical Dream Team|2011|||

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Elías Figueroa
- **image**: Don_Elías_Figueroa.jpg
- **caption**: Figueroa pictured in 2011
- **fullname**: Elías Ricardo Figueroa Brander
- **birth place**: Valparaíso, Chile
- **height**: 1.86 m
- **position**: Sweeper (association football), Sweeper, centre-back
- **youthyears1**: 1962–1964
- **youthclubs1**: Santiago Wanderers
- **years1**: 1964–1966
- **clubs1**: Santiago Wanderers
- **caps1**: 54
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 1964
- **clubs2**: → Unión La Calera (loan)
- **caps2**: 30
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 1967–1972
- **clubs3**: CA Peñarol, Peñarol
- **caps3**: 214
- **goals3**: 7
- **years4**: 1972–1976
- **clubs4**: Sport Club Internacional, Internacional
- **caps4**: 336
- **goals4**: 27
- **years5**: 1977–1980
- **clubs5**: CD Palestino, Palestino
- **caps5**: 118
- **goals5**: 6
- **years6**: 1981
- **clubs6**: Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1977–83), Fort Lauderdale Strikers
- **caps6**: 22
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 1981–1982
- **clubs7**: Colo-Colo
- **caps7**: 17
- **goals7**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 791
- **totalgoals**: 40
- **nationalyears1**: 1966–1982
- **nationalteam1**: Chile national football team, Chile
- **nationalcaps1**: 47
- **nationalgoals1**: 3
- **manageryears1**: 1994–1996
- **managerclubs1**: CD Palestino, Palestino