Manuel Miguel Astorga Carreño (born 15 May 1937) is a Chilean kinesiologist and former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
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.[2]
On 6 April 1965, Astorga was one of the constituent footballers of SIFUP [es], the trade union of professionales footballers in Chile, alongside fellows such as Efraín Santander, Francisco Valdés, Misael Escuti, among others.[3]
He made 10 appearances for Chile between 1960 and 1970.[4] Also, he was part of the Chile squad in the 1962 FIFA World Cup.[5]
He is the father of Manuel Astorga Jr.,[6] a fitness coach who has worked with the former tennis players Marcelo Ríos, Nicolás Massú and Tommy Haas, in addition to several football teams.[7]
After playing football, Astorga did mountain climbing, taking part of the Chile national team that reached the top of Mount Everest in 1983.[2]
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.[2] Also, he has worked for Barros Luco Hospital and MEDS Clinic.[2]
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