Chile · 1970–77

Rafael González

Stalwart CB, also CDM Right-footed anchor

Rating

82

#31

Editorial rank of 33 for Chile

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Colo-Colo fans of the early seventies remember him beside Leonel Herrera at centre-back, the pair who took the club to the 1973 Copa Libertadores final and lost it to Independiente in extra time of a Montevideo playoff. Chile took him to the 1974 World Cup, one stop among his twenty caps, and his medals include three league titles, two with Colo-Colo in 1970 and 1972 and one with Unión Española in 1977, plus the 1974 Copa Chile.

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One rank above: Mark González at #30.

One rank below: Waldo Ponce at #32.

Chile's editorial top five: Elías Figueroa · Alexis Sánchez · Iván Zamorano · Arturo Vidal · Claudio Bravo.