David Arellano

David Arellano
Personal information
Full name David Alfonso Arellano Moraga
Date of birth (1901-07-29)29 July 1901
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Date of death 3 May 1927(1927-05-03) (aged 25)
Place of death Valladolid, Spain
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward, winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1919–1925 Magallanes
1925–1927 Colo Colo
International career
1924–1926 Chile 6 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Alfonso Arellano Moraga (29 July 1901 – 3 May 1927) was a Chilean footballer and founder of the Colo Colo football club. A winger,[1] he scored in the 1926 South American Championship (Copa América)[2] and is considered one of the best Chilean football players in history.

  1. ^ "¿Dónde murió David Arellano? La historia del fundador de Colo Colo". AS (in Spanish). 19 April 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  2. ^ Tabeira, Martín (12 August 2009). "Southamerican Championship 1926". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 27 October 2019.