Once once more, Chilean football is in mourning. This Friday, The sensitive death of Jorge Américo Spedaletti, an Argentine nationalized Chilean player who marked an era in local football, was announced. Who was a figure in the last stage of the Blue Ballet, was going through a complex state of health. He died at the age of 74.
“We regret to inform you of the sensitive death of Mr. Jorge Américo Ramón Spedaletti González. Our sincere condolences to his Mrs. Mónica Pérez, his sons Patricio and Cristian. Rest in peace dear skinny. We will always remember that pleasant last meeting”, posted the official account of the Corporación Unión Española, who warned of the death during the followingnoon. Later, the Sifup joined the condolences.
The former soccer player was delicate. He was hospitalized at the Carlos Van Buren Hospital in Valparaíso, due to an infection due to a problem in one of his hips.
Spedaletti He began his career at the age of 16, in the lower Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata. He debuted in 1965 with the tripero team and was champion of the 1967 promotional tournament. In 1969 he arrived at national football, directly at the University of Chile. He was in the lay shop until 1973. He played the final stage of that U team that marked an era during the ’60s. He was champion of the Metropolitan Tournament and the First Division Championship that year.
Subsequently, he left for Unión Española, which had a glorious decade in the ’70s. With Luis Santibáñez on the bench, the Hispanic cast was consecrated as the Chilean champion in 1975 and reached the final of the Copa Libertadores that same year, once morest Independiente.
For 1976 he went to Everton, where he added his third First Division crown in the country. He had three different stages in the roulette table, the last in 1981. He also played in Deportes Concepción and Deportes Antofagasta, where he retired in 1982. El Flaco Spedaletti was in the national team, debuting in 1977.
In 2017, he spoke with La Tercera, from his home in El Tabo, opening passages of their intimacy. He became a fan of the U since he saw the blue shirt. And while he defended Everton, they offered him to play in Colo Colo, and he rejected the offer. “¿Vos you know that there was good money? But it is that you cannot play for the archrival. Today that happens as if nothing. I didn’t do it and I wouldn’t have done it for the world.” recognized.
Once the news was known, the U joined the memory of one of its greats. “As a Club, we regret the death of Jorge Américo Spedaletti, who was champion in 1969 together with the legendary Blue Ballet, scoring 66 goals with the blue shirt,” the lay cast published on their networks.
A new piece of news hits national football, which has had to face several games in recent times, such as that of Leonel Sanchezmaximum idol of the U and crack of Chile 1962, and Marco Cornez, champion goalkeeper with the Catholic.
