Franklin Erasmo Lobos Ramírez (born June 2, 1957 in

Copiapó Copiapó () is a city and commune in northern Chile, located about 65 kilometers east of the coastal town of Caldera. Founded on December 8, 1744, it is the capital of Copiapó Province and Atacama Region. Copiapó lies about 800 km north ...

) is a retired

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

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. Lobos debuted in 1980 for

Regional Atacama Regional Atacama was a Chilean football club based in the city of Copiapó, Atacama Region. The club was founded in 1979, playing a total of six season at the top level of Chilean football during its 18-year existence. In 1998, the club was f ...

, and retired in 1995, playing for the same club he started his career with. He was nicknamed ''El Mortero Mágico'' (The Magic Mortar). He eventually became a

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and was one of the miners trapped underground for two months in the

2010 Copiapó mining accident The 2010 Copiapó mining accident, also known then as the "Chilean mining accident", began on 5 August 2010, with a cave-in at the San José copper–gold mine, located in the Atacama Desert north of the regional capital of Copiapó, in nort ...

. On October 13, 2010, Lobos was the 27th of 33 miners to be rescued.

Football career

Club

Lobos made his professional debut for Chilean

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team

in 1980, scoring in his first match for the club. After leaving Regional Atacama in 1981, Lobos played a year with

Deportes Antofagasta Deportes Antofagasta is a Chilean football club based in the city of Antofagasta currently playing in the Campeonato Nacional. The club's home stadium is the Estadio Bicentenario Calvo y Bascuñán, which has a capacity of 21,178. History The ...

before moving to

Cobresal Club de Deportes Cobresal or simply Cobresal, is a Chilean football club based in El Salvador, Atacama, a Chilean mining camp, and participates in Campeonato Nacional. The team was founded on 5 May 1979, and the name of the club comes from the l ...

in 1983. In what would be the first of his two stints with Cobresal, Lobos tasted success in his first year as the team representing the small mining town of

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won the 1983 Second Division title. In the national championship of Chile of 1984, Cobresal was runner-up. Lobos returned to Deportes Antofagasta for 1986 and 1987. In 1988, he rejoined Cobresal where he played until 1989. Until leaving high level football in 1995, Lobos played for a number of clubs including La Serena,

Santiago Wanderers Club de Deportes Santiago Wanderers is a football club based in Valparaíso, a founding member of the Chilean Football Federation. Their home ground, Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, is in the north-west of the city. Wanderers have played their ...

Municipal Iquique Club de Deportes Iquique S.A.D.P. is a Chilean football club based in Iquique that is a current member of the Primera B. Founded in 1978, the club's home stadium is the Estadio Tierra de Campeones, which has a 13,171 capacity. Iquique has spent ...

and

Unión La Calera Unión La Calera is a Chilean football club based in La Calera and competes the Primera División de Chile. It was founded as Club de Deportes La Calera on 26 January 1954, after the merger of three teams from the city: ''Condor'', ''Calera Come ...

. He was known for his powerful free kicks.

International

Lobos represented

in the

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, a qualifying tournament for the 1984 Olympic Games.

Honours

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with Cobresal

After football

After his sporting career ended Lobos became a taxi-driver and, in 2005, a

. He worked as a truck driver in the Copiapó mine, where in August 2010, he was one of the 33 miners trapped in the

.Former Player Is Among 33 Stranded Miners
NY Times, August 27, 2010 He was the 27th miner to be rescued on October 13
''peoplestar.co.uk'', Retrieved on 2010-10-13. and thus holds the record for the seventh longest time ever being trapped underground.

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was asked by the rescue team for all the miners, including Lobos, to be honored with the record. He has two daughters.

References

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