Juan Carlos Letelier
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Juan Carlos Letelier Pizarro (born 20 May 1959 in
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) is a former football striker from
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, who was
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d "Pato" and/or "Lete". He played for his native country at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in
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. He played 57 times for his country scoring 18 goals between 1979 and 1989, scoring the last goal against
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International career

At the international level, Letelier played for the Chilean team for an entire decade, making 57 appearances and scoring 18 goals between 1979 and 1989; his last international match came against
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on 3 September 1989.


Honours


Club

*
Cobreloa Club de Deportes Cobreloa S.A.D.P. (), commonly referred to as Cobreloa, is a Chilean football professional club based in Calama, Región de Antofagasta, Chile. That competes in the Primera B. The club's home ground is the Estadio Zorros del ...
** Chilean League: 1982, 1986 * Universitario ** Peruvian League: 1992 * Sporting Cristal ** Peruvian League: 1994


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Letelier, Juan Carlos 1959 births Living people Footballers from Valparaíso Chilean men's footballers Chilean people of French descent Sport Club Internacional players Independiente Medellín footballers Santiago Wanderers footballers C.D. Cobreloa footballers C.D. Antofagasta footballers Cruz Azul footballers Club Universitario de Deportes footballers Sporting Cristal footballers Deportes La Serena footballers Audax Italiano footballers Caracas FC players Chilean Primera División players Liga MX players Peruvian Primera División players Categoría Primera A players Men's association football forwards Chile men's international footballers 1982 FIFA World Cup players 1983 Copa América players Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Colombia Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Peru Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Venezuela 1987 Copa América players 1989 Copa América players Chilean expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Colombia Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Peru Expatriate men's footballers in Venezuela