Marco Antonio Cornez Bravo (15 October 1957 – 21 May 2022) was a Chilean

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who played as a

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who for

Club Deportivo Palestino Club Deportivo Palestino is a professional football club based in the city of Santiago, Chile. The club was founded in 1920 and plays in the Primera División de Chile. They play their home games at the Estadio Municipal de La Cisterna stadium ...

, Universidad Católica,

Club de 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 ...

Everton de Viña del Mar Everton de Viña del Mar is a Chilean football club based in the city of Viña del Mar. The club was founded 24 June 1909 after a group of Anglo-Chilean teenagers formed a football club and named it after the English team Everton who had re ...

and

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 ...

, scoring 24 goals between 1975 and 1998. Cornez was an unused reserve goalkeeper for

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at the

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. His international career lasted from 1982 to 1995, during which time he won 20 caps. He discovered

Christiane Endler Claudia Christiane Endler Mutinelli (born 23 July 1991) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as goalkeeper for Division 1 Féminine club Lyon and the Chile national team. She has previously played for Colo-Colo, Valencia, Paris Sain ...

. He died on 21 May 2022 from stomach cancer that was diagnosed several months earlier.

Personal life

Cornez was the biological father of

Nicolás Córdova Nicolas Andrés Córdova San Cristóbal (, born 9 February 1979) is a Chilean football manager and former Association football, footballer. He is the manager of Al-Rayyan SC, Al-Rayyan. Playing career Córdova began his career in Colo-Colo of Ch ...

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* 1957 births 2022 deaths Footballers from Santiago Chilean footballers Chile men's international footballers Club Deportivo Palestino footballers Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers C.D. Antofagasta footballers C.D. Regional Atacama footballers Everton de Viña del Mar footballers Deportes Linares footballers Deportes Temuco footballers Deportes Iquique footballers Men's association football goalkeepers 1982 FIFA World Cup players 1983 Copa América players 1987 Copa América players 1989 Copa América players 1991 Copa América players 1995 Copa América players Deaths from stomach cancer Deaths from cancer in Chile {{Chile-footy-goalkeeper-stub