Raimundo Infante Rencoret (2 February 1928 – 7 September 1986) was a Chilean

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who played for

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in the

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. He also played for

Club Deportivo Universidad Católica Club Deportivo Universidad Católica is a professional football club based in Santiago, Chile. Founded in 1937 they play in the Primera División, the top flight of Chilean football. The team has played its home games at Estadio San Carlos d ...

Career

A historical player of Universidad Católica, he is one of the most prolific goalscorer in the club history with 113 goals. He also had stints in France with

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(1951) and Venezuela with Deportivo Vasco (1953). At international level, he made 13 appearances and scored three goals for the Chile national team from 1947 to 1950.

Personal life

Infante joined Club Deportivo Universidad Católica in 1946 being a student of architecture at the university of the same name. At the same time he was a football player, he was a renowned painter who promoted the

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alongside fellows such as Pablo Buchard Jr., Alfonso Luco and Emilio Hermansen under the influence of

Joan Miró Joan Miró i Ferrà ( , , ; 20 April 1893 – 25 December 1983) was a Catalan painter, sculptor and ceramicist born in Barcelona. A museum dedicated to his work, the Fundació Joan Miró, was established in his native city of Barcelona i ...

, according to the book ''Historia de la pintura chilena'' (History of Chilean painting). Following his retiremeent as a football player, he went on a career as professor.

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FIFA profileRaimundo Infante
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