Ramón Ignacio Unzaga Asla (18 July 1892 – 31 August 1923) was a

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who played as a

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. Born in Spain, he appeared for the Chile national team at international level.

Life

Born in

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, Spain, he emigrated to

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, Chile, in 1906 at 14 years of age, with his parents. In 1912 the twenty-year-old Unzaga impressed the Talcahuano sports delegation with his football ability, so they signed him to the football club. He began his career and adopted the Chilean nationality. Unzaga is attributed as the first person to create the

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, devising the move playing for his club team in 1914 in ''El Morro'' stadium of Talcahuano. The kick is labeled the ''chorera'' in honor of the team he played for that was called the ''escuela chorera'' (chorera school) at the time. In the

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of 1916 and 1920 playing for the Chile national team, Unzaga repeated the kick on various occasions in which the Argentine press labels the kick as ''la chilena''. Unzaga received many offers to play with international football clubs but always chose to stay with Club Atlético y de Fútbol Estrella de Mar of Talcahuano. On 15 May 2014, the municipality of Talcahuano inaugurated a monument of Ramon Unzaga in his honor. Since that Unzaga's move was born in the ''El Morro Stadium'', is in its honor that the stadium was renamed after him.

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Ramón Unzaga
at PartidosdeLaRoja.com
Ramón Unzaga
at NuevaEstrelladelMar.com 1892 births 1923 deaths Footballers from Bilbao Spanish emigrants to Chile Spanish expatriates in Chile Spanish men's footballers Naturalized citizens of Chile Chilean men's footballers Chilean people of Basque descent Chile men's international footballers Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Men's association football midfielders {{Chile-footy-bio-stub