Fernando Cornejo (footballer, Born 1969)
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Fernando Andrés Cornejo Jiménez (28 January 1969 – 24 January 2009) was a
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an
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midfielder. He died of stomach cancer on 24 January 2009, at age 39.


Club career

He played domestically for O'Higgins,
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and Universidad Católica.


International career

He was capped 33 times and scored 2 goals for the Chile national team between 1991 and 2000, including two games at the
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. In addition, he played for Chile B against England B on 10 February 1998. Chile won by 2-1.


Career statistics


International goals


Personal life

He is the father of the professional footballer Fernando Cornejo Miranda. He was nicknamed ''Corazón de Minero'' (Miner's Heart) due to the fact that he was a notable player of
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, a club based in Calama highly related with the copper mining.


Honours


Club

;Cobreloa *
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, 2003–A, 2003–C, 2004–C


References


External links

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Cancer Diagnosis
at Cooperativa.cl

at Cooperativa.cl
Death
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