Francisco Nitsche
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Francisco José Carlos Nitsche Compán | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 20 February 1930||
Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
Date of death | 23 October 2018 | (aged 88)||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
Instituto Nacional | |||
1948–1949 | Unión Española | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1950–1965 | Unión Española | ||
1966–1968 | Audax Italiano | 39 | (0) |
International career | |||
1957–1965 | Chile | 6 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Francisco José Carlos Nitsche Compán (20 February 1930 – 23 October 2018) was a Chilean footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Career
[edit]As a youth player, Nitsche was with the team of Instituto Nacional, mainly as substitute of Sergio Litvak, who was the goalkeeper of Universidad Católica that won the Chilean Primera División title in 1954. He joined the Unión Española youth system in 1948 and was promoted to the first team in 1950, staying with them until 1965. He ended his career with Audax Italiano from 1966 to 1968.[1]
He played in six matches for the Chile national football team from 1957 to 1965.[2] He was also part of Chile's squad for the 1956 South American Championship.[3]
Personal life
[edit]His paternal grandfather was German and his mother was Andalucian.[1]
Honours
[edit]Unión Española
Chile
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Llanos Ibarra, Heriberto (9 November 2022). "El desconocido debut de Francisco Nitsche". Asifuch (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ "Francisco Nitsche". National Football Teams. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "South American Championship 1956". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "[28/04/1965] Perú-Chile 0:1". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 August 2023.
External links
[edit]- Francisco Nitsche at WorldFootball.net
- Francisco Nitsche at National-Football-Teams.com
- Francisco Nitsche at PartidosdeLaRoja.com (in Spanish)
- 1930 births
- 2018 deaths
- Footballers from Santiago, Chile
- Chilean people of German descent
- Chilean people of Andalusian descent
- Chilean people of Spanish descent
- Sportspeople of Spanish descent
- Chilean men's footballers
- Chile men's international footballers
- Unión Española footballers
- Audax Italiano footballers
- Chilean Primera División players
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- 20th-century Chilean sportsmen
- Chilean football biography stubs