René Meléndez

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Meléndez and the second or maternal family name is Brito.
René Meléndez
Personal information
Full name René Orlando Meléndez Brito
Date of birth (1928-12-29)29 December 1928
Place of birth María Elena, Chile
Date of death 14 November 2002(2002-11-14) (aged 73)
Place of death Vina del Mar, Chile
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1948–1956 Everton 208 (119[1])
1957–1958 Universidad de Chile
1959–1960 O'Higgins
1961–1962 Unión La Calera
1963 Deportes Colchagua
1964 Luis Cruz Martínez

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 August 2015.


René Orlando Meléndez Brito (born 29 December 1928 – 14 November 2002) was a Chilean footballer.

He is well known in the Chilean football for be a key player in Everton de Viña del Mar’s two first league title obtention as well as who obtained the 1952 league top-scorer award after neting 30 goals.[2]

Honours

Club

Everton
Unión La Calera

References

  1. "Historia de Everton". Historiaeverton.cl. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  2. "Tuvo oro y ahora el cielo". El Mercurio. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
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