Héctor Puebla

Hector Puebla
Personal information
Full name Héctor Puebla Saavedra
Date of birth (1955-07-10) 10 July 1955 (age 71)
Place of birth La Ligua, Chile
Position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1979 Lota Schwager 60 (2)
1980–1996 Cobreloa 448 (27)
Total 508 (29)
International career
1984–1990 Chile 34 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Héctor Puebla Saavedra (born 10 July 1955) is a Chilean former footballer commonly known for playing in Cobreloa during sixteen years.

Career

Nicknamed "El Ligua" after his hometown, La Ligua. Puebla came to Cobreloa in 1980 from southern Chilean soccer team Lota Schwager, where he played as a striker, and slowly became a central defender he was while playing for Cobreloa.

Puebla played many games for the national squad. In a game against Argentina in the 1989 Copa América, he annulled the world's top Diego Maradona. They exchanged their jerseys and Puebla sold it to be exhibit in any Mexican museum. He played 34 matches for Chile, scoring 1 goal between 1984 and 1990, making his debut on 1984-06-17 in a game against England.

Personal life

In addition to Ligua, Puebla was nicknamed El Siete Pulmones (The Seven Lungs) due to his aerobic ability.

Honours

Cobreloa

References

  1. ↑ "Héctor Puebla". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Las mil historias de Héctor "Ligua" Puebla, el siete pulmones chileno" (in Spanish). Economía y Negocios. 4 November 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  3. 1 2 Rubio, Jorge (4 May 2026). "Jugó dos Copas América en la Roja y vendió camiseta de Maradona: "¿Para qué...?"". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 October 2026.
  4. ↑ Pavez, Felipe (14 October 2026). "Informe Redgol: El chileno que borró a Maradona, se ganó su camiseta y sorprendió con su final". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 October 2026.