Honorino Landa

Honorino Landa Vera ( born June 1, 1942 in Puerto Natales, † May 30, 1987 in Santiago) was a Chilean football player, who participated with the national team of his native country at the World Championships in 1962 and 1966.

Career

Honorino Landa began his professional career in 1959 with the club Unión Española from Santiago de Chile. After six years at Unión Española he went on to CD Green Cross, a club which had its home in the southern Chilean city of Temuco. He was one of the few Chilean football players who did not earn their money in the country's capital. During his time in Temuco Landa was División with the provincial association third twice in the Chilean Primera and missed just slightly in both cases, participation in the Copa Libertadores, participate in getting the two best teams of the last season. Also defeated Landa and Deportivo Temuco what was then known under the name of Green Cross Temuco, in a friendly match national team of the Soviet Union goalkeeper Lev Yashin 3-1. In 1969, Landa back to his hometown club Unión Española, which at the time also other well-known Chilean footballers such as Jorge Toro, World Cup participants from 1962, and Alberto Fouilloux, 70 - times the Chilean national team and World Cup qualifiers in 1962 and 1966 played, . With the club Landa in 1973 he won the La Liga Chile, preceded by the second place was achieved in the year. In the same year he ended his international career.

In the National Team of Chile brought it Honorino Landa on 16 missions. This reach him eight goals. At twenty, he was at the Football World Cup 1962, the second youngest player in the squad of the host and came up in all games with the exception of the game for third place against the Soviet Union for use. Here come Landa no Goals. Four years later, in his second World Cup in England, the Chilean team was unable to repeat the good performances of four years ago and already retired from after the first round. This Landa came to two inserts in which reach the striker again no Goals.

Last years

1973 Honorino Landa said goodbye to the active business of football. In the eighties he became ill with cancer. In 1987, his condition deteriorated such that he died on 30 May 1987 in a hospital in Santiago de Chile, two days before his 45th birthday. In his honor, hosted his former club Unión Española a charity match against CD Universidad Católica, which ended 3-0 to Universidad.