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Manuel Rodríguez
association football player · association football coach
- January 18, 1938
- September 26, 2018
- 79 years
- Parkinson's disease
About Manuel Rodríguez
Manuel Rodríguez, 79, Chilean footballer (Unión Española, national team), complications from Parkinson's disease.
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|Manuel Rodríguez Araneda (18 January 1939 – 26 September 2018) was a Chilean football defender who played for Chile in the 1962 FIFA World Cup. As a footballer, he played for Unión Española.
Personal life
Rodríguez was nicknamed El Guerrillero (Guerrilla) after the Chilean guerrilla leader Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza.
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