Fernando Cornejo (footballer, born 1969)

For his son, see Fernando Cornejo (footballer, born 1995).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cornejo and the second or maternal family name is Jiménez.
Fernando Cornejo
Personal information
Full name Fernando Andrés Cornejo Jiménez
Date of birth (1969-01-28)28 January 1969
Place of birth Rengo, Chile
Date of death 24 January 2009(2009-01-24) (aged 39)
Place of death Santiago, Chile
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
O'Higgins
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1991 O'Higgins
1992–1997 Cobreloa 82 (13)
1998–1999 Universidad Católica 36 (1)
2000–2004 Cobreloa 116 (21)
International career
1991–2000 Chile 33 (2)
1998 Chile B 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fernando Andrés Cornejo Jiménez (January 28, 1969 – January 24, 2009) was a Chilean football midfielder. He died of stomach cancer on January 24, 2009, at age 39.[1]

Club career

He played domestically for O'Higgins, Cobreloa and Universidad Católica.

International career

He was capped 33 times and scored 2 goals for the Chile national team between 1991 and 2000, including two games at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.[2] In addition, he played for Chile B against England B on February 10, 1998. Chile won by 2-1.[3]

Career statistics

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 15 December 1996 Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina  Argentina 1–1 Draw 1998 World Cup qualification
2. 4 January 1997 Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar, Chile  Armenia 7–0 Win Friendly
Correct as of 7 October 2015[4][5][6]

Personal life

He is the father of the professional footballer Fernando Cornejo Miranda.[7]

He was nicknamed Corazón de Minero (Miner's Heart)[8] due to the fact that he was a notable player of Cobreloa, a club based in Calama highly related with the copper mining.[9]

Honours

Club

Cobreloa

References

  1. ^ FIFA.com
  2. ^ "Fernando Cornejo". PartidosdelaRoja (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Inglaterra 1 – Chile 2: Cuando la (otra) Selección venció a Inglaterra". Guioteca.com (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 13 April 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  4. ^ 2000 MATCHES INTERCONTINENTAL (January - March)
  5. ^ 1997 MATCHES INTERCONTINENTAL
  6. ^ 1996 MATCHES SOUTH AMERICA
  7. ^ "La explicación de Fernando Cornejo para nunca usar la camiseta de Colo Colo". El Periscopio (in Spanish). 25 January 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  8. ^ Quijada, Vicente (28 January 2021). "Fernando Cornejo: El 'corazón de minero' de La Roja". www.laroja.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  9. ^ "Fernando Cornejo, la historia del "corazón de minero"". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Cooperativa. Retrieved 7 October 2021. la historia de amor eterno entre Cornejo y el equipo de Calama tuvo un nuevo episodio, en el cual se ganó el apodo de "corazón de minero".


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