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Víctor Cabrera (Chilean footballer)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cabrera and the second or maternal family name is Sánchez.

Víctor Hugo Cabrera Sánchez (born 9 November 1957) is a Chilean former footballer.

He has been one of the most prolific goalscorers in Chilean football history.[1]

International career

He was part of a Chile squad which was called Selección Joven (young squad), with Luis Santibáñez as the team coach, that was preparing for the 1982 FIFA World Cup.[2]

Personal life

He is better known by his nickname Pititore: a fusion between Pituco, a Chilean way of referring to people from the aristocracy, and Cantatore, the surname of the football coach Vicente, who was well-known at the time. The nickname was born when Cabrera worked as a cleaner for wealthy women – "viejas pitucas" according to him – and used to sing (cantar in Spanish), turning the word cantar into Cantatore.[3]

Honours

Club

San Luis Quillota
Colo-Colo

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Una vida sin volteretas". El Mercurio de Valparaíso. 25 October 2004. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Aquellos astros que nunca jugaron por la Roja". Guioteca.com (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  3. ^ ""Pititore" Cabrera, "Petrolero" Cáceres, "La Nona" Muñoz y "Torito" Millape... Cuatro futbolistas revelan el origen de sus apodos". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 8 May 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2022.