Mauricio Cataldo
Mauricio Cataldo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 February 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Patriotic Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mauricio Eduardo Cataldo Mancilla (born 28 February 1979) is a Chilean former footballer.
Club career
[edit]He is well remembered for his rabona golden goal to then Universidad de Chile's goalkeeper Johnny Herrera during the Chilean 2003 Torneo Apertura.[1] That goal occurred in the extra Time of a playoff's quarterfinals match to the define the tournament's champion.[1]
After football
[edit]Politics
[edit]In 2016, he decided to run for councilor, reason why he sought support at political party Patriotic Union,[2] an instrumental left–wing party[3] (self-proclaimed "progressivist"[4]) from marxist–leninist organization Communist Party of Chile–Proletarian Action.[3] He unsuccessfully competed in the elections in La Florida, Santiago's commune, where he failed to reach a municipal post. In 2019, again he announced his intention to compete for the municipal elections in La Florida.[5]
Personal life
[edit]He has repeatedly said he had problems with alcohol and that he frequented getting drunk before training.[6]
In October 2025, Cataldo suffered a stroke and was immediately operated on.[7]
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- Cobreloa
- Unión Española
References
[edit]- 1 2 "El recuerdo de Cataldo sobre una rabona histórica para la UdeC". Diario de Concepción (in Spanish). 3 May 2020.
- ↑ "De "chicos reality" a futbolistas: Los rostros que buscan hacerse un espacio en las municipales". Emol (in Spanish). 29 July 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- 1 2 "Artés admitió su admiración por Stalin". Radio Cooperativa (in Spanish). 28 September 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ↑ "Diario Oficial". Diario Oficial de la República de Chile (in Spanish). 2 October 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ↑ "Cataldo y el nuevo giro en su vida: será candidato a concejal". As.com (in Spanish). 10 October 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ↑ "Mauricio Cataldo recuerda: "Llegaba muerto de borracho a entrenar"". ESPN.com.ar (in Spanish). 15 January 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ↑ Martínez, Nelson (2 October 2025). "Crack que le hizo golazo de rabona a Johnny Herrera sufre un ACV y es operado de urgencia". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 October 2025.
External links
[edit]- Mauricio Cataldo at BDFA (in Spanish)
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Santiago, Chile
- Chilean men's footballers
- Audax Italiano footballers
- Provincial Osorno footballers
- C.D. Universidad de Concepción footballers
- C.D. Cobreloa footballers
- Unión Española footballers
- Unión San Felipe footballers
- Santiago Morning footballers
- Lota Schwager footballers
- Ñublense footballers
- C.D. Arturo Fernández Vial footballers
- Chilean Primera División players
- Primera B de Chile players
- Tercera División de Chile players
- Men's association football forwards
- Patriotic Union (Chile) politicians
- Politicians from Santiago, Chile
- Chilean sportsperson-politicians
- Hoxhaists