Sergio Livingstone

Sergio Livingstone

Livingstone, wearing the national jersey
Personal information
Full nameSergio Roberto Livingstone Pohlhammer[1][2][3]
Date of birth26 March 1920
Place of birthSantiago, Chile
Date of death11 September 2012 (aged 92)
Place of deathSantiago, Chile
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1938–1942Universidad Católica?(?)
1943–1944Racing Club30(0)
1944–1956Universidad Católica?(?)
1957Colo-Colo?(?)
1958–1959Universidad Católica?(?)
National team
1941–1954Chile52(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 2008.
† Appearances (Goals).

Serjio Roberto Livingstone Pohlhammer (26 March 1920 – 11 September 2012), later simply known as Sergio Livingstone, was a Chilean goalkeeper, who later became a well regarded journalist. He was nicknamed "El Sapo" ("The Toad") for his typical posture in the goal mouth. From 1938–59 he played primarily for CD Universidad Católica in Santiago. With Chile he took part in seven South American Championships and one World Cup.

Career

Serjio (later Sergio) Livingstone's family hailed from Scotland. His father John, who played for Santiago National FC, was a pioneer of the game in Chile. Livingstone originally joined Unión Española. He abandoned football to study law at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Soon he acquainted himself with the university's football team, and from 1938 he began to establish himself as the goalkeeper of CD Universidad Católica.

Livingstone wearing his Racing Club jersey

He debuted in the national team at the 1941 South American Championship which took place in Chile, winning 5–0 against Ecuador. By the end of the tournament Chile ended third, and Livingstone was considered the best player of the tournament. Altogether, Livingstone played between 1941 and 1954 in 52 matches for Chile,[4] which made him the country's record international until 1962, participating in five more South American Championships, totaling 34 matches in this competition, which remains record. He also took part in the World Cup 1950 in Brazil, where Chile exited after the first group phase.

At club level he spent 1943 in Argentina playing 30 matches for Racing Club. He cut short his time in Argentina for sentimental reasons and rejoined Católica in 1944, winning the national championships of 1949 and 1954. After the second title the club had the misfortune to be relegated in the season immediately thereafter, but managed to return to the first division as quickly. After a brief spell on loan in 1957 with CSD Colo-Colo he once more returned to Católica where he finished his career in 1959. Following his football career, he became a well-known sports journalist and television personality with TVN, where he remained until his death(more than 60 years).

Legacy

In 2009, a street in the district of Independencia in Santiago was named for Livingstone.

Titles

References

  1. ↑ "CERTIFICADO DE NACIMIENTO" (PDF). Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación de Chile. 11 September 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  2. ↑ "PADRON ELECTORAL AUDITADO – ELECCIONES MUNICIPALES 2012 – COMUNA: VITACURA" (PDF). Servicio Electoral de Chile. 19 August 2012. p. 580. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  3. ↑ Radnic, F., Marietta (26 May 2011). "Nada me aburré, nunca me canso.". El Mercurio. Retrieved 11 September 2012. Cuando amanezca gris como un día de invierno y nada le motive para levantarse, tenga esta entrevista a mano, léala y déjese contagiar por la vitalidad imbatible de Serjio (con j, está bien) Livingstone. (...) "Igual como llama la atención el hecho que tenga Rut un millón. El mismo número que me dieron cuando saqué carné para rendir el Bachillerato. En ese mismo carné dice Serjio con j, como era entonces."
  4. ↑ Roberto Mamrud. Chilean Record International Players 19 February 2010, RSSSF

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