Segundo Efraín Santander Cancino (7 December 1941 – 5 April 2026), known as Efraín Santander, was a Chilean professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for clubs in Chile and Guatemala.
Club career Santander came to Colo-Colo youth system from La Calera. At senior level, he won two national league titles in 1969 and 1970, becoming one of the few goalkeepers from the youth system who have won any league. In addition, he won the friendly , where competed Dynamo Moscow, Corinthians, among other clubs.POSTER DEL CAMPEON DE VERANO 1969 Colo-Colo Football Club on Facebook In Chile, he also had a brief step on loan at Deportes La Serena in 1961.
In 1972, he moved to Guatemala and joined Municipal. After a step with Juventud Católica, he returned to Municipal and won the .
International career Since he was 16 years old, he was a Chile youth international footballer. He represented Chile U20 in the 1958 South American Championship alongside players such as José Sulantay, Jorge Venegas, Alberto Fouillioux, among others. In 1960 he took part of the Chile U20 squad with Hernán Carrasco as coach.
At senior level, he made an appearance for the Chile national team in the match against Peru on 21 August 1968.
Personal life and death Santander was nicknamed El Negro (The Black One).
On 6 April 1965, Santander was one of the constituent footballers of , the trade union of professionales footballers in Chile, alongside fellows such as Misael Escuti, Francisco Valdés, Hugo Lepe, among others.
Santander died on 5 April 2026 in Guatemala City.
Honours Colo-Colo Chilean Primera División: 1963, 1970
Municipal Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala:
Chile
References
External links
Efraín Santander at PartidosdeLaRoja