Fabián Raphael Estay Silva (born October 5, 1968) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Fabián Estay
Personal information
Full name Fabián Raphael Estay Silva
Date of birth (1968-10-05) October 5, 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1985–1987 Universidad Católica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1991 Universidad Católica 111 (11)
1991–1993 St. Gallen 35 (8)
1993 Universidad de Chile 39 (2)
1993–1995 Olympiacos 20 (4)
1995–1996 Colo-Colo 32 (7)
1996–1999 Toluca 140 (23)
1999–2001 América 82 (11)
2001–2003 Atlante 57 (6)
2003 Santos Laguna 20 (2)
2004 Acapulco 11 (1)
2004–2005 Toluca 12 (1)
2005 América de Cali 14 (2)
2006 Palestino 32 (4)
Total 605 (82)
International career
1987 Chile U20 6 (0)
1990–2001 Chile 69 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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Estay played for club sides in Chile, Switzerland, Greece, Mexico and Colombia.[1]

At international level, he represented Chile at under-20 level in both the 1987 South American Championship and the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship, where Chile reached the fourth place.[2]

At senior level, he was capped 69 times and scored five goals for the Chile national team between 1990 and 2001, including four games at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.[3] Estay made his debut for the senior national squad on October 17, 1990, in a friendly against Brazil.[2]

Career statistics

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International goals

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International Goals
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. May 22, 1991 Dublin, Ireland   Republic of Ireland 0–1 1–1 Friendly
2. July 14, 1991 Santiago   Paraguay 3–0 4–0 1991 Copa América
3. March 31, 1993 Arica, Chile   Bolivia 1–0 2–1 Friendly
4. July 6, 1996 Santiago   Ecuador 3–1 4–1 1998 World Cup Qualifier
5. August 15, 2000 Santiago   Brazil 1–0 3–0 2002 World Cup Qualifier

Personal life

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Estay has a long-term close friendship with the former fellow footballer Iván Zamorano, what interrupted from 2001 to 2007 due to the fact that Estay stated that Zamorano didn't support him when he was isolated from the América first team by the club leaders.[4] In addition, Zamorano is the godfather of the Estay's daughter, Renata Ivana.[5]

He naturalized Mexican by residence in 2005 and later he made his home in Mexico,[6] working as a football commentator for media such as Fox Sports México.[7]

Honours

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Universidad Católica

Deportivo Toluca

Chile[2]

Individual

References

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  1. ^ Fabián Estay at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ^ a b c Quijada, Vicente (October 5, 2021). "Fabián Estay: El enganche de La Roja en el Mundial de Francia 1998". www.laroja.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved August 15, 2022.
  3. ^ "Fabián Estay". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved August 15, 2022.
  4. ^ Arredondo, Francisco (November 11, 2021). "La amistad de Fábian Estay e Iván Zamorano que rompieron por seis años". Mediotiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved August 15, 2022.
  5. ^ "El segundo lugar es bueno: Campos". El Universal (in Spanish). August 1, 2001. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
  6. ^ "Fabián Estay prepara su despedida con el Toluca". ESPN.com.ar (in Spanish). ESPN. August 7, 2007. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
  7. ^ Silva Rojas, Carlos (July 20, 2022). "Fabián Estay, experto en la Liga MX, aprueba la llegada de Juan Reynoso a la selección: "Con él Perú va a clasificar al Mundial"". Bolavip Perú (in Spanish). Retrieved August 15, 2022.
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