Misael Escuti

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

Misael Escuti

Personal information
Full name	Misael Escuti Rovira
Date of birth	(1926-12-20)20 December 1926
Place of birth	Copiapó, Chile
Date of death	3 January 2005(2005-01-03) (aged 78)
Place of death	Santiago, Chile
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Washington Berner
1944–1945	Santiago National
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1945	Badminton	3	(0)
1946–1964	Colo-Colo	417	(0)
Total		420	(0)
International career
1948–1962	Chile	40	(0)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Chile FIFA World Cup 1962 Chile
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Misael Escuti Rovira (20 December 1926 – 3 January 2005) was a Chilean footballer of Italian ancestry, who played as a goalkeeper. He is remembered for being the key player with the Chile national team that reached third place in the 1962 FIFA World Cup tournament.^[1]

Career

Born in Copiapó, Chile, Escuti started playing football with local team Washington Berner. Still a youth player, Escuti continued in Santiago with a team based in Barrio Brasil before joining Santiago National. Later, he made his professional debut with Badminton.^[2]

Constituted on 23 November 1956, Escuti was a leadership member of the Sindicato Profesional de Jugadores de Fútbol (Professional Trade Union of Football Players) in Chile. On 6 April 1965, Escuti was one of the constituent footballers of SIFUP ^[es], the trade union of professionales footballers in Chile, alongside fellows such as Efraín Santander, Francisco Valdés, Hugo Lepe, among others.^[3]

References

1. "Misael Escuti". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
2. "Misael Escuti Rovira: un gran arquero nacido en Copiapó". ArteNorte (in Spanish). 30 November 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
3. "Constitución Sifup". sifup.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 September 2022.

External links

• Misael Escuti – FIFA competition record (archived)