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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Víctor Ramón Zelada Allende | ||
| Date of birth | 22 January 1945 | ||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Date of death | 15 November 2023 (aged 78) | ||
| Place of death | Chile | ||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Central forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1963–1964 | Iberia | ||
| 1965 | O'Higgins | ||
| 1966–1970 | Colo-Colo | ||
| 1971 | Palestino | ||
| 1972 | Deportes La Serena | ||
| 1973 | Magallanes | ||
| 1974 | Unión San Felipe | ||
| 1975–1976 | Universidad de Chile | ||
| 1977 | Ferroviarios | ||
| International career | |||
| 1970 | Chile | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Víctor Ramón Zelada Allende (22 January 1945 – 15 November 2023) was a Chilean footballer. Nicknamed "Palomilla", he played as a central forward for various clubs throughout the late 1960s and 1970s, noted for playing for both Colo-Colo and Universidad de Chile throughout his career. He also represented his home country of Chile in 1970.
Club career
[edit]Born in Santiago as the son of Ramón Zelada and Carmen Allende, Víctor moved to nearby El Monte with his four siblings Patricia, Carlos, Patricio and Jorge. Since childhood, he had the ambitious desire of making it as a professional football player and it was during his childhood life that he'd earn the nickname of "Palomilla" due to being highly energetic. He'd sign his first professional contract with Iberia for their 1963 season with Zelada being paid 50 escudos a month and despite the relatively low pay, he considered the sum to be a fortune for him. Around this time, he was permitted to temporarily halt his academic career to focus on his football career before eventually graduating with a bachelor's degree in biology at the University of Chile. Despite wanting to advance his academic career with a degree in commerce, his 1965 signing with O'Higgins prevented any meaningful breakthroughs in his studies beyond a few courses in English with the season also proving to be difficult for Zelada.[1]
He then chose to sign with Colo-Colo for the following 1967 season
International career
[edit]Zelada briefly represented Chile two times in two consecutive friendlies against Brazil on 22 March and 26 March 1970 with both resulting in 0–5 and 1–2 defeats for La Roja.[1]
- ^ a b "Víctor Zelada". Partidos de la Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 June 2025.