Raimundo Tupper
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Raimundo Tupper Lyon | ||
| Date of birth | January 7, 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Date of death | July 20, 1995 (aged 26) | ||
| Place of death | San José, Costa Rica | ||
| Position(s) | Left Back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1980–1985 | Universidad Católica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1995 | Universidad Católica | 193 | (26) |
| International career | |||
| 1987 | Chile U-20 | ||
| 1993–1994 | Chile | 7 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Raimundo Tupper Lyon (1 January 1969 – 20 July 1995) was a Chilean professional football player, best known for his years with Universidad Católica. He was a left back.
Career
Born into a family of five children (four males and one female). He studied at the Colegio San Ignacio El Bosque, and joined the lower divisions of Universidad Católica in 1980, being his first coach being former national team player Alberto Fouillioux.
He made his debut in the first team in 1985 against with Cobresal in the city of El Salvador. In 1987 he was called up to the Chilean under-20 national team, which won fourth place in the 1987 U-20 World Cup held in Chile, in which he played with his great friend and teammate Lukas Tudor. That same year he won the national title with his beloved club.
In 1989 Tupper joined the Diego Portales University to study Engineering, which did not finish. That year he wins the Liguilla Pre-Libertadores (Chile) against Cobreloa, which enabled Católica to play in the Copa Libertadores.
Between 1989 and 1995 "Mumo" was a UC player, reaching with them the Copa Libertadores final in 1993, which they lost against Brazilian giants São Paulo. Previously he won the 1991 Copa Chile and also Liguilla Pre-Libertadores (Chile) in 1991, 1992 and 1994, the latter scoring a great goal against Colo-Colo.
Tupper suffered from clinical depression, which led him to commit suicide[how?] on July 20, 1995 in San José, Costa Rica, after a friendly match against Deportivo Saprissa, being only 26 years old.
Currently, a white cross was built in the mountains surrounding San Carlos de Apoquindo in memory of "Mumo". Subsequently, his brother Andrés Tupper, became the General Director of Universidad Católica.
References
- Raimundo Tupper at National-Football-Teams.com