Hugo Berly

Hugo Berly

Personal information
Full name	Hugo Nelson Berly Silva
Date of birth	(1941-12-31)December 31, 1941
Place of birth	Santiago, Chile
Date of death	December 24, 2009(2009-12-24) (aged 67)
Place of death	Washington, D.C., U.S.
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position	Right-back
Youth career
	Manuel Montt
	Picton Lennox
	Santiago Wanderers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1960–1963	Santiago Wanderers
1964–1970	Audax Italiano
1971–1977	Unión Española	118	(3)
International career
1967–1974	Chile	12	(0)
Managerial career
1981–1982	Audax Italiano
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hugo Nelson Berly Silva (December 31, 1941 – December 24, 2009) was a Chilean footballer who played as a right-back.

Career

Berly played for Unión Española, Audax Italiano and Santiago Wanderers in the domestic championship of Chile. He also represented the Chile national team making 12 appearances. His international debut was in a 1–0 friendly victory against Argentina on 15 August 1967. He was also part of the Chile squad in the 1966 World Cup, without featuring in the tournament.

On 6 April 1965, Berly was one of the constituent footballers of SIFUP, the trade union of professionales footballers in Chile, alongside fellows such as Pedro Araya, Manuel Astorga, Juan Rodríguez Vega, among others.

Personal life

Berly had a wife and two daughters. He died aged 67 on December 24, 2009 in Washington, D.C., United States.

Honours

Unión Española

• Chilean Primera División 1973, 1975, 1977

External links

• Hugo Berly at MemoriaWanderers.cl (in Spanish)
• Hugo Berly at SoloFutbol.cl (in Spanish)