Fernando Cornejo (footballer, born 1969)

For his son, see Fernando Cornejo (footballer, born 1995).

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

Fernando Andrés Cornejo Jiménez (28 January 1969 – 24 January 2009) was a Chilean football midfielder. He died of stomach cancer on 24 January 2009, at age 39.^[1]

Fernando Cornejo

Personal information
Full name	Fernando Andrés Cornejo Jiménez
Date of birth	(1969-01-28)28 January 1969
Place of birth	Rengo, Chile
Date of death	24 January 2009(2009-01-24) (aged 39)
Place of death	Santiago, Chile
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	O'Higgins
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1991	O'Higgins
1992–1997	Cobreloa	82	(13)
1998–1999	Universidad Católica	36	(1)
2000–2004	Cobreloa	116	(21)
International career
1991–2000	Chile	33	(2)
1998	Chile B	1	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

He played domestically for O'Higgins, Cobreloa and Universidad Católica.

International career

He was capped 33 times and scored 2 goals for the Chile national team between 1991 and 2000, including two games at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.^[2] In addition, he played for Chile B against England B on 10 February 1998. Chile won by 2-1.^[3]

Career statistics

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	15 December 1996	Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Argentina	1–1	Draw	1998 World Cup qualification
2.	4 January 1997	Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar, Chile	Armenia	7–0	Win	Friendly
Correct as of 7 October 2015[4][5][6]

Personal life

He is the father of the professional footballer Fernando Cornejo Miranda.^[7]

He was nicknamed Corazón de Minero (Miner's Heart)^[8] due to the fact that he was a notable player of Cobreloa, a club based in Calama highly related with the copper mining.^[9]

Honours

Club

Cobreloa

• Primera División de Chile (4): 1992, 2003–A, 2003–C, 2004–C