Misael Escuti

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

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]

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(s)	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

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]