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Chilean footballer (1919-1991)

Armando Contreras
Personal information

Full name	Luis Armando Contreras Reyes
Date of birth	(1919-06-15)15 June 1919
Place of birth	Aguas Blancas, Chile
Date of death	3 August 1991(1991-08-03) (aged 72)
Place of death	Santiago, Chile
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
	Escuela 57
	Colo-Colo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1939–1943	Colo-Colo	83	(45)
1943–1944	Banfield
1944–1946	Colo-Colo	30	(12)
1946–1947	América
International career
1941–1945	Chile	14	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Luis Armando Contreras Reyes (15 June 1919 – 3 August 1991), known as Armando Contreras, was a Chilean footballer who played as a winger.

Club career

Born in Aguas Blancas, an extinct commune in the current Antofagasta Province, Contreras made his debut with Colo-Colo in 20 May 1939.

In 1943–44 he played for Argentine club Banfield.

Back in Chile, he rejoined Colo-Colo until 1946. In total, he made 137 appearances and scored 70 goals in all tournaments for them.

At the end of his career, he played for Mexican club América.

He played in 14 matches for the Chile national football team from 1941 to 1945. He was also part of Chile's squad for the 1941 South American Championship.

He was nicknamed and well-known as Norton Contreras.

^ "Historia de Colo-Colo - Armando Contreras". historiadecolocolo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 July 2023.
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"HISTÓRICO Colo-Colo campeón 1947". Somos Chile - Colo Colo (in Spanish). 7 February 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2023. y Armando 'Norton' Contreras parte al América de México
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"Apodos de la Roja". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 July 2023.

Chile squads

v t e Chile squad – 1941 South American Championship third place
MF Arancibia MF Cabrera FW Carvajal MF Contreras DF Cortés FW Domínguez DF Ellis MF Flores GK Livingstone FW Medina FW Muñoz MF Pastenes FW Pérez DF Roa FW Ruíz MF Sánchez FW Sorrel FW Toro MF Trejo DF Vidal Coach: Garay

v t e Chile squad – 1942 South American Championship
GK Fernández GK Ibáñez GK Livingstone DF Cabrera DF Roa DF Salfate MF M. Arancibia MF Armingol MF Barrera MF Casanova MF Contreras MF Las Heras MF Medina MF Pastenes FW C. Arancibia FW Domínguez FW Pérez FW Riera FW Torres Coach: Plattkó

v t e Chile squad – 1945 South American Championship third place
GK Livingstone DF Klein DF Roa DF Vásquez MF Alcántara MF Armingol MF Atlagic MF Barrera MF Busquets MF Castro MF Clavero MF Contreras MF Hormazábal MF Las Heras MF Pastenes MF Piñero FW Cremaschi FW Medina FW Vera Coach: Plattkó

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