Honorino Landa

Honorino Landa Vera (1 June 1942 – 30 May 1987) was a Chilean footballer who played as a forward.

[1] Once Landa received his high-school diploma in 1959, he went to play for the Unión Española team.

Landa was the youngest player of the Chile national team that won a third place medal at the 1962 FIFA World Cup on home soil; during the tournament, he was one of the disgraced players directly involved in the Battle of Santiago incident during the Group 2 match between Chile and Italy.

[3] Landa was born in Puerto Natales to a Chilean mother and a Spanish father.

[3] Landa Vera died of cancer in a hospital in Santiago two days before his 45th birthday.