How Britain Brought Football to Chile

The first football clubs in Chile were founded in the 1880s by Chileans of British heritage, descendants of merchants who had settled in Valparaíso. They founded the first governing federation in 1895, and organised club and international matches, and their influence is reflected in English-sounding team names such as Everton and Rangers.

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