
Photo: Carlos Figueroa / CC BY-SA 4.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Cristián Canío is the kind of player whose thin record I actually find appealing. A forward born in 1981 in Nueva Imperial, a small town in Chile's Cautín Province, he made it from the provincial margins to the professional game, and that journey alone earns my respect. Strikers carry a thankless burden: when goals dry up, blame finds them first, yet they keep hunting. I am drawn to footballers who never collect the spotlight but quietly do the hard, exposed work up front. Canío reads to me as a craftsman of the Chilean periphery, and I tip my hat to him.
Overview
Cristián Eduardo Canío Manosalva (born 31 May 1981) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a forward.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Cristián Canío
- Name (Japanese)
- クリスティアン・カニオ
- Reading
- くりすてぃあん・かにお
- Born
- May 31, 1981 (age 45)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Rooster
- Origin
- Nueva Imperial, Cautín Province, Chile
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 176 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · More people from Chile →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.