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Franklin Lobos

フランクリン・エラスモ・ロボス・ラミレス　/　ふらんくりん・えらすも・ろぼす・らみれす

Association football player from Chile

June 2, 1957 (age 69)　・　Copiapó, Copiapó Province, Chile

Copiapó Province
association football player

My Take

Franklin Lobos moves me more than almost any athlete in this batch. A one-club man who spent his career with Regional Atacama and earned the nickname El Mortero Mágico, he already had a story of loyalty before tragedy struck. Then he became a miner and was one of the men trapped underground for two months in the 2010 Copiapó disaster. To me his life is a study in endurance, on the pitch and beneath the earth alike. I find his survival profoundly humbling, and I admire how an ordinary footballer became a symbol of human resilience.

Overview

Franklin Erasmo Lobos Ramírez (born June 2, 1957 in Copiapó) is a retired Chilean footballer. Lobos debuted in 1980 for Regional Atacama, and retired in 1995, playing for the same club he started his career with. He was nicknamed El Mortero Mágico (The Magic Mortar). He eventually became a miner and was one of the miners trapped underground for two months in the 2010 Copiapó mining accident.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Franklin Lobos
Name (Japanese): フランクリン・エラスモ・ロボス・ラミレス
Reading: ふらんくりん・えらすも・ろぼす・らみれす
Born: June 2, 1957 (age 69)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Gemini / Rooster
Origin: Copiapó, Copiapó Province, Chile
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
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

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9%E3%83%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%9C%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%9F%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9

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