Franklin Lobos
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Franklin Erasmo Lobos Ramírez (born June 2, 1957 in Copiapó
Copiapó
Copiapó is a city in northern Chile, located about 40 miles east of the coastal town of Caldera. Founded on December 8, 1744, it is the capital of Copiapó Province and Atacama Region....

) is a retired Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

an 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
Mining
Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, from an ore body, vein or seam. The term also includes the removal of soil. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock...

, and was one of the miners trapped underground for two months in the 2010 Copiapó mining accident
2010 Copiapó mining accident
The 2010 Copiapó mining accident, also known as the "Chilean mining accident", began in the afternoon of Thursday, 5 August 2010 as a significant cave-in at the troubled 121-year-old San José copper–gold mine. The mine is located deep in the Atacama Desert, one of the driest and harshest...

. On October 13, 2010, Lobos was the 27th of 33 miners to be rescued.

Club

Lobos made his professional debut for Chilean Second Division team Regional Atacama in 1980, scoring in his first match for the club. After leaving Regional Atacama in 1981, Lobos played a year with Deportes Antofagasta before moving to Cobresal in 1983.

In what would be the first of his two stints with Cobresal, Lobos tasted success in his first year as the team representing the small mining town of El Salvador
El Salvador, Chile
El Salvador is a mining town in the commune of Diego de Almagro, Chañaral Province, Atacama Region, Chile. Located at an elevation of more than 2,300 meters in the foothills of the Andes and in the middle of the Atacama Desert, it has a population of approximately 7,000 inhabitants...

 won the 1983 Second Division title. Lobos returned to Deportes Antofagasta for 1986 and 1987. In 1988 he rejoined Cobresal where he played until 1989.

Until leaving high level football in 1995, Lobos played for a number of clubs including La Serena, Santiago Wanderers, Municipal Iquique
Municipal Iquique
Club Deportes Iquique is a Chilean Football club, their home town is Iquique in the Tarapacá Región, in Chile. They currently play in the top level of the Chilean football league....

  and Unión La Calera
Unión La Calera
Unión La Calera is a Chilean Football club, their home town is La Calera in Chile. They currently play in 1st division of Chilean football Liga Chilena de Fútbol: Primera División...

.

He was known for his powerful free kicks.

International

Lobos represented Chile in the CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament
CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament
The CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament is a defunct international association football event in the South America region, and was the qualification tournament for the football at the Olympic Games....

, a qualifying tournament for the 1984 Olympic Games
Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics
The football tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics started on July 29 and ended on August 11. It featured only a men's tournament, as women's football had yet to become an Olympic event. It was the first Olympic football competition in which professionals were allowed...

.

Honours

  • Segunda División: 1983 with Cobresal

After football

After his sporting career ended Lobos became a taxi-driver and, in 2005, a miner
Miner
A miner is a person whose work or business is to extract ore or minerals from the earth. Mining is one of the most dangerous trades in the world. In some countries miners lack social guarantees and in case of injury may be left to cope without assistance....

. He worked as a truck driver in the Copiapó mine, where in August 2010, he was one of the 33 miners trapped in the 2010 Copiapó mining accident
2010 Copiapó mining accident
The 2010 Copiapó mining accident, also known as the "Chilean mining accident", began in the afternoon of Thursday, 5 August 2010 as a significant cave-in at the troubled 121-year-old San José copper–gold mine. The mine is located deep in the Atacama Desert, one of the driest and harshest...

. He was the 27th miner to be rescued on October 13 and thus holds the record for the seventh longest time ever being trapped underground. The Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records , is a reference book published annually, containing a collection of world records, both human achievements and the extremes of the natural world...

was asked by the rescue team for all the miners, including Lobos, to be honored with the record.

He has one daughter and two sons.
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