Angel Báez

Ángel Custodio Báez Rivera (8 August 1894 – 21 September 1920) was a Chilean footballer who played as a forward.

Club career Born in Guayacán town, Coquimbo, Báez stood out as a player of Club Thunder, becoming the team captain in 1915. He represented the Coquimbo city team in intercity matches against La Serena, the adjacent city, winning the silver medal, equivalent to the first place, eleven times in 1913.

In 1917, he was selected Director of club Thunder and awarded as the best player of then Coquimbo Province.

In the same year, he also played in the friendlies against Argentina on 12 July (1–0 loss in Buenos Aires), Uruguay on 14 July (4–1 loss in Montevideo) and the Argentine on 16 July (0–3 win in La Plata). is frequently and wrongly listed in the squad. In fact, Telésforo, a player of Santiago Wanderers from Valparaíso, was a member of the Chile national team in the 1919 South American Championship, but he was probably confused with Ángel in the 1916 squad by the journals of Valparaíso at the time, according to the research of ASIFUCH, the association of Chilean football researchers. In addition, Telésforo was suspended during 1916 due to an indiscipline act in Octubre 1915.

Personal life His parents were Carmen Rivera Díaz and Jorge Báez Briones. Ángel worked as a foundry worker for EFE, the state railway company, like his father.

In 1920, Báez returned to Coquimbo from Ovalle due to the fact that he got sick. He died on 20 September of the same year of tuberculosis.