Iván Mayo

Iván Mayo Román (23 June 1910 – 22 January 1979) was a Chilean footballer who played as a forward.

Early years Born in Quillota, his father, Liborio Mayo, was Spanish and his mother, María Ester Román, was Argentine. The Mayo family owned a bakery and the older son, Liborio Jr., was one of the founders of San Luis de Quillota. In his studying career at the Quillota Institute he stood out as a sportsman in football, boxing and basketball.

Career In 1925, Mayo joined San Luis de Quillota first team at the age of 15, in addition to take part of the basketball team of the same club along with his fellow footballer Óscar Alfaro. Along with San Luis, he won the Copa Confraternidad Chileno Peruana, in a friendly match versus Peruvian club Atlético Chalaco played in 1928, the first international game for the club, where Mayo scored 3 goals in the 4–3 win.

In 1932, he moved to Colo-Colo, where he made an important attacking pair along with Guillermo Subiabre, becoming a renowned goalscorer and an idol for the club before the Chilean Primera División began in 1933.

In 1933, he moved to Argentina and tried to join Racing Club de Avellaneda, As an important landmark, he scored in the first win of Vélez Sarsfield as a professional club.

His great-great-grandnephew, Ignacio Mayo Correa, has played for the Unión Española youth ranks as a right midfielder.

Honours San Luis Copa Confraternidad Chileno Peruana: 1928