Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo only came into being in 1925 when David Arellano and others defected from the Magallanes club. In only their second year of existence Colo-Colo undertook a tour of Central America, Iberia and South America.
The party, led by President of the Chilean Football Federation, Carlos Cariola and Secretary Alberto Parodi, included the following players:
Manuel ‘Maestro’ Guerrero* | GK |
Roberto Cortés* | GK |
Ulises Poirier* | D |
Ernesto Chaparro* | D |
Jorge Linford* | D |
José Rosetti* | D |
Francisco ‘Mono’ Arellano* | D |
Togo Bascuñán | D |
Manuel Figueroa* | D |
Víctor Morales* | HB |
Waldo ‘El Indio’ Sanhueza | HB |
Oscar ‘Colo-Colo’ González | HB |
Guillermo Saavedra* | CH |
Carlos Schneeberger* | F |
Guillermo Subiabre* | F |
Horacio Muñoz* | F |
David Arellano* | F |
José Miguel Olguín* | F |
Humberto Moreno* | F |
* denotes Chilean international.
Ecuador | |||||
14.01.27 | Norte América | 0 | 7 | Colo-Colo | Guayaquil |
15.01.27 | Córdova / Racing | 0 | 7 | Colo-Colo | Guayaquil |
Cuba | |||||
28.01.27 | Iberia - Juventud Asturiana | 1 | 4 | Colo-Colo | Havana |
30.01.27 | Sport Fortuna | 3 | 2 | Colo-Colo | Havana |
Mexico | |||||
12.02.27 | Necaxa | 0 | 3 | Colo-Colo | Mexico City |
13.02.27 | Real España | 1 | 0 | Colo-Colo | Mexico City |
20.02.27 | América | 1 | 6 | Colo-Colo | Mexico City |
22.02.27 | Club México | 1 | 3 | Colo-Colo | Mexico City |
25.02.27 | Atlante | 0 | 4 | Colo-Colo | Mexico City |
27.02.27 | Asturias | 1 | 1 | Colo-Colo | Mexico City |
01.03.27 | Selección de Guadalajara | 1 | 4 | Colo-Colo | Guadalajara |
03.03.27 | Selección de Guadalajara | 0 | 4 | Colo-Colo | Guadalajara |
08.03.27 | Club México - Necaxa | 1 | 3 | Colo-Colo | Mexico City |
11.03.27 | Ejército y Armada | 2 | 3 | Colo-Colo | Mexico City |
12.03.27 | Albinegros de Orizaba | 0 | 5 | Colo-Colo | Orizaba |
13.03.27 | Albinegros de Orizaba | 0 | 8 | Colo-Colo | Orizaba |
Spain | |||||
03.04.27 | Pontevedra | 3 | 4 | Colo-Colo | La Coruña |
07.04.27 | Deportivo de La Coruña | 2 | 0 | Colo-Colo | La Coruña |
10.04.27 | Deportivo de La Coruña | 2 | 2 | Colo-Colo | La Coruña |
Portugal | |||||
13.04.27 | Oporto /Salgueiros | 2 | 1 | Colo-Colo | Porto |
15.04.27 | Sporting /Benfica | 2 | 4 | Colo-Colo | Lisbon |
17.04.27 | Vitória Setúbal | 2 | 1 | Colo-Colo | Lisbon |
Spain | |||||
24.04.27 | Atlético | 3 | 1 | Colo-Colo | Madrid |
01.05.27 | Real Unión Deportiva | 2 | 6 | Colo-Colo | Valladolid |
02.05.27 | Real Unión Deportiva | 3 | 3 | Colo-Colo | Valladolid |
08.05.27 | Valencia C.F. | 3 | 4 | Colo-Colo | Valencia |
09.05.27 | Valencia C.F. | 3 | 1 | Colo-Colo | Valencia |
13.05.27 | Valencia Select | 2 | 4 | Colo-Colo | Valencia |
15.05.27 | Club Deportivo Castellón | 2 | 1 | Colo-Colo | Castellón |
17.05.27 | Puerto de Sagunto | 0 | 1 | Colo-Colo | Sagunto |
22.05.27 | Madrid Select | 1 | 3 | Colo-Colo | Madrid |
27.05.27 | Real Murcia | 4 | 1 | Colo-Colo | Murcia |
29.05.27 | Real Murcia | 2 | 4 | Colo-Colo | Murcia |
31.05.27 | Murcia Select | 2 | 4 | Colo-Colo | Murcia |
05.06.27 | Elche | 2 | 2 | Colo-Colo | Elche |
09.06.27 | Catalunya | 4 | 5 | Colo-Colo | Barcelona |
12.06.27 | Real Sociedad Alfonso XIII | 2 | 5 | Colo-Colo | Palma |
14.06.27 | Real Sociedad Alfonso XIII | 2 | 3 | Colo-Colo | Palma |
Uruguay | |||||
04.07.27 | Uruguay Select | 5 | 1 | Colo-Colo | Montevideo |
07.07.27 | Uruguay Select | 4 | 0 | Colo-Colo | Montevideo |
10.07.27 | Peñarol | 6 | 1 | Colo-Colo | Montevideo |
Argentina | |||||
17.07.27 | Boca Juniors | 6 | 0 | Colo-Colo | Buenos Aires |
Chile | |||||
24.07.27 | Unión Española /Audax Italiano | 0 | 4 | Colo-Colo | Santiago |
P | W | D | L | F | A |
43 | 26 | 4 | 13 | 130 | 83 |
Vs Catalunya at Les Corts
The tour was marred by a tragedy. In the match with Real Unión on May 2nd David Arellano was involved in an aerial collision with the Spanish centre half ,Hornia . As they landed Homia's knee hit Arellano in the stomach. Arellano was stretchered off and taken to hospital, where peritonitis was diagnosed. The condition was inoperable and David Arellano passed away the following day. He was 24 years old.