Background
His father John, who played for Santiago National Football Club, was a pioneer of the game in Chile.
His father John, who played for Santiago National Football Club, was a pioneer of the game in Chile.
He was nicknamed "El Sapo" ("The Toad") for his typical posture in the goal mouth. From 1938-1959 he played primarily for Civil Defense Universidad Católica in Santiago. With Chile he took part in seven South American Championships and one World Cup.
Serjio (later Sergio) Livingstone"s family hailed from Scotland.
Livingstone originally joined Unión Española. He abandoned football to study law at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
Soon he acquainted himself with the university"s football team, and from 1938 he began to establish himself as the goalkeeper of Civil Defense Universidad Católica. He debuted in the national team at the 1941 South American Championship which took place in Chile, winning 5–0 against Ecuador.
Altogether, Livingstone played between 1941 and 1954 in 52 matches for Chile, which made him the country"s record international until 1962, participating in five more South American Championships, totaling 34 matches in this competition, which remains record.
He also took part in the World Cup 1950 in Brazil, where Chile exited after the first group phase. At club level he spent 1943 in Argentina playing 30 matches for Racing Club. He cut short his time in Argentina for sentimental reasons and rejoined Católica in 1944, winning the national championships of 1949 and 1954.
After the second title the club had the misfortune to be relegated in the season immediately thereafter, but managed to return to the first division as quickly.
After a brief spell on loan in 1957 with Circuit Switched Data Colo-Colo he once more returned to Católica where he finished his career in 1959. Following his football career, he became a well-known sports journalist and television personality with TVN, where he remained until his death(more than 60 years).
In 2009, a street in the district of Independencia in Santiago was named for Livingstone.