1945_South_American_Championship_squads
1945 South American Championship squads
List of footballers
These are the squads for the countries that played in the 1945 South American Championship.[1][2] The participating countries were Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia (for the first time), Ecuador, and Uruguay. Paraguay and Peru withdrew from the tournament. The teams plays in a single round-robin tournament, earning two points for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss. Colombia was represented by the club Junior.[3]
Head Coach:
Guillermo Stábile
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| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1GK | Fernando Bello | (1910-11-29)29 November 1910 (aged 34) | 0 | 0 | Independiente |
| — | 4FW | Mario Boyé | 0 | 1 | Boca Juniors | |
| — | 3MF | Bartolomé Colombo | 0 | 0 | San Lorenzo | |
| — | 4FW | Vicente de la Mata | 0 | 2 | Independiente | |
| — | 2DF | Rodolfo de Zorzi | 0 | 0 | Boca Juniors | |
| — | 3MF | Enrique Espinoza | 0 | 0 | Atlanta | |
| — | 4FW | Armando Farro | 0 | 0 | San Lorenzo | |
| — | 4FW | Juan José Ferraro | 0 | 2 | Vélez Sársfield | |
| — | 3MF | Alfredo Fógel | 0 | 0 | Rosario Central | |
| — | 4FW | Félix Loustau | 0 | 2 | River Plate | |
| — | 4FW | Rinaldo Martino | 0 | 4 | San Lorenzo | |
| — | 3MF | Norberto Méndez | 0 | 6 | Huracán | |
| — | 4FW | Juan Carlos Muñoz | 0 | 0 | River Plate | |
| — | 2DF | Nicolás Palma | 0 | 0 | Estudiantes (LP) | |
| — | 4FW | Manuel Pellegrina | 0 | 1 | Estudiantes (LP) | |
| — | 3MF | Ángel Perucca | 0 | 0 | Newell's Old Boys | |
| — | 3MF | Natalio Pescia | 0 | 0 | Boca Juniors | |
| — | 4FW | René Pontoni | 0 | 4 | San Lorenzo | |
| — | 1GK | Héctor Ricardo | 0 | 0 | Rosario Central | |
| — | 2DF | José Salomón | 0 | 0 | Racing | |
| — | 3MF | Óscar Sastre | 0 | 0 | Independiente | |
| — | 2DF | Carlos Sosa | 0 | 0 | Boca Juniors | |
| — | 2DF | Roberto Yebra | 0 | 0 | Rosario Central |
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Head Coach: 
Julio Borelli [fr]
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| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 2DF | Alberto Acha | (1920-04-03)3 April 1920 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 |  The Strongest |
| — | 1GK | Vicente Arraya | (1922-01-25)25 January 1922 (aged 22) | 0 | 0 | Club Ferroviario [it] |
| — | 3MF | Exequiel Calderón | 0 | 0 | The Strongest | |
| — | 3MF | Raúl Fernández | 0 | 1 | The Strongest | |
| — | 4FW | Zenón González [ca] | (1919-06-23)23 June 1919 (aged 25) | 0 | 1 | Club Ferroviario [it] |
| — | 4FW | Fortunato Gorostiaga | 0 | 0 | Charcas | |
| — | 3MF | Manuel Gutiérrez | 0 | 0 | Club Bolívar | |
| — | 3MF | Ruperto Inchausti | (1918-03-27)27 March 1918 (aged 26) | 0 | 0 | Club Junín |
| — | 4FW | Donato Medrano | 0 | 0 | Ayacucho FC | |
| — | 4FW | Severo Orgaz | 0 | 1 | The Strongest | |
| — | 4FW | Walter Orozco | 0 | 0 | Club Bolívar | |
| — | 4FW | Adrián Ortega | 0 | 0 | Club Ferroviario [it] | |
| — | 4FW | Miguel Peredo | 0 | 0 | Club Junín | |
| — | 1GK | Cleto Prieto | 0 | 0 | Ayacucho FC | |
| — | 2DF | Nicolás Prieto | 0 | 0 | Deportivo Bata [it] | |
| — | 2DF | Hernán Rojas | 0 | 0 | Club Bolívar | |
| — | 4FW | Roqur Romero | 0 | 0 | Club Bolívar | |
| — | 3MF | Martín Saavedra | 0 | 0 | The Strongest | |
| — | 4FW | Armando Tapia | 0 | 0 | Club Ferroviario [it] |
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Head coach: 
Flávio Costa
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| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 4FW | Ademir Marques de Menezes | (1922-11-08)8 November 1922 (aged 22) | 0 | 5 |  Vasco da Gama |
| — | 3MF | Alfredo Ramos dos Santos | 0 | 0 | Vasco da Gama | |
| — | 2DF | Begliomini | 0 | 0 | Corinthians | |
| — | Biguá | 0 | 0 | Flamengo | ||
| — | Domingos da Guia | 0 | 0 | Corinthians | ||
| — | Danilo Alvim | 0 | 0 | America FC | ||
| — | Djalma Bezerra dos Santos | 0 | 0 | Vasco da Gama | ||
| — | Heleno de Freitas | 0 | 6 | Botafogo | ||
| — | Jaime de Almeida | 0 | 1 | Flamengo | ||
| — | Jair da Rosa Pinto | 0 | 2 | Vasco da Gama | ||
| — | Jorginho | 0 | 1 | America FC | ||
| — | Newton Canegal | 0 | 0 | Flamengo | ||
| — | Norival Pereira da Silva | 0 | 0 | Fluminense | ||
| — | Oberdan Cattani | 0 | 0 | Palmeiras | ||
| — | Rui Campos | 0 | 1 | São Paulo | ||
| — | Servílio de Jesús | 0 | 0 | Corinthians | ||
| — | Tesourinha | 0 | 1 | SC Internacional | ||
| — | Vevé | 0 | 0 | Flamengo | ||
| — | Zizinho | 0 | 2 | Flamengo |
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Head Coach: 
Franz Platko
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| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 3MF | Juan Alcántara | (1920-03-06)6 March 1920 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 |  Audax Italiano |
| — | 4FW | Benito Armingol | (1919-09-07)7 September 1919 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | Unión Española |
| — | 3MF | Carlos Ataglich | (1915-09-21)21 September 1915 (aged 29) | 0 | 0 | Bádminton F.C. |
| — | Florencio Barrera | (1915-06-06)6 June 1915 (aged 29) | 0 | 0 | Magallanes | |
| — | Miguel Busquets | (1920-10-15)15 October 1920 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | Club Universidad de Chile | |
| — | Mario Castro | (1923-09-23)23 September 1923 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | Santiago Morning | |
| — | Guillermo Clavero | (1921-10-10)10 October 1921 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | Everton de Viña del Mar | |
| — | Armando Contreras | (1919-06-15)15 June 1919 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | Colo Colo | |
| — | Atilio Cremaschi | (1923-03-08)8 March 1923 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | Unión Española | |
| — | Francisco Hormazábal | (1920-07-04)4 July 1920 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | Colo Colo | |
| — | Víctor Klein | (1917-10-02)2 October 1917 (aged 27) | 0 | 0 | Santiago Morning | |
| — | Francisco Las Heras | (1914-07-03)3 July 1914 (aged 30) | 0 | 0 | Magallanes | |
| — | 1GK | Sergio Livingstone | (1920-03-26)26 March 1920 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | CD Universidad Católica |
| — | Desiderio Medina | (1919-10-10)10 October 1919 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | Santiago National | |
| — | José Pastenes | (1915-07-10)10 July 1915 (aged 29) | 0 | 0 | Colo Colo | |
| — | Manuel Piñero | (1920-08-20)20 August 1920 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | Audax Italiano | |
| — | Humberto Roa | (1912-02-21)21 February 1912 (aged 32) | 0 | 0 | Audax Italiano | |
| — | Jorge Vásquez | (1922-05-09)9 May 1922 (aged 22) | 0 | 0 | Colo Colo | |
| — | Erasmo Vera | (1923-03-13)13 March 1923 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | Santiago Morning |
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Head Coach: 
Roberto Meléndez (also participated as footballer)
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| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1GK | Andrés Acosta | 0 | 0 | Deportivo Santa Marta | |
| — | 2DF | Pedro Ricardo López | 1912 (aged 33) (1912) | 3 | 0 | Once Deportivo |
| — | 2DF | Lucas Martínez | 0 | 0 | Sporting de Barranquilla [es] | |
| — | 2DF | Gabriel Mejía | 0 | 0 | Junior | |
| — | 2DF | Humberto Picalúa | 1 | 0 | Junior | |
| — | 3MF | Antonio de la Hoz [es] | 1920 (aged 25) (1920) | 0 | 0 | Sporting de Barranquilla [es] |
| — | 3MF | Isidro Joliani | 1 | 0 | Junior | |
| — | 3MF | Juan Quintero | 0 | 0 | Junior | |
| — | 4FW | Fulgencio Berdugo | (1918-06-14)14 June 1918 (aged 26) | 0 | 0 | Junior |
| — | 4FW | Lancáster de León | 0 | 0 | Junior | |
| — | 4FW | Roberto Gámez | 0 | 0 | Junior | |
| — | 4FW | Rafael Granados | 0 | 0 | Junior | |
| — | 4FW | Luis González Rubio | 0 | 0 | Junior | |
| — | 4FW | Marcos Mejía | 2 | 2 | Junior | |
| — | 4FW | Roberto Meléndez | (1912-03-31)31 March 1912 (aged 32) | 1 | 0 | Junior |
| — | 4FW | Arturo Mendoza | 0 | 0 | Junior | |
| — | 4FW | Carlos Recio | 0 | 0 | Junior | |
| — | 4FW | José de Jesús Zapata | (1916-09-03)3 September 1916 (aged 28) | 2 | 0 | FC Medellin |
| — | 1GK | Humberto Arbeláez | 0 | 0 | Juventud de Barranquilla | |
| — | 2DF | Juan Navarro | 0 | 0 | Real Madrid Santa Marta |
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Head Coach: 
Rodolfo Orlandini
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| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Pedro Acevedo | (1915-06-25)25 June 1915 (aged 29) | 0 | 0 |  Aucas | |
| — | Víctor Aguayo | 0 | 4 | Aucas | ||
| — | Luis Albán | 0 | 0 | Tungurahua | ||
| — | Guillermo Albornoz | (1923-08-30)30 August 1923 (aged 21) | 0 | 1 | Sociedad Deportiva Argentina | |
| — | Enrique Cantos [es] | (1925-01-18)18 January 1925 (aged 19) | 0 | 0 | Emelec | |
| — | Carlos Garnica | (1917-09-23)23 September 1917 (aged 27) | 0 | 0 | Aucas | |
| — | Jorge Henríques [es] | (1921-09-02)2 September 1921 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | Audax Italiano | |
| — | José María Jiménez | (1921-07-22)22 July 1921 (aged 23) | 0 | 1 | Patria | |
| — | Napoleón Medina | (1919-11-26)26 November 1919 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | Patria | |
| — | Eloy Mejía | 0 | 0 | Aucas | ||
| — | José Luis Mendoza | 0 | 1 | Emelec | ||
| — | Luis Antonio Mendoza | (1914-08-25)25 August 1914 (aged 30) | 0 | 1 | Emelec | |
| — | Luis Montenegro | 0 | 0 | Aucas | ||
| — | Enrique Raymondi | 0 | 1 | Patria | ||
| — | Víctor Suárez | (1921-07-27)27 July 1921 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | Riobamba | |
| — | Francisco Villagómez | 0 | 0 | Guayas | ||
| — | Félix Leyton Zurita | (1921-11-22)22 November 1921 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | Barcelona S.C. |
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Head Coach: 
José Nasazzi
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| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Juan José Carvidón | 0 | 0 | Montevideo Wanderers | ||
| — | Luis Ernesto Castro | 0 | 0 | Club Nacional de Football | ||
| — | José Pedro Colturi | 0 | 0 | Club Atlético Peñarol | ||
| — | Nicolás Falero | 0 | 1 | Central Español | ||
| — | Schubert Gambetta | 0 | 0 | Club Nacional de Football | ||
| — | Atilio García | 0 | 5 | Club Nacional de Football | ||
| — | José García | 0 | 2 | Defensor Sporting | ||
| — | Roque Máspoli | 0 | 0 | Club Atlético Peñarol | ||
| — | José María Ortíz | 0 | 1 | Club Atlético Peñarol | ||
| — | Raúl Pini | 0 | 0 | Club Nacional de Football | ||
| — | Roberto Porta | 0 | 3 | Club Nacional de Football | ||
| — | Agustín Prado | 0 | 0 | Club Atlético Peñarol | ||
| — | Juan Riephoff | 0 | 1 | Rampla Juniors | ||
| — | Juan Santiago | 0 | 0 | Liverpool | ||
| — | Raúl Sarro | 0 | 0 | Defensor Sporting | ||
| — | Eusebio Tejera | 0 | 0 | River Plate | ||
| — | Obdulio Varela | 0 | 1 | Club Atlético Peñarol | ||
| — | General Viana | 0 | 0 | Club Nacional de Football | ||
| — | Bibiano Zapirain | 0 | 0 | Club Nacional de Football |
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- "South American Championship 1945". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
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