1945 South American Championship squads

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]

Argentina

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Head Coach:  Guillermo Stábile

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

Bolivia

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Head Coach:   Julio Borelli [fr]

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 (1922-01-08)8 January 1922 (aged 23) 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]

Brazil

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Head coach:   Flávio Costa

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

Chile

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Head Coach:   Franz Platko

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

Colombia

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Head Coach:   Roberto Meléndez (also participated as footballer)

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

Ecuador

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Head Coach:   Rodolfo Orlandini

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.

Uruguay

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Head Coach:   José Nasazzi

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

References

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  1. ^ "Copa América 1945 Chile » Teams". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  2. ^ "South American Championship 1945". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Cuando el Junior de Barranquilla fue la Selección Colombia". Gol Caracol.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2015-06-23. Retrieved 2013-11-18.