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1956 South American Championship
South American Championship 1956 was a football tournament held in Uruguay, who won it. Chile were runners-up. Bolivia, Colombia, and Ecuador withdrew from the tournament. Enrique Hormazábal from Chile became top scorer of the tournament with 4 goals. Venues Squads Final round ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Result Goalscorers A total of 26 different players scored 38 goals in the tournament. None of the goals are credited as own goal. 4 Goals * Enrique Hormazábal 3 Goals * Guillermo Escalada * Óscar Míguez 2 Goals * Ángel Labruna * Jaime Ramírez Banda * Leonel Sánchez * Máximo Rolón * Roberto Drago 1 Goal * Carlos Cecconato * Omar Sívori * Federico Vairo * Álvaro * Luizinho * Maurinho * Zezinho * José Fernández * Manuel Muñoz * René Meléndez * Antonio Gómez * Isaac Andrade * Félix Castillo * Gómez Sánchez * Máximo Mosquera * Javier Ambrois * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Enrique Hormazábal
Daniel Enrique "Cua cuá" Hormazábal Silva (January 6, 1931 – April 18, 1999) was a Chilean Association football, footballer, born in Santiago, Chile, Santiago, who played as a Midfielder#Winger, right winger for Colo-Colo and the Chile national football team. Playing career He played a significant role at the South American Championship 1955, 1955 and South American Championship 1956, 1956 editions of the Copa America where Chile would finish as runners-ups. Managerial career From 1969 to 1970, he managed Colo-Colo for 27 matches. In 1976, he managed Coquimbo Unido in the Primera B de Chile, Chilean Segunda División along with José Sulantay as assistant. In 1979 he managed Santiago Morning. Personal life His nickname, ''Cua Cua'', was due to the price of the taxi to go home: forty cents ("Cuarenta centavos" in Spanish). Honors Colo-Colo *Primera División de Chile, Chilean League: 1956, 1960, 1963 Individual *Copa América records and statistics, South American C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the List of countries and dependencies by area, eighth-largest country in the world. Argentina shares the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, and is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. Argentina is a Federation, federal state subdivided into twenty-three Provinces of Argentina, provinces, and one autonomous city, which is the federal capital and List of cities in Argentina by population, largest city of the nation, Buenos Aires. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a Federalism, federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Carlos Cecconato
Carlos Cecconato (27 January 1930 – 12 December 2018) was an Argentine footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Born in Avellaneda Avellaneda (, ) is a port city in the provinces of Argentina, province of Buenos Aires Province, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the seat of the Avellaneda Partido, whose population was 342,677 as per the . Avellaneda is located within the Greater B ..., Cecconato played for El Porvenir, Independiente and Atlético Palmira. He scored 52 goals in 148 league appearances for Independiente. Ceccanato was a skilled attacking player, part of Independiente's ''Quinteto de Oro'' (Golden Quintet) until 1957 when he was sanctioned for two years by the AFA following a contract dispute with the club. He also earned 11 caps for the Argentine national side between 1953 and 1956, scoring two goals. Later life and death He died on 12 December 2018 aged 88. References 1930 births 2018 deaths Argentine men's footballers Argentina men's internati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Moysés Ferreira Alves
Moyses Ferreira Alves (2 June 1930 – 14 August 1980), better known as Zezinho, was a Brazilian footballer who played as a forward. He played in three matches for the Brazil national team in 1956. He was also part of Brazil's squad for the 1956 South American Championship South American Championship 1956 was a football tournament held in Uruguay, who won it. Chile were runners-up. Bolivia, Colombia, and Ecuador withdrew from the tournament. Enrique Hormazábal from Chile became top scorer of the tournament with .... References External links * 1930 births 1980 deaths Brazilian men's footballers Brazil men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Vitória Futebol Clube (ES) players Rio Branco Esporte Clube players Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players CR Flamengo footballers São Paulo FC players Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players Santos FC players Santa Cruz Futebol Clube ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population, seventh-largest by population, with over 212 million people. The country is a federation composed of 26 Federative units of Brazil, states and a Federal District (Brazil), Federal District, which hosts the capital, Brasília. List of cities in Brazil by population, Its most populous city is São Paulo, followed by Rio de Janeiro. Brazil has the most Portuguese-speaking countries, Portuguese speakers in the world and is the only country in the Americas where Portuguese language, Portuguese is an Portuguese-speaking world, official language. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a Coastline of Brazil, coastline of . Covering roughly half of South America's land area, it Borders of Brazil, borders all other countries and ter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ángel Labruna
Ángel Amadeo Labruna (28 September 1918 – 19 September 1983) was an Argentine footballer and coach who played as a forward. With 323 goals scored in official matches, which include 294 league goals, Labruna is the 2nd all-time top scorer of Primera División after Paraguayan Arsenio Erico. Labruna was also part of the celebrated River Plate offense, nicknamed '' La Máquina'' (''The Machine''), and he was considered one of the best South-American footballers of his generation. In his career, Labruna scored 564 goals. Biography Labruna was born in Buenos Aires. Career Playing career Labruna's debut in the Primera División was in replacement of José Manuel Moreno who had been suspended by the club, wearing the number 10 shirt. The match disputed on 18 June 1939 in La Plata against Estudiantes, which defeated River by 1–0. His goals scored and outstanding performances caused that Moreno had to play on the right side of the field when he was allowed to play again ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. Chile had a population of 17.5 million as of the latest census in 2017 and has a territorial area of , sharing borders with Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. The country also controls several Pacific islands, including Juan Fernández Islands, Juan Fernández, Isla Salas y Gómez, Desventuradas Islands, Desventuradas, and Easter Island, and claims about of Antarctica as the Chilean Antarctic Territory. The capital and largest city of Chile is Santiago, and the national language is Spanish language, Spanish. Conquest of Chile, Spain conquered and colonized the region in the mid-16th century, replacing Incas in Central Chile, Inca rule; however, they Arauco War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Paraguay
Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–Paraguay border, south and southwest, Brazil to the Brazil–Paraguay border, east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. It has a population of around 6.1 million, nearly 2.3 million of whom live in the Capital city, capital and largest city of Asunción, and its surrounding metro area. Spanish conquistadores arrived in 1524, and in 1537 established the city of Asunción, the first capital of the Governorate of the Río de la Plata. During the 17th century, Paraguay was the center of Reductions, Jesuit missions, where the native Guaraní people were converted to Christianity and introduced to European culture. After the Suppression of the Society of Jesus, expulsion of the Jesuits from Spanish territories in 1767, Paraguay increasingly became a peripheral colony. Following Independence of Paraguay, independence from Spain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Maurinho (footballer, Born 1933)
Mauro Raphael, also known as Maurinho (6 June 1933 – 28 June 1995) was a Brazilian football player. He played for the Brazil national team in the 1954 FIFA World Cup. Honours ; São Paulo *Campeonato Paulista: 1953, 1957 Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricke ... References 1933 births 1995 deaths Footballers from Araraquara Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazil men's international footballers Boca Juniors footballers Argentine Primera División players Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina 1954 FIFA World Cup players São Paulo FC players São Paulo state football team players Men's association football forwards 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Argentina {{Brazil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Leonel Sánchez
Leonel Guillermo Sánchez Lineros (25 April 1936 – 2 April 2022) was a Chilean professional footballer who played as a striker or on the left wing. He is recognized as one of the Best South American Footballers of the 20th Century and one of the great forwards in the history of the FIFA World Cup. He was the top goalscorer of the 1962 FIFA World Cup where Chile achieved a historic third-place finish. He was also part of the team of the tournament of the World Cup and was awarded the Golden Boot and the Bronze Ball from FIFA. He was also included in the top 100 players of the history of the World Cups by FIFA. At the continental level he was part of the team of the tournament of the 1956 South American Championship, where Chile was the runner-up. In addition, Conmebol included him among the best specialists of free kicks in the history of South America. Considered one of the best Chilean players in history and one of the club's greatest idols for the club Universidad de Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
René Meléndez (footballer, Born 1928)
René Orlando Meléndez Brito (born 29 December 1928 – 14 November 2002) was a Chilean footballer. He is well known in the Chilean football for be a key player in Everton de Viña del Mar’s two first league title obtention as well as who obtained the 1952 league top-scorer award after netting 30 goals. Honours Club ;Everton * Primera División de Chile (2): 1950, 1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Cairo Fire, Black Saturday in Kingdom of Egypt, Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, ... ;Unión La Calera * Segunda División de Chile: 1961 References 1928 births 2002 deaths Chilean Primera División players Everton de Viña del Mar footballers Club Universidad de Chile footballers O'Higgins F.C. footballers Unión La Calera footballers CD Colchagua footballers Club Deportivo Luis Cruz Martínez footballers Men's association ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
