Atilio Genaro Ancheta Weigel (born 19 July 1948) is a singer and former footballer from

Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...

, who played for the

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at the

1970 FIFA World Cup The 1970 FIFA World Cup was the 9th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's senior national teams. Held from 31 May to ...

. He was a defender and spent most of his career with Grêmio Football Porto-Alegrense, appearing in 164

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the Brasileirão (; English: "Big Brazilian" or "Great Brazilian"), the Série A or the Brazilian Série A (to distinguish it from the I ...

matches. In 1973, he received the

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ian

Bola de Ouro The ''Bola de Ouro'' (Golden Ball) is an annual award given each year, since 1973, by Brazilian sports magazine '' Placar'' to the best player in the Campeonato Brasileiro. A group of sports journalists watch every match of the competition and ra ...

award. Ancheta made 20 appearances for the

Uruguay national football team The Uruguay national football team (), nicknamed ''La Celeste'' ("The Sky Blue") and ''Los Charrúas'' ("The Charrúa, Charrúas"), have represented Uruguay in international men's Association football, football since their first international m ...

from 1969 to 1971. In 2022, Ancheta was a contestant at the Brazilian talent show '' The Voice +''.

Honours

Club Nacional * Uruguayan league: 1969, 1970, 1971 *

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: 1971 Grêmio *"

Campeonato Gaúcho The Campeonato Gaúcho (English: Gaúcho Championship), officially named as Campeonato Gaúcho de Futebol Série A and commonly known as the Gauchão or the Gauchão Ipiranga (company), Ipiranga for sponsorship reasons, is the top-flight profess ...

" (Rio Grande do Sul State Championship): 1977, 1979 Individual *

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All-Star Team:

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...

* Bola de Prata: 1973 *

: 1973

References

1948 births Living people Uruguayan men's footballers Club Nacional de Football players Copa Libertadores–winning players Millonarios F.C. players Men's association football defenders Uruguayan Primera División players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Categoría Primera A players Grêmio FBPA players Uruguay men's international footballers 1970 FIFA World Cup players Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil Expatriate men's footballers in Colombia Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Colombia Uruguayan people of German descent Footballers from Florida, Uruguay Uruguayan musicians 20th-century Uruguayan sportsmen {{uruguay-footy-defender-stub