Juan Eduardo Hohberg Roca (8 October 1926 – 30 April 1996) was an

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-born

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player and

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. He is best remembered as a player for

Peñarol Club Atlético Peñarol (), more commonly referred to as Peñarol, is a Uruguayan professional football club based in Montevideo. The club currently competes in the Uruguayan Primera División, the highest tier in Uruguayan football. The nam ...

(1949–60) where he won 6

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title wins (1949, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1959) and

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and for playing for Uruguay at the

1954 FIFA World Cup The 1954 FIFA World Cup was the 5th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football tournament for senior men's national teams of the nations affiliated to FIFA. It was held in Switzerland from 16 June ...

- where Uruguay finished 4th. He was also Manager (coach) of Uruguay at the 1970 World Cup - they finished 4th He is the grandfather of Peruvian footballer Alejandro Hohberg.

Club career

Hohberg started his playing career in 1946 with Central Córdoba before joining

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in 1947. In 1948 Hohberg moved to

to join

where he would play until 1959. Peñarol won six league titles during his time with the club. Towards the end of his playing career he had spells with

Racing Club de Montevideo Racing Club de Montevideo is a professional football club from Montevideo in Uruguay. It currently participates in the Uruguayan Primera División since winning the Torneo Competencia in 2022. Racing CM is known as "La Escuelita" (The Little Sc ...

and

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International career

Hohberg scored three goals as a forward for the

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in the

in Switzerland, including two in one of the most exciting World Cup matches ever played, the semi-final with Hungary. His second goal in the 86th minute of that match sent the game into extra time, where Hungary finally prevailed 4–2 after two goals by

Sándor Kocsis Sándor Péter Kocsis (; ; 21 September 1929 – 22 July 1979) was a Hungarian Association football, footballer who played for Ferencvárosi TC, Budapest Honvéd FC, Budapest Honvéd, SC Young Fellows Juventus, Young Fellows Zürich, FC Barcelo ...

Coaching career

Hohberg was Uruguay's coach 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 ...

in Mexico, leading them to a fourth-place finish. In Peru, he coached Universitario de Deportes winning the Peruvian championship in 1974, and Alianza Lima who won the title in 1977 and 1978. Also, was trainer of Deportivo Municipal.

Personal life

The Peruvian footballer Alejandro Hohberg is his grandson.

Career statistics

International

:''Scores and results list Uruguay's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hohberg goal.''

References

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