Luis Ernesto Castro Sánchez (31 July 1921 – 17 December 2002), nicknamed ''Mandrake'', was a

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 ...

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

forward who played for

in 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 ...

.1954 FIFA World Cup Switzerland
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Club Nacional de Football Club Nacional de Football (, ''National Football Club'') is a Uruguayan professional sports club based in La Blanqueada, La Blanqueada, Montevideo. The club was founded on 14 May 1899 as a result of the merger between ''Uruguay Athletic Club'' an ...

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1921 births 2002 deaths Uruguayan men's footballers Uruguay men's international footballers Men's association football forwards 1954 FIFA World Cup players Uruguayan Primera División players Club Nacional de Football players Copa América–winning players 20th-century Uruguayan sportsmen Footballers from Montevideo {{Uruguay-footy-bio-stub