Roberto Figueroa (20 March 1904 – 24 January 1989) was a Uruguayan

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who played for the Uruguay national team. He was a member of the squad which won the gold medal in

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Career

Born in

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, Figueroa played club football for

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, where he won two league titles while scoring 75 goals in 331 matches. He was inducted into the club's hall of fame in 2009. Figueroa made nine 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 1921 to 1933.

References

External links

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Roberto Figueroa at databaseOlympics.com
* 1904 births 1989 deaths Uruguayan people of Spanish descent Footballers from Montevideo Uruguayan men's footballers Footballers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Uruguay Olympic gold medalists for Uruguay Uruguay men's international footballers Uruguayan Primera División players Montevideo Wanderers F.C. players Club Nacional de Football players Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics Men's association football midfielders Rampla Juniors players 20th-century Uruguayan sportsmen {{Uruguay-footy-forward-1900s-stub